MLB head to head record visualizations

Plot the head to head history between two teams

How to

• Run it using: python3 bballh2hviz.py [-ohap] TEAM1 TEAM2
• Refer to bballh2hcnst.py for team names and their respective nicknames
• Data is scraped using BeautifulSoup
• Visualizations are displayed using PyPlot
• To additionally view year-by-year data in JSON format, uncomment line 7 and lines 194-195
• A list of team nicknames and their associated teams:

{
	"ari": "Arizona Diamondbacks",
	"atl": "Atlanta Braves",
	"bal": "Baltimore Orioles",
	"bos": "Boston Red Sox",
	"chi": "Chicago Cubs",
	"wsx": "Chicago White Sox",
	"cin": "Cincinnati Reds",
	"cle": "Cleveland Indians",
	"col": "Colorado Rockies",
	"det": "Detroit Tigers",
	"hou": "Houston Astros",
	"kc": "Kansas City Royals",
	"laa": "Los Angeles Angels",
	"la": "Los Angeles Dodgers",
	"mia": "Miami Marlins",
	"mil": "Milwaukee Brewers",
	"min": "Minnesota Twins",
	"nym": "New York Mets",
	"nyy": "New York Yankees",
	"oak": "Oakland Athletics",
	"phi": "Philadelphia Phillies",
	"pit": "Pittsburgh Pirates",
	"sd": "San Diego Padres",
	"sf": "San Francisco Giants",
	"sea": "Seattle Mariners",
	"stl": "St. Louis Cardinals",
	"tb": "Tampa Bay Rays",
	"tex": "Texas Rangers",
	"tor": "Toronto Blue Jays",
	"wsh": "Washington Nationals"
}

• Flags:
  • -o: overall win percentage
  • -h: home win percentage
  • -a: away win percentage
  • -p: playoff win percentage

Extra Notes

• Postseason games (including World Series matchups) are included in the visualizations
• Games before the first WS in 1903 are included because they are officially tallied in the record books
• For interleague series, the last valid year"s data points are displayed for gap years (a.k.a. years in which a game between those two teams was not played), but those data points do not count towards overall win percentage and other calculations because they are just filler points

Credit

All data was gathered from mcubed.net

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