MLB Elo — mlb_elo • fivethirtyeightdata

The raw data behind the stories: "The Complete History Of MLB" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/complete-history-of-mlb/ and "MLB Predictions" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-mlb-predictions/.

mlb_elo

Format

A data frame with 220,010 rows representing Elo ratings and 26 variables:

date: The date of the game.
season: The season within which the game was played.
neutral: No description provided.
playoff: No description provided.
team1: One team that participated in the game.
team2: The other team that participated in the match.
elo1_pre: The Elo rating for team1 prior to the game.
elo2_pre: The Elo rating for team2 prior to the game.
elo_prob1: No description provided.
elo_prob2: No description provided.
elo1_post: The Elo rating for team1 after the game.
elo2_post: The Elo rating for team2 after the game.
rating1_pre: No description provided.
rating2_pre: No description provided.
pitcher1: An identifier of the pitcher
pitcher2: No description provided.
pitcher1_rating: No description provided.
pitcher2_rating: No description provided.
pitcher1_adj: No description provided.
pitcher2_adj: No description provided.
rating_prob1: No description provided.
rating_prob2: No description provided.
rating1_post: No description provided.
rating2_post: No description provided.
score1: The number of runs scored by team1.
score2: The number of runs scored by team2.

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeightdata/data/blob/master/mlb-elo/README.md