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	description
name_first	character	Player first name.
name_last	character	Player last name.
name_given	character	Player full given (legal) name.
name_suffix	character	Name suffix (e.g. Jr., Sr., III).
name_nick	character	Player nickname.
birth_year	integer	Year of birth.
mlb_played_first	integer	First MLB season as a player.
key_mlbam	integer	MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) player ID.
key_retro	character	Retrosheet player ID.
key_bbref	character	Baseball-Reference player ID.
key_fangraphs	integer	FanGraphs player ID.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(playername_lookup(4885))
#> ── Player Name Lookup from the Chadwick Bureau's public register of base
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 20:41:44 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
#> # ℹ 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: 2026-06-09 20:41:48 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
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: mlb_played_first <int>, key_mlbam <int>,
#> #   key_retro <chr>, key_bbref <chr>, key_fangraphs <int>
# }