MLB Stats Server

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

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

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

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

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

Get a formatted boxscore for a given game.

Get the roster for a given team.

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

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')

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

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

Get formatted linescore data for a specific MLB game.

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

Returns a list of highlight data for a given game.

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 parallelize HTTP requests in large queries 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 datasets. If no arguments are provided, this will return yesterday's statcast data. If one date is provided, it will return that date's statcast 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 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 datasets.

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 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 datasets.

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 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 datasets.

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 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 datasets.

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) : 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 datasets.

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: 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 datasets.

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 datasets.

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 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 datasets.

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) : 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 datasets.

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. Options include ["average_speed", "n_", "average_spin"], where "n_" corresponds to the percentage share for each pitch. If no value is specified, it will default to average speed. 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 datasets.

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 when dealing with large datasets.

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 Optional: Title for the legend annotation: (str), default = 'pitch_type' Optional: What to annotate in the marker. 'pitch_type', 'release_speed', 'effective_speed', 'launch_speed', or something else in the data

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 category to color the mark with. 'events','player', or a column within data legend_title: (str), default = based on colorby Optional: Title for the legend width: (int), default = 500 Optional: Width of plot (not counting the legend) height: (int), default = 500 Optional: Height of 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

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

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 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

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

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`

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").

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

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 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 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 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

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.