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⚾ MLB Team Roster & Player ID Scraper

Extract complete MLB rosters with deep player insights! 🏟️ This powerful Apify actor fetches comprehensive player data including real-time stats, injury tracking, cross-platform IDs (ESPN, Yahoo, MLB), and fantasy points. Perfect for analytics, betting apps, and fantasy baseball!

🎯 What This Actor Does

This actor allows you to:

• Get complete team rosters - All players for any MLB team
• Player statistics - Detailed performance data for each player
• Physical attributes - Height, weight, birthday, birthplace
• Injury tracking - Current injury status and return dates
• Fantasy points - Fantasy scoring for each player
• External links - MLB, ESPN, Yahoo, Fantasy Pros, and more
• Player IDs - IDs across all major platforms
• Education background - College and high school information
• Batch processing - Scrape multiple teams in one run

🚀 How to Use

Step 1: Get Team Abbreviations

Determine which MLB teams you want to scrape. Use standard 2-3 letter team codes:

CHW(Chicago White Sox)
NYY(New York Yankees)
LAD(Los Angeles Dodgers)
BOS(Boston Red Sox)

Step 2: Configure the Actor

Step 3: Run and Get Results

Run the actor and download your roster data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

📊 Output Data Structure

Each player result contains:

👤 Basic Information

🏟️ Team Information

📏 Physical Attributes

⚾ Playing Style

� Status Information

🏥 Injury Information

🎓 Education Background

� External Links

� Player IDs

📋 Example Input

{
"teamAbbreviations":[
"CHW",
"NYY",
"LAD"
],
"includeStats":true,
"includeFantasyPoints":true
}

📋 Example Output

{
"playerID":"673357",
"longName":"Luis Robert Jr.",
"jerseyNum":"88",
"pos":"CF",
"team":"CHW",
"teamAbv":"CHW",
"teamID":"6",
"height":"6-2",
"weight":"225",
"bDay":"8/3/1997",
"birthPlace":"Ciego de Avila, Cuba",
"bat":"R",
"throw":"R",
"isStartingPitcher":"False",
"espnStatus":"Active",
"lastGamePlayed":"20250826_KC@CHW",
"injuryStatus":"",
"injuryDescription":"",
"injuryDate":"",
"injuryReturnDate":"",
"college":"",
"highSchool":"",
"mlbLink":"https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-robert-jr-673357",
"mlbHeadshot":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:silo:current.png/r_max/w_180,q_auto:best/v1/people/673357/headshot/silo/current",
"espnLink":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39631",
"espnHeadshot":"https://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/39631.png",
"yahooLink":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10765",
"fantasyProsLink":"https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/players/luis-robert.php",
"mlbID":"673357",
"mlbIDFull":"luis-robert-jr-673357",
"espnID":"39631",
"yahooPlayerID":"10765",
"cbsPlayerID":"2826875",
"rotoWirePlayerID":"14686",
"rotoWirePlayerIDFull":"luis-robert-14686",
"sleeperBotID":"1388",
"fantasyProsPlayerID":"6935",
"bRefID":"roberlu01",
"bRefID2":"robert001lui"
}

🎨 Dataset Views

The actor provides 6 organized table views:

💡 Use Cases

• Sports Analytics - Analyze team composition, player demographics, and roster trends
• Fantasy Baseball - Build comprehensive player databases for fantasy leagues
• Team Management - Track roster changes and player availability
• Injury Tracking - Monitor injury status across teams
• Player Research - Access complete player profiles with all external links
• Data Integration - Map player IDs across different platforms
• Scouting Reports - Gather player information for scouting purposes
• Mobile Apps - Feed roster data into sports applications
• Sports Journalism - Quick access to player data for articles and reports

🏟️ MLB Team Abbreviations

Common team abbreviations you can use:

📊 Player Positions

The scraper returns the following position codes:

🎯 Pitcher Classification

For pitchers, the isStartingPitcher field indicates:

• True - Starting pitcher
• False - Relief pitcher

🏥 Injury Status

The scraper provides comprehensive injury tracking:

• injuryStatus - Current designation (IL, DTD, etc.)
• injuryDescription - Description of the injury
• injuryDate - When the injury occurred
• injuryReturnDate - Expected return date

📞 Support

For questions, feedback, or issues, please contact us through Apify or open an issue.

🔎 Tags

MLB scraper, MLB roster scraper, baseball roster, MLB team data, baseball player data, MLB player stats, fantasy baseball, sports scraper, baseball scraper, MLB data extractor, player statistics, baseball analytics, Apify MLB scraper, MLB team roster

Happy scraping! ⚾✨