pybaseballdata.lahman package

Module contents

class plyball.lahman.Lahman

Bases: object

Pull data from [Sean Lahman’s database](http://www.seanlahman.com/baseball-archive/statistics/), also hosted by Chadwick Bureau on GitHub – our new source):

property all_star_full

Get All Star Appearances :return: DataFrame

property appearances

Details on the positions a player appeared at :return: DataFrame

property awards_managers

Awards won by managers :return: DataFrame

property awards_players

awards won by players :return: DataFrame

property awards_share_managers

award voting for manager awards :return: DataFrame

property awards_share_players

award voting for player awards :return: DataFrame

base_string = 'baseballdatabank-master/core'
property batting

batting statistics :return: DataFrame

property batting_post

post-season batting statistics :return: DataFrame

property college_playing

list of players and the colleges they attended :return: DataFrame

download_lahman()

Download entire lahman db to present working directory

Returns

None

property fielding

fielding statistics :return: DataFrame

property fielding_of

Outfield position data :return: DataFrame

property fielding_of_split

post-season fielding data :return: DataFrame

property fielding_post

post-season fielding data :return: DataFrame

get_lahman_zip()

Retrieve the Lahman database zip file, returns None if file already exists in cwd. If we already have the zip file, keep re-using that.

Returns

zipFile

property hall_of_fame

Hall of Fame voting data :return: DataFrame

property home_games

Number of homegames played by each team in each ballpark :return: DataFrame

property managers

Managerial statistics

Returns

DataFrame

property managers_half

Split season data for managers :return: DataFrame

property master

Player names, DOB, and biographical info :return: DataFrame

property parks

List of major league ballparks :return: DataFrame

property people

Player names, DOB, and biographical info

Returns

DataFrame

property pitching

Pitching statistics

Returns

DataFrame

property pitching_post

Post-season pitching statistics

Returns

DataFrame

property salaries

post-season pitching statistics

Returns

DataFrame

property schools

list of colleges that players attended :return: DataFrame

property series_post

post-season series information :return: DataFrame

property teams

yearly stats and standings

Returns

DataFrame

property teams_franchises

Team Franchise :return: DataFrame

property teams_half

franchise information

Returns

DataFrame

url = 'https://github.com/chadwickbureau/baseballdatabank/archive/master.zip'