Scrape Pitcher Game Logs from FanGraphs — fg_pitcher_game

This function allows you to scrape game logs by year for a pitcher from FanGraphs.com.

Usage

fg_pitcher_game_logs(playerid, year)

Arguments

playerid: This is the playerid used by FanGraphs for a given player
year: The season for which game logs should be returned (use the YYYY format)

Value

Returns a tibble of pitcher game logs with the following columns:

col_name	types
PlayerName	character
playerid	integer
Date	character
Opp	character
teamid	integer
season	integer
Team	character
HomeAway	character
Age	integer
W	numeric
L	numeric
ERA	numeric
G	numeric
GS	numeric
CG	numeric
ShO	numeric
SV	numeric
HLD	numeric
BS	numeric
IP	numeric
TBF	numeric
H	numeric
R	numeric
ER	numeric
HR	numeric
BB	numeric
IBB	numeric
HBP	numeric
WP	numeric
BK	numeric
SO	numeric
K/9	numeric
BB/9	numeric
H/9	numeric
K/BB	numeric
IFH%	numeric
BUH%	numeric
GB	numeric
FB	numeric
LD	numeric
IFFB	numeric
IFH	numeric
BU	numeric
BUH	numeric
K%	numeric
BB%	numeric
K-BB%	numeric
SIERA	numeric
HR/9	numeric
AVG	numeric
WHIP	numeric
BABIP	numeric
LOB%	numeric
FIP	numeric
E-F	numeric
xFIP	numeric
ERA-	numeric
FIP-	numeric
xFIP-	numeric
GB/FB	numeric
LD%	numeric
GB%	numeric
FB%	numeric
IFFB%	numeric
HR/FB	numeric
RS	numeric
RS/9	numeric
Balls	numeric
Strikes	numeric
Pitches	numeric
WPA	numeric
-WPA	numeric
+WPA	numeric
RE24	numeric
REW	numeric
pLI	numeric
inLI	numeric
gmLI	numeric
exLI	numeric
Pulls	numeric
Games	numeric
WPA/LI	numeric
Clutch	numeric
SD	numeric
MD	numeric
FB%1	numeric
FBv	numeric
SL%	numeric
SLv	numeric
CT%	numeric
CTv	numeric
CB%	numeric
CBv	numeric
CH%	numeric
CHv	numeric
XX%	numeric
PO%	numeric
wFB	numeric
wSL	numeric
wCT	numeric
wCB	numeric
wCH	numeric
wFB/C	numeric
wSL/C	numeric
wCT/C	numeric
wCB/C	numeric
wCH/C	numeric
O-Swing%	numeric
Z-Swing%	numeric
Swing%	numeric
O-Contact%	numeric
Z-Contact%	numeric
Contact%	numeric
Zone%	numeric
F-Strike%	numeric
SwStr%	numeric
Pull	numeric
Cent	numeric
Oppo	numeric
Soft	numeric
Med	numeric
Hard	numeric
bipCount	numeric
Pull%	numeric
Cent%	numeric
Oppo%	numeric
Soft%	numeric
Med%	numeric
Hard%	numeric
tERA	numeric
GSv2	numeric
Events	numeric
gamedate	character
dh	integer

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(fg_pitcher_game_logs(playerid = "19755", year = 2023))
#> ── MLB Pitcher Game Log data from FanGraphs.com ───── baseballr 1.6.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-04-13 21:55:06 UTC
#> # A tibble: 23 × 234
#>    PlayerName    playerid Date  Opp   teamid season Team  HomeAway   Age
#>    <chr>            <int> <chr> <chr>  <int>  <int> <chr> <chr>    <int>
#>  1 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… CIN        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  2 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… SFG        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  3 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… SEA        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  4 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… @DET       1   2023 LAA   A           28
#>  5 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… PIT        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  6 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… HOU        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  7 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… @SDP       1   2023 LAA   A           28
#>  8 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… CHW        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#>  9 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… LAD        1   2023 LAA   H           28
#> 10 Shohei Ohtani    19755 2023… @TEX       1   2023 LAA   A           28
#> # ℹ 13 more rows
#> # ℹ 225 more variables: W <dbl>, L <dbl>, ERA <dbl>, G <dbl>, GS <dbl>,
#> #   QS <dbl>, CG <dbl>, ShO <dbl>, SV <dbl>, HLD <dbl>, BS <dbl>,
#> #   IP <dbl>, TBF <dbl>, H <dbl>, R <dbl>, ER <dbl>, HR <dbl>,
#> #   BB <dbl>, IBB <dbl>, HBP <dbl>, WP <dbl>, BK <dbl>, SO <dbl>,
#> #   `K/9` <dbl>, `BB/9` <dbl>, `H/9` <dbl>, `K/BB` <dbl>, `IFH%` <dbl>,
#> #   `BUH%` <dbl>, GB <dbl>, FB <dbl>, LD <dbl>, IFFB <dbl>, …
# }