MLB Stats Server

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• get_stats

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• get_schedule

  Get list of games for a given date/range and/or team/opponent.

• get_player_stats

  Returns a list of current season or career stat data for a given player.

• get_standings

  Returns a dict of standings data for a given league/division and season.

• get_team_leaders

  Returns a python list of stat leader data for a given team

• lookup_player

  Get data about players based on first, last, or full name.

• get_boxscore

  Get a formatted boxscore for a given game.

• get_team_roster

  Get the roster for a given team.

• get_game_pace

  Returns data about pace of game for a given season (back to 1999).

• get_meta

  Get available values from StatsAPI for use in other queries, or look up descriptions for values found in API results. For example, to get a list of leader categories to use when calling team_leaders(): statsapi.meta('leagueLeaderTypes')

• get_available_endpoints

  Get MLB StatsAPI endpoints directly

• get_notes

  Get additional notes on an endpoint

• get_game_scoring_play_data

  Returns a dictionary of scoring plays for a given game containing 3 keys: * home - home team data * away - away team data * plays - sorted list of scoring play data

• get_last_game

  Get the gamePk (game_id) for the given team's most recent completed game.

• get_league_leader_data

  Returns a list of stat leaders overall or for a given league (103=AL, 104=NL).

• get_linescore

  Get formatted linescore data for a specific MLB game.

• get_next_game

  Get the game ID for a team's next scheduled game.

• get_game_highlight_data

  Returns a list of highlight data for a given game.

• get_statcast_data

  Pulls statcast play-level data from Baseball Savant for a given date range. INPUTS: start_dt: YYYY-MM-DD : the first date for which you want statcast data end_dt: YYYY-MM-DD : the last date for which you want statcast data team: optional (defaults to None) : city abbreviation of the team you want data for (e.g. SEA or BOS) verbose: bool (defaults to True) : whether to print updates on query progress parallel: bool (defaults to True) : whether to p

• get_statcast_batter_data

  Pulls statcast pitch-level data from Baseball Savant for a given batter. ARGUMENTS start_dt : YYYY-MM-DD : the first date for which you want a player's statcast data end_dt : YYYY-MM-DD : the final date for which you want data player_id : INT : the player's MLBAM ID. Find this by via the get_playerid_lookup tool, finding the correct player, and selecting their key_mlbam. start_row: optional (defaults to Non

• get_statcast_pitcher_data

  Pulls statcast pitch-level data from Baseball Savant for a given pitcher. ARGUMENTS start_dt : YYYY-MM-DD : the first date for which you want a player's statcast data end_dt : YYYY-MM-DD : the final date for which you want data player_id : INT : the player's MLBAM ID. Find this by calling pthe get_playerid_lookup tool, finding the correct player, and selecting their key_mlbam. start_row: optional (defaults

• get_statcast_batter_exitvelo_barrels

  Retrieves batted ball data for all batters in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve batted ball data. Format: YYYY. minBBE: The minimum number of batted ball events for each player. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, only qualified batters will be returned. start_row: optional (defaults to None) : starting row ind

• get_statcast_pitcher_exitvelo_barrels

  Retrieves batted ball against data for all qualified pitchers in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve batted ball against data. Format: YYYY. minBBE: The minimum number of batted ball against events for each pitcher. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, only qualified pitchers will be returned. start_row: optional (defaults to

• get_statcast_batter_expected_stats

  Retrieves expected stats based on quality of batted ball contact in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve expected stats data. Format: YYYY. minPA: The minimum number of plate appearances for each player. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, only qualified batters will be returned. start_row: optional (defaults to None) : start

• get_statcast_pitcher_expected_stats

  Retrieves expected stats based on quality of batted ball contact against in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve expected stats data. Format: YYYY. minPA: The minimum number of plate appearances against for each pitcher. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, only qualified pitchers will be returned. start_row: optio

• get_statcast_batter_percentile_ranks

  Retrieves percentile ranks for batters in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve percentile data. Format: YYYY. start_row: optional (defaults to None) : starting row index for truncating large results (0-based, inclusive) end_row: optional (defaults to None) : ending row index for truncating large results (0-based, exclusive) Use start_row and end_row to limit response size when dealing with large datas

• get_statcast_pitcher_percentile_ranks

  Retrieves percentile ranks for each player in a given year, including batters with 2.1 PA per team game and 1.25 for pitchers. It includes percentiles on expected stats, batted ball data, and spin rates, among others. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve percentile data. Format: YYYY. start_row: optional (defaults to None) : starting row index for truncating large results (0-based, inclusive) end_row: optional (defaults

• get_statcast_batter_pitch_arsenal

  Retrieves outcome data for batters split by the pitch type in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve pitch arsenal data. Format: YYYY. minPA: The minimum number of plate appearances for each player. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, the default number of plate appearances is 25. start_row: optional (defaults to None) :

• get_statcast_pitcher_pitch_arsenal

  Retrieves high level stats on each pitcher's arsenal in a given year. ARGUMENTS year: The year for which you wish to retrieve expected stats data. Format: YYYY. minP: The minimum number of pitches thrown. If a player falls below this threshold, they will be excluded from the results. If no value is specified, only qualified pitchers will be returned. arsenal_type: The type of stat to retrieve for the pitchers' arsenals.

