I put together a massive file of game-by-game data from the 2015 MLB season (regular and postseason). Data provided includes:- Game by game data for each player showing DFS points, salaries, and positions for FanDuel, DraftKings, Star Fantasy, and DraftDay.
- Data on batter and pitcher handedness (left/right), opposing starter and handedness, home vs away, team scores, batting order data, actual position data
- Home plate umpire for each game
- Weather conditions at gametime
The file provides one line per player per game. At the maximum, it includes all active hitters for each game day (regardless of whether they played in the game), and all pitchers who appeared in a game. You do have the ability to filter out hitter records for active hitters not playing or not starting, and you may also limit pitcher data only to those who start each game. A note on raw stats: My licensing agreement with my basic stats provider (Sportradar) - the service that provides raw baseball stats, like hits, HR, strikeouts, etc. - restricts my ability to pass along those stats in any format that effectively makes me a provider of a competitive product offering. As such, you will not be able to use this baseball file to gather raw baseball stats - other than a very select few.
Notwithstanding the above, I will provide a select few raw stats for each player per game. For hitters, I'm currently providing PA (plate appearances) and a "Basic wOBA" numerator, as defined in this article: www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/basic-woba-equation/
From this data, you can calculate the basic wOBA for a game of for a group of games.
For pitchers, I provide IP (innings pitched), indicate whether a win, loss, or save was earned, and whether a start was a QS (quality start).
Here is a link to a full description of the file, including access instructions:
http://rotoguru1.com/base/mlb-dbd-2015-notes.txt
Here is a sample link to the file, showing all starters for all regular season games: http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/mlb-dbd-2015.pl?end=20151004&incl=0
For 2016, this file will be updated daily, and will also list all players and DFS salary & position info for the pending game day (similar to the approach used for the NBA file). I plan to include Yahoo DFS salaries and points as well. I cannot guarantee that the 2016 file will be available on opening day, but I hope to have it up within a few days of the season opener. The file will be offered for free for at least part of April, but then will switch to a subscription basis for the rest of the season. I have not yet settled on a subscription price.
The text download that I previously provided on the RotoGuru Daily Points page will be discontinued n 2016. That report will be available only in HTML format.
Note that, as is the case with the similar NBA file, this is provided solely for personal use. Commercial usage or reproduction of the data file is prohibited.