
I Built a Python Package for Every Baseball Savant Leaderboard
The Problem pybaseball is the go-to Python library for Baseball Savant data. But it doesn't cover many of the leaderboards that Baseball Savant offers: Pitch Tempo Arm Strength Pitch Movement Catcher Blocking / Throwing / Stance Baserunning / Basestealing Timer Infractions (pitch clock violations) and more I built savant-extras to fill that gap. Version History Version Added v0.1.0 bat_tracking (date range support) v0.2.0 pitch_tempo, arm_strength v0.3.0 13 more leaderboards v0.3.1 Known Issues documentation Currently covers 16 leaderboards, 33 functions . All Supported Leaderboards Leaderboard Function Category Bat Tracking bat_tracking() Batting Batted Ball batted_ball() Batting Home Runs home_runs() Batting Year-to-Year year_to_year() Batting Pitch Tempo pitch_tempo() Pitching Pitch Movement pitch_movement() Pitching Pitcher Arm Angle pitcher_arm_angle() Pitching Running Game running_game() Pitching Timer Infractions timer_infractions() Pitching Arm Strength arm_strength() Fielding
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