| BattingPost {Lahman} | R Documentation |
Post season batting statistics
data(BattingPost)
A data frame with 10510 observations on the following 22 variables.
yearIDYear
roundLevel of playoffs
playerIDPlayer ID code
teamIDTeam
lgIDLeague; a factor with levels AA AL NL
GGames
ABAt Bats
RRuns
HHits
X2BDoubles
X3BTriples
HRHomeruns
RBIRuns Batted In
SBStolen Bases
CSCaught stealing
BBBase on Balls
SOStrikeouts
IBBIntentional walks
HBPHit by pitch
SHSacrifices
SFSacrifice flies
GIDPGrounded into double plays
Variables X2B and X3B are named 2B and 3B in the original database
Lahman, S. (2010) Lahman's Baseball Database, 1871-2012, 2012 version, http://baseball1.com/statistics/
# Post-season batting data
# Requires care since intra-league playoffs have evolved since 1969
# Simplest case: World Series
require(plyr)
# Create a sub-data frame for modern World Series play
ws <- subset(BattingPost, round == "WS" & yearID >= 1903)
# Add some derived measures
ws <- mutate(ws, BA = ifelse(AB == 0, 0, round(H/AB, 3)),
TB = H + X2B + 2 * X3B + 3 * HR,
SA = ifelse(AB == 0, 0, round(TB/AB, 3)),
PA = AB + BB + IBB + HBP + SH + SF,
OB = H + BB + IBB + HBP,
OBP = ifelse(AB == 0, 0, round(OB/PA, 3)) )
# Players with most appearances in the WS:
with(subset(BattingPost, round == "WS"), rev(sort(table(playerID))))[1:10]
## playerID
## berrayo01 mantlmi01 fordwh01 ruthba01 howarel01 dimagjo01 rizzuph01
## 14 12 11 10 10 10 9
## bauerha01 skowrbi01 mcdougi01
## 9 8 8
# OK, how about someone who is *not* a Yankee?
with(subset(BattingPost, round == "WS" & teamID != "NYA"),
rev(sort(table(playerID))))[1:10]
## playerID
## friscfr01 reesepe01 hodgegi01 gilliji01 furilca01 snidedu01 rosepe01
## 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
## robinja02 palmeji01 collied01
## 6 6 6
# Top ten single WS batting averages ( >= 10 AB )
head(arrange(subset(ws, AB > 10), desc(BA)), 10)
## yearID round playerID teamID lgID G AB R H X2B X3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO
## 1 1990 WS hatchbi01 CIN NL 4 12 6 9 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
## 2 1928 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 0 0 1 2
## 3 2009 WS matsuhi01 NYA AL 6 13 3 8 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 3
## 4 2001 WS bautida01 ARI NL 5 12 1 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 1
## 5 1990 WS saboch01 CIN NL 4 16 2 9 1 0 2 5 0 1 2 2
## 6 1914 WS gowdyha01 BSN NL 4 11 3 6 3 1 1 3 1 0 5 1
## 7 1928 WS gehrilo01 NYA AL 4 11 5 6 1 0 4 9 0 0 6 0
## 8 1999 WS boonebr01 ATL NL 4 13 1 7 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 3
## 9 1976 WS benchjo01 CIN NL 4 15 4 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 1
## 10 1992 WS sandede02 ATL NL 4 15 4 8 2 0 0 1 5 0 2 1
## IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA TB SA PA OB OBP
## 1 1 1 0 0 1 0.750 15 1.250 16 13 0.812
## 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.625 22 1.375 17 11 0.647
## 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.615 18 1.385 14 9 0.643
## 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.583 9 0.750 13 8 0.615
## 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.562 16 1.000 18 11 0.611
## 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.545 14 1.273 16 11 0.688
## 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.545 19 1.727 17 12 0.706
## 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.538 11 0.846 14 8 0.571
## 9 0 0 0 0 2 0.533 17 1.133 15 8 0.533
## 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.533 10 0.667 17 10 0.588
# Top ten slugging averages in a single WS
head(arrange(subset(ws, AB > 10), desc(SA)), 10)
## yearID round playerID teamID lgID G AB R H X2B X3B HR RBI SB CS BB
## 1 1928 WS gehrilo01 NYA AL 4 11 5 6 1 0 4 9 0 0 6
## 2 2009 WS matsuhi01 NYA AL 6 13 3 8 1 0 3 8 0 0 1
## 3 1928 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 0 0 1
## 4 2002 WS bondsba01 SFN NL 7 17 8 8 2 0 4 6 0 0 13
## 5 1914 WS gowdyha01 BSN NL 4 11 3 6 3 1 1 3 1 0 5
## 6 1977 WS jacksre01 NYA AL 6 20 10 9 1 0 5 8 0 0 3
## 7 1990 WS hatchbi01 CIN NL 4 12 6 9 4 1 0 2 0 1 2
## 8 1939 WS kellech01 NYA AL 4 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 0 0 1
## 9 1976 WS benchjo01 CIN NL 4 15 4 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 0
## 10 2012 WS sandopa01 SFN NL 4 16 3 8 1 0 3 4 0 0 1
## SO IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA TB SA PA OB OBP
## 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.545 19 1.727 17 12 0.706
## 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.615 18 1.385 14 9 0.643
## 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.625 22 1.375 17 11 0.647
## 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 0.471 22 1.294 37 28 0.757
## 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.545 14 1.273 16 11 0.688
## 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0.450 25 1.250 24 13 0.542
## 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.750 15 1.250 16 13 0.812
## 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.438 19 1.188 17 8 0.471
## 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.533 17 1.133 15 8 0.533
## 10 2 NA NA NA NA NA 0.500 18 1.125 NA NA NA
# Hitting stats for the 1946 St. Louis Cardinals, ordered by BA
arrange(subset(ws, teamID == "SLN" & yearID == 1946), desc(BA))
