scrape_season_advanced: Scrape player advanced statistics for a given season.
In TambourineMan88/bballR: Scrape basketball data from basketball-reference.com

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/scrape_season.R

This function scrapes the advanced player statistics for a single season.

1	scrape_season_advanced(year)

year

The year that the season in question finished. i.e. 2015 would return the statistics for the season 2014-15.

A tibble with a row for each player.

The fields are:

Season: The season these statistics are for
Player: Player name
PlayerId: https://www.basketball-reference.com/ player page identifier
Pos: Position
Age: Age of player at the start of February 1st of that season
Tm: Team
G: Games
PER: Player efficiency rating: A measure of per-minute production standardized such that the league average is 15.
TS%: True shooting percentage: A measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account 2-point field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws.
3PAr: 3-point attempt rate: The percentage of field goal attempts taken from 3-point range
FTr: Free throw attempt rate: The number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt
ORB%: Offensive rebound percentage: An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor
DRB%: Defensive rebound percentage: An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor
TRB%: Total rebound percentage: An estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor
AST%: Assist percentage: An estimate of the percentage of team-mate field goals a player assisted while he was on the floor
STL%: Steal percentage: An estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor
BLK%: Block percentage: An estimate of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor
TOV%: Turnover percentage: An estimate of turnovers committed per 100 plays
USG%: Usage percentage: An estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor
OWS: Offensive win shares: An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his offense
DWS: Defensive win shares: An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his defense
WS: Win shares: An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player
WS/48: Win shares per 48 minutes: An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (the league average is .100)
OBPM: Offensive box plus/minus: A box score estimate of the offensive points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league average player, translated to an average team
DBPM: Defensive box plus/minus: A box score estimate of the defensive points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league average player, translated to an average team
BPM: Box plus/minus: A box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league average player, translated to an average team
VORP: Value over replacement player: A box score estimate of the points per 100 team possessions that a player contributed above a replacement level (-2.0) player, translated to an average team and prorated to an 82-game season. Multiply by 2.70 to convert to wins over replacement.