MLB Stats Scraper: MLB Teams, Schedules, Rosters, and Players

Overview

MLB Stats Scraper collects structured Major League Baseball information, including team profiles, single-day schedules, active rosters, and player biographies. Export available game details, scores, venues, team information, player positions, and other fields to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

The actor supports five modes: schedule, team, teams, roster, and player. Each mode collects a specific type of baseball information. Available fields may vary depending on the selected mode and the source data.

Features

• Collect schedules for a selected date.
• Retrieve individual team details or multiple team records.
• Collect a team's active roster.
• Retrieve player information using player IDs.
• Extract game dates, status, scores, venues, and participating teams.
• Collect available player details, including positions, jersey numbers, and biographical information.
• Deduplicate records by ID within a run.
• Export structured datasets to JSON, CSV, or Excel.
• Schedule recurring runs through Apify.

Use Cases

• MLB schedule tracking: Export games for a selected date, including teams, scores, venues, and game status.
• Team research: Collect team names, abbreviations, leagues, divisions, and home venues.
• Roster exports: Build structured lists of players, jersey numbers, and positions.
• Player research: Collect available player information, including names, birth dates, height, weight, and primary position.
• Recurring data collection: Schedule regular exports for spreadsheets and compatible workflows.
• Historical recordkeeping: Maintain JSON or CSV snapshots for analysis and comparison.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	schedule	Collection mode: schedule, team, teams, roster, or player.
date	string	2026-09-15	Schedule date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
teamId	integer	108	Team ID used by team and roster modes. ID 108 represents the Los Angeles Angels.
personIds	array	[]	Player IDs to process in player mode.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of successful records to save, from 1 to 1,000.
timeoutSecs	integer	300	Overall time limit in seconds.
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	30	Timeout for an individual request, in seconds.

Example Input

Get a Daily Schedule

{
  "mode": "schedule",
  "date": "2026-09-15",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "timeoutSecs": 300,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}

Get a Team Roster

{
  "mode": "roster",
  "teamId": 108,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Get Player Details

{
  "mode": "player",
  "personIds": [660271],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Get Team Information

{
  "mode": "team",
  "teamId": 108,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Get Multiple Teams

{
  "mode": "teams",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Extracted Data

Each successful record represents a team, game, roster entry, or player. Records may include identifiers, source references, and collection timestamps.

Available information depends on the selected mode:

• Schedules: Game identifiers, dates, status, participating teams, scores, venues, and game notes.
• Teams: Team names, abbreviations, league and division information, venue details, spring league information, and first year of play.
• Rosters: Player identifiers, names, jersey numbers, and positions.
• Players: Names, birth dates, height, weight, and primary position, when available.

Duplicate IDs are saved only once per run. Invalid inputs or unusable source responses may produce error records, and the actor continues where possible.

Example Output

The following example illustrates a schedule record. Values represent an example record; source fields and available data may change.

{
  "recordKind": "game",
  "id": 824466,
  "name": "Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds",
  "gamePk": 824466,
  "season": 2026,
  "officialDate": "2026-09-15",
  "gameDate": "2026-09-15T22:40:00Z",
  "gameState": "Final",
  "awayTeamName": "Los Angeles Dodgers",
  "homeTeamName": "Cincinnati Reds",
  "awayScore": 4,
  "homeScore": 0,
  "venue": {
    "id": 2602,
    "name": "Great American Ball Park"
  },
  "gameNote": "Roberto Clemente Day",
  "link": "SOURCE_RESOURCE_PATH",
  "scrapedAt": "COLLECTION_TIMESTAMP"
}

Field Reference

The fields included in each record depend on the collection mode and the information available from the source.

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	Team ID, game ID, or player ID, depending on the record.
name	string	Team name, game matchup, or player name.
recordKind	string	Record category: team, game, roster, or player.
season	integer	Season year, when available.
gamePk	integer	Game identifier.
officialDate	string	Official game date.
gameDate	string	Scheduled game timestamp.
gameState	string	Game status, such as Final.
awayTeamName	string	Away team name.
homeTeamName	string	Home team name.
awayScore	integer	Away team score, when available.
homeScore	integer	Home team score, when available.
venue	object	Ballpark or venue information, including available IDs and names.
gameNote	string	Game note or event description, when available.
link	string	Related resource path provided in the record.
abbreviation	string	Team abbreviation, such as LAA.
league	object	League information for a team.
division	object	Division information for a team.
springLeague	object	Spring league information, when available.
firstYearOfPlay	string	Team's first year of play, when available.
personId	integer	Player identifier, when present.
jersey	string or integer	Player's jersey number.
position	object	Player position details.
birthDate	string	Player's date of birth, when available.
height	string	Player height, when available.
weight	integer	Player weight, when available.
primaryPosition	object	Player's primary position, when available.
scrapedAt	string	UTC timestamp when the record was saved.
error	string	Error description, present on error records.
input	object	Input details associated with a failed operation.

Not every field appears in every record. Fields may be absent when the selected mode or source data does not provide them.

Collection and Rate Limits

• Maximum records: maxItems accepts values from 1 to 1,000.
• Request pacing: Collection runs at approximately two requests per second.
• Retries: Temporary rate limits, server errors, and request timeouts may trigger up to three additional attempts, with delays of 2, 4, and 8 seconds. Longer server-specified retry delays are respected.
• Schedule coverage: Schedule mode collects games for one date per run. Collecting multiple dates requires separate runs.
• Player collection: Player mode can process multiple player IDs, subject to the configured record limit and request pacing.
• Timeouts: The actor uses an overall time limit and an individual request timeout.
• Deduplication: Duplicate IDs are skipped within a run.
• Error handling: Invalid inputs and unusable responses are recorded as error rows where possible. The actor continues processing when it can.
• Source changes: Source data structures and field availability may change over time.

Attribution and Source Restrictions

Responses may include copyright notices attributed to MLB Advanced Media. MLB content may be subject to copyright and other restrictions, including limitations on commercial use.

Review the applicable source terms before using, publishing, or redistributing collected data. Preserve required attribution and respect applicable restrictions.

FAQ

What collection modes are supported?

The actor supports schedule, team, teams, roster, and player modes.

Can I collect an entire season in one run?

Schedule mode is configured for one date per run. To collect multiple days, schedule separate runs for the dates you need.

What happens if a team ID or date is invalid?

The actor may record an error row with relevant input details and continue where possible. Other valid player IDs may still be processed.

How many records can one run save?

The default limit is 100 successful records, and the maximum is 1,000. The number of records returned also depends on the selected mode and available data.

Can I schedule recurring exports?

Yes. Use Apify scheduling to refresh daily schedules, team information, rosters, or player records.

Which export formats are supported?

The collected dataset can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Trademark Notice

MLB and related names, logos, and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Their use in this documentation is solely to identify the source of the data and does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or partnership.

Disclaimer

This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise officially associated with MLB or its owners. Users are responsible for complying with applicable source terms, copyright restrictions, attribution requirements, and other relevant laws when using or redistributing collected information.

Is Web Scraping Legal?

Collecting information that is already public is generally legal. Scraping is not the same thing as hacking, and there is no single law that bans it. The limits are the usual ones: do not break into accounts, do not take private or confidential data, and be careful with personal data and copyrighted works. A site's terms can also restrict how you access it. Facts such as a public name, price, or rating are not the same thing as republishing someone's article or photo.

This actor collects information from public pages. It does not log in and it does not bypass access controls.

For a longer explanation, see Apify's article Is web scraping legal?.