In andykrause/FBB30x30: 30x30 Fantasy Baseball Description and Analysis

This document provides information on the sources of data -- both currently used and those with potential for the future -- used in the Baseball30x30 package.

Get data

Git-based resources

Chadwick

Retrosheet repository

https://github.com/chadwickbureau/retrosheet

BaseballDataBank repository

https://github.com/chadwickbureau/baseballdatabank

Other

Analyzing Baseball with R companion repository https://github.com/maxtoki/baseball_R

R Packages

https://github.com//cdalzell/lahman * devtools::install_github("cdalzell/l")

https://github.com/rmscriven/retrosheet * devtools::install_github("rmscriven/retrosheet")

https://github.com/beanumber/openWAR devtools::install_github("omegahat/Sxslt") devtools::install_github("beanumber/openWAR")

https://github.com/BillPetti/baseballr * R package: devtools::install_github("BillPetti/baseballr")

https://pitchrx.cpsievert.me/ * R package: devtools::install_github("cpsievert/pitchRx")

Manual Downloads

Basic Stats

Current

• https://www.baseball-reference.com/data/
• Baseball Reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2018.shtml
• Rotowire: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/stats.php

Historical

• Lahman: http://www.seanlahman.com/baseball-archive/statistics/

Projections

• Fantasy Pros: https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/rankings/ros-overall.php

Advanced Stats

• Rotowire (Subscription) https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/stats-advanced.php

• Baseball Prospectus (DRA Run Values). https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/extras/dra_runs.php

Game, Play or Pitch (Sub-Season)

• Retrosheet (Play-by-play) https://www.retrosheet.org/game.htm

• Brooks Basebaall (PitchFX data). https://www.brooksbaseball.net

Informational Resources

• https://www.fangraphs.com/library/pitchfx-resources/

• https://baseballwithr.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/wheres-the-data/comment-page-1/

• https://geeksided.com/2014/05/24/find-advanced-baseball-stats-analytics-online/

In the package

These are the files in the /data directory.

Raw

Under /raw:

Projections

Under /projections

| Name | Type | Source | Description | | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | | fp_hitters_2014.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Hitter Pre-Season Projections | | fp_hitters_2015.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Hitter Pre-Season Projections | | fp_hitters_2016.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Hitter Pre-Season Projections | | fp_hitters_2017.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Hitter Pre-Season Projections | | fp_hitters_2018.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Hitter Pre-Season Projections | | fp_pitchers_2014.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Pitcher Pre-Season Projections | | fp_pitchers_2015.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Pitcher Pre-Season Projections | | fp_pitchers_2016.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Pitcher Pre-Season Projections | | fp_pitchers_2017.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Pitcher Pre-Season Projections | | fp_pitchers_2018.csv | Projections | FantasyPros | Pitcher Pre-Season Projections |

Rankings

Under /rankings

| Name | Type | Source | Description | | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | | fp_draftrankings_2016.csv | Draft Rankings | FantasyPros | Pre-Season Draft Position Rankings | | fp_draftrankings_2017.csv | Draft Rankings | FantasyPros | Pre-Season Draft Position Rankings | | fp_draftrankings_2018.csv | Draft Rankings | FantasyPros | Pre-Season Draft Position Rankings |

Players

Under /players

| Name | Type | Source | Description | | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | | people.csv | Player | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | Player names, codes and information | | teams.csv | Team | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | Team names, stadiums and information |

Stats

Under /stats

| Name | Type | Source | Time Period | Description | | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | | hitting.csv | Stats | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | 1871 - 2017 | Regular Season Hitting Statistics | | pitching.csv | Stats | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | 1871 - 2017 | Regular Season Pitching Statistics | | fielding.csv | Stats | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | 1871 - 2017 | Regular Season Fielding Statistics | | fieldingOF.csv | Stats | Lahman (via BaseballDataBank) | 1871 - 2017 | Regular Season Fielding Statistics for Outfielders | | br_batting_2018.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2018 | Regular Season Batting | | br_battingADV_2018.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2018 | Regular Season Advanced Batting | | br_pitching_2018.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2018 | Regular Season Pitching | | br_fielding_2018.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2018 | Regular Season Fielding | | br_appearances_2018.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2018 | Regular Season Appearances by Position | | br_batting_2017.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2017 | Regular Season Batting | | br_battingADV_2017.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2017 | Regular Season Advanced Batting | | br_pitching_2017.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2017 | Regular Season Pitching | | br_fielding_2017.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2017 | Regular Season Fielding | | br_appearances_2017.csv | Stats | Baseball Reference | 2017 | Regular Season Appearances by Position | | roto_batting_2018.csv | Stats | Rotowire | 2018 | Regular Season Hitting | | roro_pitching_2018.csv | Stats | Rotowire | 2018 | Regular Season Pitching |

andykrause/FBB30x30 documentation built on Dec. 29, 2021, 10:06 a.m.