update_statcast: Update a statcast data object with additional and/or new data

In devin-AK/statcastr: Fetching and analysis of Major League Baseball (MLB) statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Update a statcast data object with additional and/or new data

Description

This function adds new statcast data to an existing statcast object.

Usage

update_statcast(sc, dates, overwrite = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

sc	A statcast data object
dates	A flexible parameter for specifying dates (see [fetch_statcast()] for more details)
overwrite	TRUE or FALSE: whether or not dates in sc will be overwritten with new data corresponding to dates argument. If TRUE the server will be queried with all dates listed in dates, even if some/all already exist in sc. If FALSE, only dates that don't already exist in sc will be queried.
verbose	TRUE or FALSE: Whether or not to report messages.

Details

This function is useful for updating an existing statcast data object when new data becomes available.

Value

A statcast object, with any new dates worth of data incorporated.

See Also

[fetch_statcast()]

Examples

sc <- statcast()
update_statcast(sc,'2017 April 12')

devin-AK/statcastr documentation built on Nov. 18, 2022, 1:48 p.m.