wnba_shotchartdetail: *Get WNBA Stats API Shot Chart Detail*

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Get WNBA Stats API Shot Chart Detail

Description

Get WNBA Stats API Shot Chart Detail

Get WNBA Stats API Shot Chart Detail

Usage

wnba_shotchartdetail(
  context_measure = "FGA",
  date_from = "",
  date_to = "",
  game_id = "",
  game_segment = "",
  last_n_games = 0,
  league_id = "10",
  location = "",
  month = 0,
  opponent_team_id = 0,
  outcome = "",
  period = 0,
  player_id = "1628932",
  player_position = "",
  rookie_year = "",
  season = most_recent_wnba_season() - 1,
  season_segment = "",
  season_type = "Regular Season",
  team_id = 0,
  vs_conference = "",
  vs_division = "",
  ...
)

Arguments

context_measure	context_measure
date_from	date_from
date_to	date_to
game_id	game_id
game_segment	game_segment
last_n_games	last_n_games
league_id	league_id
location	location
month	month
opponent_team_id	opponent_team_id
outcome	outcome
period	period
player_id	player_id
player_position	player_position
rookie_year	rookie_year
season	season
season_segment	season_segment
season_type	season_type
team_id	team_id
vs_conference	vs_conference
vs_division	vs_division
...	Additional arguments passed to an underlying function like httr.

Details

 wnba_shotchartdetail(league_id = '10', player_id = '1628932', season = most_recent_wnba_season() - 1)

Value

Return a named list of data frames: LeagueAverages, Shot_Chart_Detail

Shot_Chart_Detail

col_name	types	description
GRID_TYPE	character
GAME_ID	character	Unique game identifier.
GAME_EVENT_ID	character	Unique identifier for game event.
PLAYER_ID	character	Unique player identifier.
PLAYER_NAME	character	Player name.
TEAM_ID	character	Unique team identifier.
TEAM_NAME	character	Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces').
PERIOD	character	Period of the game (1-4 quarters; 5+ for OT).
MINUTES_REMAINING	character	Minutes remaining.
SECONDS_REMAINING	character	Seconds remaining in the period.
EVENT_TYPE	character	Event / play type code (V2 PBP).
ACTION_TYPE	character	Action type label (e.g. 'Made Shot', 'Substitution').
SHOT_TYPE	character	Shot type label (e.g. 'Jump Shot', 'Layup').
SHOT_ZONE_BASIC	character	Shot zone (e.g. 'Restricted Area', 'Mid-Range', 'Above the Break 3').
SHOT_ZONE_AREA	character	Shot zone area ('Left Side', 'Right Side', 'Center').
SHOT_ZONE_RANGE	character	Shot zone range ('Less Than 8 ft.', '8-16 ft.', '16-24 ft.', etc.).
SHOT_DISTANCE	character	Shot distance from the basket, in feet.
LOC_X	character	X coordinate on the court (units of inches; 0 = basket center).
LOC_Y	character	Y coordinate on the court (units of inches; baseline at 0).
SHOT_ATTEMPTED_FLAG	character	1 if a shot was attempted on this event.
SHOT_MADE_FLAG	character	1 if the shot was made; 0 if missed.
GAME_DATE	character	Game date (YYYY-MM-DD).
HTM	character
VTM	character

LeagueAverages

Columns as documented in the shared wnba_shotchartdetail_league_averages_schema table.

Author(s)

Saiem Gilani

See Also

Other WNBA Shooting Functions: wnba_leaguedashplayershotlocations(), wnba_leaguedashteamshotlocations(), wnba_playerdashboardbyclutch(), wnba_shotchartleaguewide(), wnba_shotchartlineupdetail(), wnba_teamdashboardbyclutch()

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