Usage

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To use this template, copy and paste this text to a baseball player's external links section:

{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br= |fangraphs= |brm= |retro=}}

Add the page ID's after the equals sign to properly direct the links that you desire to have. If you do not specify an ID, the site will not be shown.

Example

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Example for Chris Young (outfielder):

{{Baseballstats |mlb= 455759 |espn= 6514 |br= y/youngch04 |fangraphs= 3882 |brm= young-001chr |retro= Y/Pyounc004 }}

results in:

To find a player's ID, find the player's page on a website and locate a string of numbers or letters in the URL similar to the ones above. That is the player's ID.

Parameters

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Parameter Website Wikidata property† URL
|mlb= MLB.com P3541 https://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id={{{mlb}}}
|espn= ESPN.com P3571 https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/{{{espn}}}
|br= Baseball-Reference.com P1825 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/{{{br}}}.shtml
|fangraphs= Fangraphs.com P3574 https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid={{{fangraphs}}}
|brm= Baseball-Reference.com (Minors) P1826 https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id={{{brm}}}
|retro= Retrosheet.org P6976 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/{{retro}}.htm
|nobullet=

† This template does not currently use Wikidata properties.

‡ The |nobullet= parameter, when set to any value, prevents the rendering of the leading bullet. This makes the template appropriate for use in <ref>...</ref> tags.

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Baseballstats in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Baseballstats

Shows career statistics and player information for various links in one template. Despite the Wikidata property being supplied, it is for reference only. This template does not yet fill in information from Wikidata.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
MLB IDmlb

The ID of this player on MLB's website. Found at the end of a player URL. This corresponds to Wikidata property P3541.

Numberoptional
ESPN Stats IDespn

ID found at the end of the ESPN player stats URL. Follows the format: https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/{{{espn}}}. Corresponds to Wikidata property P3571.

Stringoptional
Baseball Referencebr id

The baseball reference code for this player. Found near the end of the URL: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/{br}.shtml. Corresponds to Wikidata property P1825.

Stringoptional
Baseball Reference (Minors)brm

The minor league stats for this player. Found at the end of a minor league URL. E.g. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id={brm}. Corresponds to Wikidata property P1826.

Stringoptional
Fangraphs Player IDfangraphs

The Fangraphs.com player ID for this player. Found inside a stats URL. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/player-name/{fangraphId}. Corresponds to Wikidata property P3574.

Numberoptional
Retrosheet IDretro

The Retrosheet.org page for this player. Found near the end of a Retrosheet player URL, e.g. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/{retro}.htm. Corresponds to Wikidata property P6976.

Stringoptional
No Bulletnobullet

Set this to any value remove the bullet prepended automatically.

Auto value
y
Booleanoptional


Maintenance/tracking categories

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