Download the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players
Source:R/chadwick_player_lu.R
chadwick_player_lu.RdDownload 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 and the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| key_person | character | Chadwick Bureau primary person key. |
| key_uuid | character | Chadwick Bureau universally unique identifier for the person. |
| key_mlbam | integer | MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) player ID. |
| key_retro | character | Retrosheet player ID. |
| key_bbref | character | Baseball-Reference major league player ID. |
| key_bbref_minors | character | Baseball-Reference minor league player ID. |
| key_fangraphs | integer | FanGraphs player ID. |
| key_npb | integer | Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan) player ID. |
| key_sr_nfl | character | Sports Reference NFL player ID. |
| key_sr_nba | character | Sports Reference NBA player ID. |
| key_sr_nhl | character | Sports Reference NHL player ID. |
| key_wikidata | character | Wikidata entity ID for the person. |
| name_last | character | Player last name. |
| name_first | character | Player first name. |
| name_given | character | Player full given (legal) name. |
| name_suffix | character | Name suffix (e.g. Jr., Sr., III). |
| name_matrilineal | character | Maternal surname, where recorded. |
| name_nick | character | Player nickname. |
| birth_year | integer | Year of birth. |
| birth_month | integer | Month of birth. |
| birth_day | integer | Day of birth. |
| death_year | integer | Year of death. |
| death_month | integer | Month of death. |
| death_day | integer | Day of death. |
| pro_played_first | integer | First season the person played professional baseball. |
| pro_played_last | integer | Last season the person played professional baseball. |
| mlb_played_first | integer | First MLB season as a player. |
| mlb_played_last | integer | Last MLB season as a player. |
| col_played_first | integer | First college season as a player. |
| col_played_last | integer | Last college season as a player. |
| pro_managed_first | integer | First professional season as a manager. |
| pro_managed_last | integer | Last professional season as a manager. |
| mlb_managed_first | integer | First MLB season as a manager. |
| mlb_managed_last | integer | Last MLB season as a manager. |
| col_managed_first | integer | First college season as a manager. |
| col_managed_last | integer | Last college season as a manager. |
| pro_umpired_first | integer | First professional season as an umpire. |
| pro_umpired_last | integer | Last professional season as an umpire. |
| mlb_umpired_first | integer | First MLB season as an umpire. |
| mlb_umpired_last | integer | Last MLB season as an umpire. |
A data frame of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(chadwick_player_lu())
#> ── Player Lookup from the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-08 11:07:17 UTC
#> # A tibble: 516,106 × 40
#> key_person key_uuid key_mlbam key_retro key_bbref key_bbref_minors
#> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 000007d9 000007d9-a… 472542 "" "" garcia001ado
#> 2 000018b8 000018b8-a… 572962 "" "" kaupan001ste
#> 3 00002834 00002834-f… 533242 "" "" smith-001ado
#> 4 00002901 00002901-1… NA "" "" decarl000lou
#> 5 000045b3 000045b3-e… NA "" "" spaine001har
#> 6 00006177 00006177-b… NA "" "" battle001elg
#> 7 00007bd0 00007bd0-4… NA "" "" desous000jam
#> 8 0000815e 0000815e-3… NA "" "" burr--001rob
#> 9 0000ba28 0000ba28-8… NA "" "" love--001jac
#> 10 0000e73a 0000e73a-6… NA "" "" hewitt000ale
#> # ℹ 516,096 more rows
#> # ℹ 34 more variables: key_fangraphs <int>, key_npb <int>,
#> # key_sr_nfl <chr>, key_sr_nba <chr>, key_sr_nhl <chr>,
#> # key_wikidata <chr>, name_last <chr>, name_first <chr>,
#> # name_given <chr>, name_suffix <chr>, name_matrilineal <chr>,
#> # name_nick <chr>, birth_year <int>, birth_month <int>,
#> # birth_day <int>, death_year <int>, death_month <int>, …
# }