pybaseball vs sports.py

pybaseball

Pull current and historical baseball statistics using Python (Statcast, Baseball Reference, FanGraphs) (by jldbc)

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sports.py

A simple Python package to gather live sports scores (by evansloan)

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pybaseball		sports.py
	Project
33	Mentions	1
1,107	Stars	52
-	Growth	-
5.0	Activity	0.0
14 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT License

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pybaseball

Posts with mentions or reviews of pybaseball. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-24.

pybaseball help
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 6 Dec 2023
Best baseballdata source for datascraping
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 12 Jun 2023
Baseball Savant API
2 projects | /r/Sabermetrics | 24 Apr 2023

pybaseball and MLB-StatsAPI are the go-to python wrappers for the official MLB API.
Data sources for MLB ABs?
2 projects | /r/mlb | 19 Apr 2023
Looking for Spray Angle Data from this season (preferably)
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 18 Apr 2023

I think pybaseball includes spray angle in their statcast() data frame! And if not, there definitely is the (x,y) location of where the ball landed, so you could probably do some trig to calculate that too.
Anyone willing to help create a webscrape for first pitch data?
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 29 Mar 2023

Check out the docs here: https://github.com/jldbc/pybaseball/blob/master/docs/playerid_reverse_lookup.md
Python Code help
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 27 Mar 2023

I think a lot of what you're looking to do though can be accomplished a bit easier by utilizing pre-existing Python libraries like Pybaseball.
Help running pybaseball commands in Python
1 project | /r/Sabermetrics | 8 Feb 2023
MLB Stats API Application time?
2 projects | /r/Sabermetrics | 3 Jan 2023

most folks without direct access to mlb's api scrape baseball savant's data api. packages like baseballr or pybaseball can help with this. remember, this is in the open on a trust model: no commercial use, and don't hammer the api.
Where to get started analyzing basic baseball metrics
2 projects | /r/baseball | 10 Nov 2022

And if you’re using Python, it’s pybaseball I believe. https://github.com/jldbc/pybaseball

sports.py

Posts with mentions or reviews of sports.py. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

How to resolve this error?
1 project | /r/learnpython | 2 Sep 2021

That package seems to be broken: https://github.com/evansloan/sports.py/issues/9

What are some alternatives?

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MLB-StatsAPI - Python wrapper for MLB Stats API

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baseballr - A package written for R focused on baseball analysis. Currently in development.

zengm - Basketball GM (and other ZenGM games) are single-player sports management simulation games, made entirely in client-side JavaScript.

boxball - Prebuilt Docker images with Retrosheet's complete baseball history data for many analytical frameworks. Includes Postgres, cstore_fdw, MySQL, SQLite, Clickhouse, Drill, Parquet, and CSV.

soccerapi - soccerapi, an unambitious soccer odds scraper ⚽️

mara-pipelines - A lightweight opinionated ETL framework, halfway between plain scripts and Apache Airflow

mlbgame - A Python API to retrieve and read MLB GameDay data

strat-o-rama - Generating plausible Strat-O-Matic cards from MLB data

baseball-pi - Get the live box score, plays, and batter stats of your favorite MLB team right on your desktop.

football-game-simulator - Relive the world's greatest soccer posters or those from your favorite teams. This is a football match simulator where 11 players on each team play against each other. The simulator is currently in beta version!