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Brian Ward edited this page Mar 27, 2025 · 5 revisions

Get available values from StatsAPI for use in other queries, or look up descriptions for values found in API results.

statsapi.meta(type, fields=None)

Limit the fields returned by providing a comma-separated list in the fields parameter. Get the field names from the un-limited response for the same type.

Example

To get a list of leader categories to use when calling the team_leaders function:

statsapi.meta('leagueLeaderTypes')

Known types

  • awards
  • baseballStats
  • eventTypes
  • freeGameTypes
  • gameStatus
  • gameTypes
  • hitTrajectories
  • jobTypes
  • languages
  • leagueLeaderTypes
  • logicalEvents
  • metrics
  • pitchCodes
  • pitchTypes
  • platforms
  • positions
  • reviewReasons
  • rosterTypes
  • runnerDetailTypes
  • scheduleTypes
  • scheduleEventTypes
  • situationCodes
  • sky
  • standingsTypes
  • statGroups
  • statTypes
  • violationTypes
  • windDirection

Note: This information is provided for reference only, without warranty or guarantee, and is not official documentation provided by MLB. This package and its author are not affiliated with MLB or any MLB team. This API wrapper interfaces with MLB's Stats API. Use of MLB data is subject to the notice posted at http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt.

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