Look up Baseball Player Name by ID — playername

This function allows you to query the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

Usage

playername_lookup(id)

Arguments

id: An integer or character string representing a player ID in a baseball database, cross-referenced through the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players.

Value

A data frame of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

col_name	types
name_first	character
name_last	character
name_given	character
name_suffix	character
name_nick	character
birth_year	integer
mlb_played_first	integer
key_mlbam	integer
key_retro	character
key_bbref	character
key_fangraphs	integer

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(playername_lookup(4885))
#> ── Player Name Lookup from the Chadwick Bureau's public register of base
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-04-30 07:15:02 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 11
#>   name_first name_last name_given  name_suffix name_nick  birth_year
#>   <chr>      <chr>     <chr>       <chr>       <chr>           <int>
#> 1 Nyjer      Morgan    Nyjer Jamid ""          Tony Plush       1980
#> # … with 5 more variables: mlb_played_first <int>, key_mlbam <int>,
#> #   key_retro <chr>, key_bbref <chr>, key_fangraphs <int>
  try(playername_lookup("kaaihki01"))
#> ── Player Name Lookup from the Chadwick Bureau's public register of base
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-04-30 07:15:06 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 11
#>   name_first name_last name_given name_suffix name_nick birth_year
#>   <chr>      <chr>     <chr>      <chr>       <chr>          <int>
#> 1 Kila       Ka'aihue  Micah Kila ""          ""              1984
#> # … with 5 more variables: mlb_played_first <int>, key_mlbam <int>,
#> #   key_retro <chr>, key_bbref <chr>, key_fangraphs <int>
# }