Scrape Batter Performance Data Over a Custom Time Frame

This function allows you to scrape basic batter statistics over a custom time frame. Data is sourced from Baseball-Reference.com.

Usage

bref_daily_batter(t1, t2)

Arguments

t1: First date data should be scraped from. Should take the form "YEAR-MONTH-DAY"
t2: Last date data should be scraped from. Should take the form "YEAR-MONTH-DAY"

Value

Returns a tibble of batter performance with the following columns:

col_name	types
bbref_id	character
season	integer
Name	character
Age	numeric
Level	character
Team	character
G	numeric
PA	numeric
AB	numeric
R	numeric
H	numeric
X1B	numeric
X2B	numeric
X3B	numeric
HR	numeric
RBI	numeric
BB	numeric
IBB	numeric
uBB	numeric
SO	numeric
HBP	numeric
SH	numeric
SF	numeric
GDP	numeric
SB	numeric
CS	numeric
BA	numeric
OBP	numeric
SLG	numeric
OPS	numeric

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(bref_daily_batter("2015-05-10", "2015-06-20"))
#> ── MLB Daily Batter data from baseball-reference.com ───────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-04-30 07:14:44 UTC
#> # A tibble: 658 × 30
#>    bbref_id season Name    Age Level Team      G    PA    AB     R     H
#>    <chr>     <int> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>  1 547989     2015 Mann…    22 Maj-… Balt…    40   175   163    30    51
#>  2 554429     2015 Char…    28 Maj-… Colo…    40   175   153    24    37
#>  3 571431     2015 Jaso…    28 Maj-… Clev…    37   174   143    31    57
#>  4 346793     2015 Josh…    29 Maj-… Toro…    39   174   155    30    45
#>  5 605113     2015 Bill…    25 Maj-… Oakl…    37   172   159    25    52
#>  6 593643     2015 Nick…    31 Maj-… Atla…    39   172   148    14    44
#>  7 501659     2015 Shin…    32 Maj-… Texas    38   172   155    24    42
#>  8 475174     2015 Dee …    27 Maj-… Miami    38   172   168    19    49
#>  9 514888     2015 Dext…    29 Maj-… Chic…    37   170   148    28    32
#> 10 506693     2015 Paul…    27 Maj-… Ariz…    39   169   133    26    48
#> # … with 648 more rows, and 19 more variables: X1B <dbl>, X2B <dbl>,
#> #   X3B <dbl>, HR <dbl>, RBI <dbl>, BB <dbl>, IBB <dbl>, uBB <dbl>,
#> #   SO <dbl>, HBP <dbl>, SH <dbl>, SF <dbl>, GDP <dbl>, SB <dbl>,
#> #   CS <dbl>, BA <dbl>, OBP <dbl>, SLG <dbl>, OPS <dbl>
# }