Retrieve lineups for a given NCAA game via its game_info_url

Retrieve lineups for a given NCAA game via its game_info_url

Usage

ncaa_lineups(game_info_url = NULL, ...)

Arguments

game_info_url: The unique game info url
...: Additional arguments passed to an underlying function like httr.

Value

Returns a tibble of each team's batting lineup (one row per batter, in batting order) parsed from the game's individual_stats box scores.

col_name	types	description
player_name	character	Player name.
position	character	Fielding position (the box score "P" column).
batting_order	integer	Spot in the batting order (box-score row order).
team_name	character	Team name (from the box-score totals row).
player_id	integer	stats.ncaa.org player identifier.
player_url	character	Full stats.ncaa.org url for the player page.
slug	character	Relative stats.ncaa.org url for the player page.

Details

Live usage (reads stats.ncaa.org, which is behind Akamai bot protection and needs the optional chromote + Google Chrome browser fallback, so it is shown here rather than as a runnable example):

ncaa_lineups(game_info_url = "https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/2167178/box_score")
ncaa_lineups(game_info_url = "https://stats.ncaa.org/game/index/4587474?org_id=528")