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pybaseball

Python package for Statcast, FanGraphs and Baseball Reference data

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About pybaseball

pybaseball is an MIT-licensed Python library that downloads pitch-level Statcast data from Baseball Savant, season stats from FanGraphs, and historical records and standings from Baseball Reference. James LeDoux created it, and Moshe Schorr now maintains it. The last PyPI release (2.2.7) came out in September 2023, but the repository had commits as recently as January 2026.

Features

  • Statcast pitch-level queries
  • FanGraphs batting and pitching leaderboards
  • Baseball Reference stats and standings
  • Player ID lookup
  • pandas DataFrame output

Sports and sites covered

Sports

Works with

Not tied to a specific DFS site.

Pricing

Free

Open source (MIT)

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Sources and corrections

Last checked Oct 3, 2026. We build every listing from the sources below and recheck them regularly. If something about pybaseball has changed, let us know.