• get_statcast_single_game

  Pulls statcast play-level data from Baseball Savant for a single game, identified by its MLB game ID (game_pk in statcast data) INPUTS: game_pk : 6-digit integer MLB game ID to retrieve start_row: optional (defaults to None) : starting row index for truncating large results (0-based, inclusive) end_row: optional (defaults to None) : ending row index for truncating large results (0-based, exclusive) Use start_row and end_row to limit response size wh

• create_strike_zone_plot

  Produces a pitches overlaid on a strike zone using StatCast data Args: data: (pandas.DataFrame) StatCast pandas.DataFrame of StatCast pitcher data title: (str), default = '' Optional: Title of plot colorby: (str), default = 'pitch_type' Optional: Which category to color the mark with. 'pitch_type', 'pitcher', 'description' or a column within data legend_title: (str), default = based on colorby O

• create_spraychart_plot

  Produces a spraychart using statcast data overlayed on specified stadium Args: data: (pandas.DataFrame) StatCast pandas.DataFrame of StatCast batter data team_stadium: (str) Team whose stadium the hits will be overlaid on title: (str), default = '' Optional: Title of plot size: (int), default = 100 Optional: Size of hit circles on plot colorby: (str), default = 'events' Optional: Which

• create_bb_profile_plot

  Plots a given StatCast parameter split by bb_type Args: df: (pandas.DataFrame) pandas.DataFrame of StatCast batter data (retrieved through statcast, statcast_batter, etc) parameter: (str), default = 'launch_angle' Optional: Parameter to plot

• create_teams_plot

  Plots a scatter plot with each MLB team Args: data: (pandas.DataFrame) pandas.DataFrame of Fangraphs team data (retrieved through team_batting or team_pitching) x_axis: (str) Stat name to be plotted as the x_axis of the chart y_axis: (str) Stat name to be plotted as the y_axis of the chart title: (str), default = None Optional: Title of the plot

• get_pitching_stats_bref

  Get all pitching stats for a set season. If no argument is supplied, gives stats for current season to date.

• get_pitching_stats_range

  Get all pitching stats for a set time range. This can be the past week, the month of August, anything. Just supply the start and end date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

• get_pitching_stats

  Get season-level pitching data from FanGraphs. Args: start_season: First season to retrieve data from end_season: Final season to retrieve data from. If None, returns only start_season. league: Either "all", "nl", "al", or "mnl" qual: Minimum number of plate appearances to be included ind: 1 for individual season level, 0 for aggregate data Returns: Dictionary containing pitching stats from FanGraphs

• get_playerid_lookup

  Lookup playerIDs (MLB AM, bbref, retrosheet, FG) for a given player Args: last (str, required): Player's last name. first (str, optional): Player's first name. Defaults to None. fuzzy (bool, optional): In case of typos, returns players with names close to input. Defaults to False. Returns: pd.DataFrame: DataFrame of playerIDs, name, years played

• reverse_lookup_player

  Retrieve a table of player information given a list of player ids :param player_ids: list of player ids :type player_ids: list :param key_type: name of the key type being looked up (one of "mlbam", "retro", "bbref", or "fangraphs") :type key_type: str :rtype: :class:`pandas.core.frame.DataFrame`

• get_schedule_and_record

  Retrieve a team's game-level results for a given season, including win/loss/tie result, score, attendance, and winning/losing/saving pitcher. If the season is incomplete, it will provide scheduling information for future games. ARGUMENTS season: Integer. The season for which you want a team's record data. team: String. The abbreviation of the team for which you are requesting data (e.g. "PHI", "BOS", "LAD").

• get_player_splits

  Returns a dataframe of all split stats for a given player. If player_info is True, this will also return a dictionary that includes player position, handedness, height, weight, position, and team

• get_pybaseball_standings

  Returns a pandas DataFrame of the standings for a given MLB season, or the most recent standings if the date is not specified. ARGUMENTS season (int): the year of the season

• get_team_batting

  Get season-level Batting Statistics for Specific Team (from Baseball-Reference) ARGUMENTS: team : str : The Team Abbreviation (i.e. 'NYY' for Yankees) of the Team you want data for start_season : int : first season you want data for (or the only season if you do not specify an end_season) end_season : int : final season you want data for

• get_team_fielding

  Get season-level Fielding Statistics for Specific Team (from Baseball-Reference) ARGUMENTS: team : str : The Team Abbreviation (i.e., 'NYY' for Yankees) of the Team you want data for start_season : int : first season you want data for (or the only season if you do not specify an end_season) end_season : int : final season you want data for

• get_team_pitching

  Get season-level Pitching Statistics for Specific Team (from Baseball-Reference) ARGUMENTS: team : str : The Team Abbreviation (i.e. 'NYY' for Yankees) of the Team you want data for start_season : int : first season you want data for (or the only season if you do not specify an end_season) end_season : int : final season you want data for

• get_top_prospects

  Retrieves the top prospects by team or leaguewide. It can return top prospect pitchers, batters, or both. ARGUMENTS team: The team name for which you wish to retrieve top prospects. If not specified, the function will return leaguewide top prospects. playerType: Either "pitchers" or "batters". If not specified, the function will return top prospects for both pitchers and batters.

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