Get ESPN MLB Season Power Index (Long Format)
Source:R/espn_mlb_powerindex.R
espn_mlb_powerindex.RdReturns ESPN's power-index and related per-team metrics for one MLB
season, in long format: one row per (team x stat). Auto-paginates through
all teams. Backed by
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/baseball/leagues/mlb/seasons/{season}/powerindex.
Note: ESPN's power-index feed is sparsely populated for MLB and frequently
returns zero items.
Usage
espn_mlb_powerindex(
season = most_recent_mlb_season(),
season_type = c(2L, 3L),
...
)Value
A long tibble with one row per (team x stat).
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug ("mlb"). |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| season_type | integer | 1=preseason, 2=regular, 3=postseason. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id (parsed from team_ref). |
| stat_name | character | Internal ESPN stat key. |
| abbreviation | character | Short stat abbreviation. |
| display_name | character | Human-readable stat name. |
| description | character | Stat description. |
| value | numeric | Stat value. |
| display_value | character | Display-formatted value. |
| last_updated | character | Last-updated timestamp. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the team-in-season resource. |
See also
Other ESPN MLB Functions:
espn_mlb,
espn_mlb_athletes_index(),
espn_mlb_award(),
espn_mlb_betting(),
espn_mlb_calendar(),
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_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_powerindex(season = 2025)
#> ✖ 2026-06-08 11:07:55.069793: Failed to retrieve ESPN mlb powerindex for season=2025
#> ✖ Args: league = "mlb", season = 2025, season_type = 2:3
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error, HTTP Response Code 400
#> ── ESPN MLB Season Power Index ────────────────────── baseballr 2.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-08 11:07:55 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }