Get ESPN MLB Calendar
Get ESPN MLB Calendar
Usage
espn_mlb_calendar(season = most_recent_mlb_season())Arguments
- season
integer or character. Four-digit season year (e.g.
2025). Defaults tomost_recent_mlb_season().
Value
Returns a tibble of calendar entries.
| col_name | types | description |
| season | character | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
| season_type | character | Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN). |
| season_type_label | character | |
| season_start_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| season_end_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| label | character | |
| alternate_label | character | |
| detail | character | |
| value | character | Numeric or string value field. |
| start_date | character | Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| end_date | character | End date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
Details
Retrieve the ESPN MLB schedule calendar for a given season. The underlying
scoreboard response contains a leagues[[1]]$calendar block with season-type
entries (pre-season, regular, post). Uses getOption("baseballr.proxy") or
http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables for proxy configuration
(per-call proxy override is not supported for ESPN wrappers).
See also
Other ESPN MLB Functions:
espn_mlb,
espn_mlb_athletes_index(),
espn_mlb_award(),
espn_mlb_betting(),
espn_mlb_coach(),
espn_mlb_coach_record(),
espn_mlb_coach_season(),
espn_mlb_coaches(),
espn_mlb_conferences(),
espn_mlb_draft(),
espn_mlb_draft_athlete_detail(),
espn_mlb_draft_athletes(),
espn_mlb_draft_pick(),
espn_mlb_draft_rounds(),
espn_mlb_draft_status(),
espn_mlb_franchise(),
espn_mlb_franchises(),
espn_mlb_freeagents(),
espn_mlb_futures(),
espn_mlb_game_all(),
espn_mlb_game_broadcasts(),
espn_mlb_game_endpoints,
espn_mlb_game_info(),
espn_mlb_game_odds(),
espn_mlb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mlb_game_officials(),
espn_mlb_game_play(),
espn_mlb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mlb_game_player_box(),
espn_mlb_game_powerindex(),
espn_mlb_game_predictor(),
espn_mlb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mlb_game_probables(),
espn_mlb_game_propbets(),
espn_mlb_game_rosters(),
espn_mlb_game_situation(),
espn_mlb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_mlb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mlb_game_team_records(),
espn_mlb_game_team_roster(),
espn_mlb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mlb_game_team_score(),
espn_mlb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_mlb_injuries(),
espn_mlb_leaders(),
espn_mlb_news(),
espn_mlb_pbp(),
espn_mlb_player_awards(),
espn_mlb_player_box(),
espn_mlb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mlb_player_contract(),
espn_mlb_player_contracts(),
espn_mlb_player_endpoints,
espn_mlb_player_eventlog(),
espn_mlb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mlb_player_gamelog(),
espn_mlb_player_info(),
espn_mlb_player_overview(),
espn_mlb_player_seasons(),
espn_mlb_player_splits(),
espn_mlb_player_statisticslog(),
espn_mlb_player_stats(),
espn_mlb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_mlb_position(),
espn_mlb_positions(),
espn_mlb_powerindex(),
espn_mlb_scoreboard(),
espn_mlb_season_awards(),
espn_mlb_season_draft(),
espn_mlb_season_group(),
espn_mlb_season_group_children(),
espn_mlb_season_group_teams(),
espn_mlb_season_groups(),
espn_mlb_season_info(),
espn_mlb_season_leaders(),
espn_mlb_season_ranking(),
espn_mlb_season_rankings(),
espn_mlb_season_type(),
espn_mlb_season_types(),
espn_mlb_season_week(),
espn_mlb_season_weeks(),
espn_mlb_seasons(),
espn_mlb_standings(),
espn_mlb_team(),
espn_mlb_team_box(),
espn_mlb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_depthchart(),
espn_mlb_team_endpoints,
espn_mlb_team_injuries(),
espn_mlb_team_leaders(),
espn_mlb_team_news(),
espn_mlb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mlb_team_record(),
espn_mlb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mlb_team_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_schedule(),
espn_mlb_team_season_profile(),
espn_mlb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mlb_team_stats(),
espn_mlb_teams(),
espn_mlb_tournament(),
espn_mlb_tournament_season(),
espn_mlb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mlb_tournaments(),
espn_mlb_transactions(),
espn_mlb_venues(),
espn_mlb_week_ranking(),
espn_mlb_week_rankings(),
espn_mlb_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mlb_calendar(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN MLB Calendar from ESPN.com ────────────────── baseballr 2.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-08 11:07:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 56 × 12
#> season season_type season_type_label season_start_date
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 2 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 3 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 4 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 5 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 6 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 7 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 8 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 9 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> 10 2025 NA NA 2025-02-15T08:00Z
#> # ℹ 46 more rows
#> # ℹ 8 more variables: season_end_date <chr>, calendar_type <chr>,
#> # label <chr>, alternate_label <chr>, detail <chr>, value <chr>,
#> # start_date <chr>, end_date <chr>
# }