Get ESPN College Baseball Athletes Index

Get ESPN College Baseball Athletes Index

Get ESPN College Baseball Athletes Index

Usage

espn_college_baseball_athletes_index(
  season = most_recent_college_baseball_season(),
  active = TRUE,
  limit = 5000L,
  ...
)

Arguments

season

Season year (numeric). Defaults to the most recent college baseball season.

active

logical. When TRUE (default) only active athletes are returned. Set to FALSE for the full historical roster.

limit

integer. Maximum number of rows to return. Default 5000. Pass a small value (e.g. limit = 50) in tests to keep execution fast.

...

Additional arguments; currently unused but retained for forward compatibility. Proxy configuration should use options(baseballr.proxy = ...) – see ?baseballr for details.

Value

A single baseballr_data tibble with one row per athlete.

col_name	types	description
athlete_id	character	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
full_name	character	Player's full name.
jersey	character	Jersey number worn by the player.
position	character	Listed roster position (G, F, C, etc.).
team_id	character	Unique team identifier.
headshot	character	Headshot image URL.
status	character	Status label.
link	character

See also

Other ESPN College Baseball Functions: espn_college_baseball_calendar(), espn_college_baseball_coach(), espn_college_baseball_coach_record(), espn_college_baseball_coach_season(), espn_college_baseball_coaches(), espn_college_baseball_conferences(), espn_college_baseball_game_all(), espn_college_baseball_game_broadcasts(), espn_college_baseball_game_official_detail(), espn_college_baseball_game_officials(), espn_college_baseball_game_play(), espn_college_baseball_game_play_personnel(), espn_college_baseball_game_player_box(), espn_college_baseball_game_rosters(), espn_college_baseball_game_situation(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_leaders(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_linescores(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_records(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_roster(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_score(), espn_college_baseball_game_team_statistics(), espn_college_baseball_leaders(), espn_college_baseball_news(), espn_college_baseball_pbp(), espn_college_baseball_player_awards(), espn_college_baseball_player_box(), espn_college_baseball_player_career_stats(), espn_college_baseball_player_eventlog(), espn_college_baseball_player_gamelog(), espn_college_baseball_player_info(), espn_college_baseball_player_overview(), espn_college_baseball_player_seasons(), espn_college_baseball_player_splits(), espn_college_baseball_player_statisticslog(), espn_college_baseball_scoreboard(), espn_college_baseball_season_group(), espn_college_baseball_season_group_children(), espn_college_baseball_season_group_teams(), espn_college_baseball_season_groups(), espn_college_baseball_season_info(), espn_college_baseball_season_leaders(), espn_college_baseball_season_ranking(), espn_college_baseball_season_rankings(), espn_college_baseball_season_type(), espn_college_baseball_season_types(), espn_college_baseball_season_week(), espn_college_baseball_season_weeks(), espn_college_baseball_seasons(), espn_college_baseball_standings(), espn_college_baseball_team(), espn_college_baseball_team_box(), espn_college_baseball_team_leaders(), espn_college_baseball_team_news(), espn_college_baseball_team_record(), espn_college_baseball_team_record_detail(), espn_college_baseball_team_roster(), espn_college_baseball_team_schedule(), espn_college_baseball_team_season_profile(), espn_college_baseball_team_season_roster(), espn_college_baseball_team_season_statistics(), espn_college_baseball_teams(), espn_college_baseball_tournament(), espn_college_baseball_tournament_season(), espn_college_baseball_tournament_seasons(), espn_college_baseball_tournaments(), espn_college_baseball_venues(), espn_college_baseball_week_ranking(), espn_college_baseball_week_rankings()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(espn_college_baseball_athletes_index(season = 2025, limit = 50))
#> Fetching page 1 of 1 for college-baseball athletes (season=2025)...
#> ── ESPN COLLEGE-BASEBALL Athletes Index from ESPN.com ──────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:07:46 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }