Bob/ BaseballReferenceData

Import data from baseball-reference.com

Contributed by: Bob Sandheinrich

Baseball-Reference is a well established source of baseball statistics dating back to the earliest records available. The data is standardized and available via the website baseball-reference.com. This paclet imports data from specific pages on the website for use in the Wolfram Language. This paclet will be extended to more statistics via updates.

Installation Instructions

To install this paclet in your Wolfram Language environment, evaluate this code:
PacletInstall["Bob/BaseballReferenceData"]

To load the code after installation, evaluate this code:
Needs["Bob`BaseballReferenceData`"]

Details

Additional information about the paclet.

Paclet Guide

Examples

Basic Examples (3)

Search Baseball-Reference for a name::

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Get the id for this player:

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Find data on all of Albert Pujols' home runs:

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Scope (1)

Get URLs for all the Major League teams:

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