Baseball - Lahman Database

Overview


The Lahman database comes from www.seanlahman.com. Database files can be downloaded from the site, or using R as below.

Installing



install.packages('Lahman')
					

Data Sets in the Database


  • AllstarFull
  • Appearances
  • AwardsManagers
  • AwardsPlayers
  • AwardsShareManagers
  • AwardsSharePlayers
  • Battting view
  • BattingPost
  • Fielding view
  • FieldingOF
  • FieldingPost
  • HallOfFame
  • Managers
  • ManagersHalf
  • Master
  • Pitching view
  • PitchingPost
  • Salaries
  • Schools
  • SchoolsPlayers
  • SeriesPost
  • Teams
  • TeamsFranchises
  • TeamsHalf

Viewing Data


Once the package has been installed, to get access to the data, you need to load the library


library('Lahman')
					


Data in any of the Lahman tables can be inspected by


tail(AllstarFull,10)
					

Export Data


Once the package has been installed, to get access to the data, you need to load the library


write.csv(Teams, "teams.csv")