Import Retrosheet data as a structured R object

retrosheet is an R package that downloads and parses the single-season event, gamelog, roster, and schedule files from http://www.retrosheet.org into structured R objects for further analysis.

Currently, the main functions are

• getRetrosheet() - This workhorse function returns the full seasonal data associated with the user-entered arguments
• getPartialGamelog() - An alternative to returning the full gamelog files. This function allows the user to choose the columns and date. Column names are made available by the global object gamelogFields

Also included are convenience functions

• getFileNames() - for obtaining a list of all zip files currently available for use by this package
• getTeamIDs() - for providing the team ID value to be used in the team argument of getRetrosheet()
• getParkIDs() - for ballpark ID and name information

This development version can be installed with

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github( repo = "keberwein/retrosheet" )

Recipients of Retrosheet data are free to make any desired use of the information, including (but not limited to) selling it, giving it away, or producing a commercial product based upon the data. Retrosheet has one requirement for any such transfer of data or product evelopment, which is that the following statement must appear prominently:

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.

Last updated on February 28, 2018