baseballmexR is a package written for R focused on mexican baseball
analysis based on the baseballr and sabRmetrics packages. It
includes functions for scraping
statsapi.mlb.com.com focused on the
Mexican Pro Baseball leagues LMB and LMP.
You can install the development version of baseballmexR from GitHub with:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("axelmora/baseballmexR")For all functions you have to define the league that you want to query
with the parameter league: “lmb” for Mexican League and “lmp” for
Winter Mexican League.
library(baseballmexR)
standings(season = 2024, league = "lmb")
#> ── LMB Stats data from MLB.com ─────────────────────────── baseballmexR 0.1.1 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-11-20 11:37:10 PST
#> # A tibble: 20 × 54
#> standings_type last_updated team_records_season team_records_divisio…¹
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 1
#> 2 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 2
#> 3 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 3
#> 4 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 4
#> 5 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 5
#> 6 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 6
#> 7 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 7
#> 8 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 8
#> 9 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 9
#> 10 regularSeason 2024-08-02T05:31:2… 2024 10
#> 11 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 1
#> 12 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 2
#> 13 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 3
#> 14 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 4
#> 15 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 5
#> 16 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 6
#> 17 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 7
#> 18 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 8
#> 19 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 9
#> 20 regularSeason 2024-10-28T17:43:0… 2024 10
#> # ℹ abbreviated name: ¹team_records_division_rank
#> # ℹ 50 more variables: team_records_league_rank <chr>,
#> # team_records_sport_rank <chr>, team_records_games_played <int>,
#> # team_records_games_back <chr>, team_records_wild_card_games_back <chr>,
#> # team_records_league_games_back <chr>,
#> # team_records_spring_league_games_back <chr>,
#> # team_records_sport_games_back <chr>, …In some functions, you can to define the game_type that correspond for
regular season or post-season data defined in this way:
- “R” (regular season)
- “F” (LMB first-round playoff series)
- “D” (LMB zone series, LMP first-round playoff series)
- “L” (LMB zone championship series, LMP semi-final)
- “W” (LMB Championship series “Serie del Rey”, LMP “Serie Final”)
Default is “R”.
The package consists mainly of data acquisition for the Mexican League (LMB) and the Winter Mexican League (LMP).
For example, if you want to see the teams for a specific league, you can
use the teams() function. Just pass the league you want (lmb or lmp):
teams(league = "lmb")
#> ── LMB Stats data from MLB.com ─────────────────────────── baseballmexR 0.1.1 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-11-20 11:37:11 PST
#> # A tibble: 20 × 29
#> all_star_status team_id team_full_name link season team_code file_code
#> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 N 6304 Charros de Jalisco /api… 2024 jal t6304
#> 2 N 579 Guerreros de Oaxaca /api… 2024 oax t579
#> 3 N 520 Pericos de Puebla /api… 2024 pue t520
#> 4 N 523 Piratas de Campeche /api… 2024 cam t523
#> 5 N 496 Leones de Yucatan /api… 2024 yuc t496
#> 6 N 560 Acereros del Norte /api… 2024 mva t560
#> 7 N 528 Rieleros de Aguasca… /api… 2024 agu t528
