get_retrosheet_data function

(legacy) Get, Parse, and Format Retrosheet Event and Roster Files

get_retrosheet_data(
  path_to_directory = NULL,
  years_to_acquire = most_recent_mlb_season() - 1,
  sequence_years = FALSE
)

Arguments

• path_to_directory: (default: NULL) A file path that if set, either:

  1. creates a new directory, or
  2. uses the path to an existing directory

• years_to_acquire: (format: YYYY) The seasons to collect. Single, multiple, and sequential years can be passed. If passing multiple years, enclose in a vector (i.e. c(2017,2018)). Defaults to most_recent_mlb_season().

• sequence_years: (logical, default: FALSE): If the seasons passed in the years_to_acquire parameter should be sequenced so that the function returns all years including and between the vector passed, set the argument to TRUE. Defaults to FALSE.

Returns

If path_to_directory is not set (default), the process will return a named list of tibbles: 'events' and 'rosters' for each season provided to years_to_acquire

If path_to_directory is set, will also write two csv files to the unzipped directory: 1) a combined csv of the event data for a given year and 2) a combined csv of each team's roster for each year provided to years_to_acquire