batter_boxscore: Retrieve batter boxscore data for a single game played
In Fackz/baseball: Functions for acquiring and analyzing baseball data

Description Usage Arguments Examples

This function allows a user to retrieve a boxscore of batter statistics for any game played in the PITCHf/x era (2008-current). The function takes a boxscore.xml url as it's only argument and returns boxscore data for both the home and away batters.

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batter_boxscore(x)

pitcher_boxscore(x)

`x`	A boxscore.xml url for a given game from the MLBAM GameDay app data.

# batters
url_base <- "http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/"
url <- paste0(url_base, 
  "year_2016/month_05/day_21/gid_2016_05_21_milmlb_nynmlb_1/boxscore.xml")
batter_boxscore(url)
# pitchers
url_base <- "http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/"
url <- paste0(url_base, 
  "year_2016/month_05/day_21/gid_2016_05_21_milmlb_nynmlb_1/boxscore.xml")
pitcher_boxscore(url)