## yearID round playerID teamID lgID G AB R H X2B X3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO
## 1 1946 WS ricede01 SLN NL 3 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
## 2 1946 WS walkeha01 SLN NL 7 17 3 7 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 2
## 3 1946 WS dicksmu01 SLN NL 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
## 4 1946 WS slaugen01 SLN NL 7 25 5 8 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 3
## 5 1946 WS garagjo01 SLN NL 5 19 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 3
## 6 1946 WS kurowwh01 SLN NL 7 27 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
## 7 1946 WS dusaker01 SLN NL 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
## 8 1946 WS marioma01 SLN NL 7 24 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1
## 9 1946 WS mungere01 SLN NL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
## 10 1946 WS schoere01 SLN NL 7 30 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
## 11 1946 WS musiast01 SLN NL 7 27 3 6 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 2
## 12 1946 WS moorete01 SLN NL 7 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6
## 13 1946 WS brechha01 SLN NL 3 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
## 14 1946 WS beazljo01 SLN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 15 1946 WS brazlal01 SLN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 16 1946 WS jonesni01 SLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 17 1946 WS polleho01 SLN NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 18 1946 WS sisledi01 SLN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 19 1946 WS wilkste01 SLN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA TB SA PA OB OBP
## 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.500 4 0.667 10 7 0.700
## 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.412 9 0.529 24 13 0.542
## 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 4 0.800 5 2 0.400
## 4 2 1 0 0 0 0.320 14 0.560 32 15 0.469
## 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.316 8 0.421 19 6 0.316
## 6 0 1 0 0 1 0.296 11 0.407 28 9 0.321
## 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 2 0.500 6 3 0.500
## 8 1 0 3 0 1 0.250 8 0.333 29 8 0.276
## 9 0 0 1 0 0 0.250 1 0.250 5 1 0.200
## 10 0 0 1 0 0 0.233 8 0.267 31 7 0.226
## 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.222 12 0.444 31 10 0.323
## 12 0 0 2 0 0 0.148 4 0.148 31 6 0.194
## 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.125 1 0.125 8 1 0.125
## 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0.000
## 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 0 0.000
## 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 0.000
## 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 4 0 0.000
## 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 0 0.000
## 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0.000
# Babe Ruth's WS profile
subset(ws, playerID == "ruthba01")
## yearID round playerID teamID lgID G AB R H X2B X3B HR RBI SB CS BB
## 558 1915 WS ruthba01 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 595 1916 WS ruthba01 BOS AL 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
## 659 1918 WS ruthba01 BOS AL 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
## 771 1921 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 6 16 3 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 5
## 799 1922 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 5 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
## 839 1923 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 6 19 8 7 1 1 3 3 0 0 8
## 961 1926 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 7 20 6 6 0 0 4 5 1 1 11
## 998 1927 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 4 15 4 6 0 0 2 7 1 0 2
## 1036 1928 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 0 0 1
## 1186 1932 WS ruthba01 NYA AL 4 15 6 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 4
## SO IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA TB SA PA OB OBP
## 558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 0.000
## 595 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 5 0 0.000
## 659 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.200 3 0.600 6 1 0.167
## 771 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.312 8 0.500 21 10 0.476
## 799 3 0 1 1 0 0 0.118 3 0.176 21 5 0.238
## 839 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.368 19 1.000 27 15 0.556
## 961 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.300 18 0.900 32 18 0.562
## 998 2 1 0 0 1 1 0.400 12 0.800 19 9 0.474
## 1036 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.625 22 1.375 17 11 0.647
## 1186 3 0 1 0 0 1 0.333 11 0.733 20 10 0.500