retrosheet-parse is a library that parses Retrosheet files.
npm i retrosheet-parse
retrosheet-parse exposes 2 main functions. Both take a relative path your Retrosheet file and a set of optional options to generate an output file which are
export type FileOptions = {
outputPath?: string // where the generated file will be outputted
filename?: string // what to name that file (defaults to result.txt)
}
If you don't provide the options, no file is generated
const { parseFile, parseGames } = require('retrosheet-parse')
const rawGames = await parseFile('./my/retrosheet/file')
const formattedGames = await parseGames('./my/retrosheet/file', {
outputPath: './results',
filename: 'games.txt'
})
pathToFile
: relative path to your Retrosheet file
options
: Optional options array (see below for availble option)
Takes a standard Retrosheet file and returns a list of raw games files. For example this (very) truncated file:
id,ANA201904040
version,2
info,visteam,TEX
start,choos001,"Shin-Soo Choo",0,1,9
start,harvm001,"Matt Harvey",1,0,1
play,1,0,choos001,22,FBBCH,HP
com,"On-field Delay"
data,er,volqe001,2
id,ANA201904040
version,2
info,visteam,TEX
start,choos001,"Shin-Soo Choo",0,1,9
start,harvm001,"Matt Harvey",1,0,1
play,1,0,choos001,22,FBBCH,HP
com,"On-field Delay"
data,er,volqe001,2
will return an array with 2 game arrays in it:
[
[
'id,ANA201904040',
'version,2',
'info,visteam,TEX',
'start,choos001,"Shin-Soo Choo",0,1,9',
'start,harvm001,"Matt Harvey",1,0,1',
'play,1,0,choos001,22,FBBCH,HP',
'com,"On-field Delay"',
'data,er,volqe001,2'
],
[
'id,ANA201904040',
'version,2',
'info,visteam,TEX',
'start,choos001,"Shin-Soo Choo",0,1,9',
'start,harvm001,"Matt Harvey",1,0,1',
'play,1,0,choos001,22,FBBCH,HP',
'com,"On-field Delay"',
'data,er,volqe001,2'
]
]
pathToFile
: relative path to your Retrosheet file
options
: Optional options array (see below for availble option)
Parses a Retrosheet file but returns a promise that resolves a list of Game objects. Type definitions for returned data:
type Player = {
id: string
name: string
position: number
type: 'sub' | 'start'
}
type Comment = {
type: 'comment'
text: string
}
type AtBat = {
type: 'at-bat'
playerId: string
count: string
pitchSequence: string
result: string
}
type GameplayEvent = AtBat | Comment
type Lineup = Player[][]
type Game = {
id: string
info: {
visteam: string
hometeam: string
site: string
date: string
number: string
starttime: string
daynight: string
usedh: string
umphome: string
ump1b: string
ump2b: string
ump3b: string
howscored: string
pitches: string
oscorer: string
temp: string
winddir: string
windspeed: string
fieldcond: string
precip: string
sky: string
timeofgame: string
attendance: string
wp: string
lp: string
save: string
}
version: string
lineup: {
home: Lineup
visiting: Lineup
}
data: {
er: {
[playerId: string]: number
}
}
play: {
home: GameplayEvent[][]
visiting: GameplayEvent[][]
}
}
This project is still very rough and new. Also the fact that you know what Retrosheet files are and also what npm is means you could be very valuable to its development, so feel free to contribute or submit issues for improvement!