Template:Baseballstats/sandbox

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Usage

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

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

• Career statistics and player information from Error: Template:Baseballstats must contain at least one valid parameter name.</syntaxhighlight>

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

Example for Chris Young (outfielder):

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

results in:

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

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

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

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[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
MLB ID	mlb	The ID of this player on MLB's website. Found at the end of a player URL. This corresponds to Wikidata property P3541.	Number	optional
ESPN Stats ID	espn	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.	String	optional
Baseball Reference	br 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.	String	optional
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.	String	optional
Fangraphs Player ID	fangraphs	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.	Number	optional
Retrosheet ID	retro	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.	String	optional
No Bullet	nobullet	Set this to any value remove the bullet prepended automatically. Auto value y	Boolean	optional

Maintenance/tracking categories

• Category:Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters (1)

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