#> 8 N 434 Bravos de Leon /api… 2024 leo t434
#> 9 N 5010 Toros de Tijuana /api… 2024 tij t5010
#> 10 N 562 Sultanes de Monterr… /api… 2024 mty t562
#> 11 N 532 Diablos Rojos del M… /api… 2024 mxo t532
#> 12 N 502 Saraperos de Saltil… /api… 2024 slt t502
#> 13 N 536 Tecos de los Dos La… /api… 2024 lar t536
#> 14 N 569 Tigres de Quintana … /api… 2024 qui t569
#> 15 N 442 Olmecas de Tabasco /api… 2024 tab t442
#> 16 N 4444 Caliente de Durango /api… 2024 dur t4444
#> 17 N 6303 Conspiradores de Qu… /api… 2024 qro t6303
#> 18 N 5567 El Aguila de Veracr… /api… 2024 ver t5567
#> 19 N 575 Dorados de Chihuahua /api… 2024 chi t575
#> 20 N 447 Algodoneros Union L… /api… 2024 vaq t447
#> # ℹ 22 more variables: team_abbreviation <chr>, team_name <chr>,
#> # location_name <chr>, first_year_of_play <chr>, short_name <chr>,
#> # parent_org_name <chr>, parent_org_id <int>, franchise_name <chr>,
#> # club_name <chr>, active <lgl>, venue_id <int>, venue_name <chr>,
#> # venue_link <chr>, league_id <int>, league_name <chr>, league_link <chr>,
#> # division_id <int>, division_name <chr>, division_link <chr>,
#> # sport_id <int>, sport_link <chr>, sport_name <chr>For see the schedule for a league in a specific year, you can use the
schedule() function. Just pass the season and the league:
schedule(season = 2024, league = "lmp")
#> ── LMP Stats data from MLB.com ─────────────────────────── baseballmexR 0.1.1 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-11-20 11:37:12 PST
#> # A tibble: 340 × 71
#> date total_items total_events total_games total_games_in_progr…¹ game_pk
#> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 2024-10-… 6 0 6 0 787208
#> 2 2024-10-… 6 0 6 0 787376
#> 3 2024-10-… 11 0 11 0 787020
#> 4 2024-10-… 11 0 11 0 787093
#> 5 2024-10-… 11 0 11 0 787277
#> 6 2024-10-… 11 0 11 0 787244
#> 7 2024-10-… 9 0 9 0 787170
#> 8 2024-10-… 9 0 9 0 787312
#> 9 2024-10-… 9 0 9 0 787057
#> 10 2024-10-… 9 0 9 0 787345
#> # ℹ 330 more rows
#> # ℹ abbreviated name: ¹total_games_in_progress
#> # ℹ 65 more variables: game_guid <chr>, link <chr>, game_type <chr>,
#> # season <chr>, game_date <chr>, official_date <chr>, is_tie <lgl>,
#> # game_number <int>, public_facing <lgl>, double_header <chr>,
#> # gameday_type <chr>, tiebreaker <chr>, calendar_event_id <chr>,
#> # season_display <chr>, day_night <chr>, scheduled_innings <int>, …You can also pull data for a specific stat type and season for a league. Here are the results hitting stats for the 2023 season in the LMB:
stats(league = "lmb", stat_group = "hitting", stat_type = "season", season = 2024, player_pool = "all")
#> [1] "http://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/stats?stats=season&playerPool=all&group=hitting&season=2024&leagueIds=125&limit=1000"
#> ── LMB Stats data from MLB.com ─────────────────────────── baseballmexR 0.1.1 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-11-20 11:37:12 PST
#> # A tibble: 450 × 59
#> total_splits season num_teams rank games_played ground_outs air_outs runs
#> <int> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 450 2024 1 1 1 0 0 0
#> 2 450 2024 1 1 1 0 0 1
#> 3 450 2024 1 3 5 1 0 2
#> 4 450 2024 1 4 8 0 0 2
#> 5 450 2024 1 5 3 0 0 0
#> 6 450 2024 1 5 3 2 0 0
#> 7 450 2024 1 7 7 7 1 4
#> 8 450 2024 1 8 78 90 58 62
#> 9 450 2024 1 9 85 79 68 64
#> 10 450 2024 1 10 3 1 3 1
#> # ℹ 440 more rows
#> # ℹ 51 more variables: doubles <int>, triples <int>, home_runs <int>,
#> # strike_outs <int>, base_on_balls <int>, intentional_walks <int>,
#> # hits <int>, hit_by_pitch <int>, avg <chr>, at_bats <int>, obp <chr>,
#> # slg <chr>, ops <chr>, caught_stealing <int>, stolen_bases <int>,
#> # stolen_base_percentage <chr>, ground_into_double_play <int>,
#> # number_of_pitches <int>, plate_appearances <int>, total_bases <int>, …