Scrape Pitcher Game Logs from FanGraphs — fg_pitcher_game

This function allows you to scrape game logs by year for a pitcher from FanGraphs.com.

Usage

fg_pitcher_game_logs(playerid, year = 2017)

Arguments

playerid: This is the playerid used by FanGraphs for a given player
year: The season for which game logs should be returned (use the YYYY format)

Value

Returns a tibble of pitcher game logs with the following columns:

col_name	types
PlayerName	character
playerid	integer
Date	character
Opp	character
teamid	integer
season	integer
Team	character
HomeAway	character
Age	integer
W	numeric
L	numeric
ERA	numeric
G	numeric
GS	numeric
CG	numeric
ShO	numeric
SV	numeric
HLD	numeric
BS	numeric
IP	numeric
TBF	numeric
H	numeric
R	numeric
ER	numeric
HR	numeric
BB	numeric
IBB	numeric
HBP	numeric
WP	numeric
BK	numeric
SO	numeric
K/9	numeric
BB/9	numeric
H/9	numeric
K/BB	numeric
IFH%	numeric
BUH%	numeric
GB	numeric
FB	numeric
LD	numeric
IFFB	numeric
IFH	numeric
BU	numeric
BUH	numeric
K%	numeric
BB%	numeric
K-BB%	numeric
SIERA	numeric
HR/9	numeric
AVG	numeric
WHIP	numeric
BABIP	numeric
LOB%	numeric
FIP	numeric
E-F	numeric
xFIP	numeric
ERA-	numeric
FIP-	numeric
xFIP-	numeric
GB/FB	numeric
LD%	numeric
GB%	numeric
FB%	numeric
IFFB%	numeric
HR/FB	numeric
RS	numeric
RS/9	numeric
Balls	numeric
Strikes	numeric
Pitches	numeric
WPA	numeric
-WPA	numeric
+WPA	numeric
RE24	numeric
REW	numeric
pLI	numeric
inLI	numeric
gmLI	numeric
exLI	numeric
Pulls	numeric
Games	numeric
WPA/LI	numeric
Clutch	numeric
SD	numeric
MD	numeric
FB%1	numeric
FBv	numeric
SL%	numeric
SLv	numeric
CT%	numeric
CTv	numeric
CB%	numeric
CBv	numeric
CH%	numeric
CHv	numeric
XX%	numeric
PO%	numeric
wFB	numeric
wSL	numeric
wCT	numeric
wCB	numeric
wCH	numeric
wFB/C	numeric
wSL/C	numeric
wCT/C	numeric
wCB/C	numeric
wCH/C	numeric
O-Swing%	numeric
Z-Swing%	numeric
Swing%	numeric
O-Contact%	numeric
Z-Contact%	numeric
Contact%	numeric
Zone%	numeric
F-Strike%	numeric
SwStr%	numeric
Pull	numeric
Cent	numeric
Oppo	numeric
Soft	numeric
Med	numeric
Hard	numeric
bipCount	numeric
Pull%	numeric
Cent%	numeric
Oppo%	numeric
Soft%	numeric
Med%	numeric
Hard%	numeric
tERA	numeric
GSv2	numeric
Events	numeric
gamedate	character
dh	integer

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(fg_pitcher_game_logs(playerid = 104, year = 2006))
#> ── MLB Pitcher Game Log data from FanGraphs.com ───── baseballr 1.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-04-30 07:15:18 UTC
#> # A tibble: 34 × 134
#>    PlayerName  playerid Date    Opp   teamid season Team  HomeAway   Age
#>    <chr>          <int> <chr>   <chr>  <int>  <int> <chr> <chr>    <int>
#>  1 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @SFG      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#>  2 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @COL      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#>  3 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… PIT       22   2006 LAD   H           40
#>  4 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… SDP       22   2006 LAD   H           40
#>  5 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @NYM      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#>  6 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @MIL      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#>  7 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… CIN       22   2006 LAD   H           40
#>  8 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @ARI      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#>  9 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… @SFG      22   2006 LAD   A           40
#> 10 Greg Maddux      104 2006-0… SFG       22   2006 LAD   H           40
#> # … with 24 more rows, and 125 more variables: W <dbl>, L <dbl>,
#> #   ERA <dbl>, G <dbl>, GS <dbl>, CG <dbl>, ShO <dbl>, SV <dbl>,
#> #   HLD <dbl>, BS <dbl>, IP <dbl>, TBF <dbl>, H <dbl>, R <dbl>,
#> #   ER <dbl>, HR <dbl>, BB <dbl>, IBB <dbl>, HBP <dbl>, WP <dbl>,
#> #   BK <dbl>, SO <dbl>, `K/9` <dbl>, `BB/9` <dbl>, `H/9` <dbl>,
#> #   `K/BB` <dbl>, `IFH%` <dbl>, `BUH%` <dbl>, GB <dbl>, FB <dbl>,
#> #   LD <dbl>, IFFB <dbl>, IFH <dbl>, BU <dbl>, BUH <dbl>, `K%` <dbl>, …
# }