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Variable Labels

battingLabels.Rd

These data frames provide descriptive labels for the variables in the Batting, Pitching and Fielding files (and related *Post files). They are useful for plots and other output using Label.

Usage

data(battingLabels)

data(fieldingLabels)

data(pitchingLabels)

Format

Each is data frame with observations on the following 2 variables.

variable

variable name

label

variable label

See also

Label

Examples

data(battingLabels)
str(battingLabels)
#> 'data.frame':	22 obs. of  2 variables:
#>  $ variable: chr  "playerID" "yearID" "stint" "teamID" ...
#>  $ label   : chr  "Player ID code" "Year" "Player's stint" "Team" ...

require("dplyr")

# find and plot maximum number of homers per year
batHR <- Batting %>%
           filter(!is.na(HR)) %>%
           group_by(yearID) %>%
           summarise(max=max(HR))
    
with(batHR, {
  plot(yearID, max, 
       xlab=Label("yearID"), ylab=paste("Maximum", Label("HR")), 
       cex=0.8)
  lines(lowess(yearID, max), col="blue", lwd=2)
  abline(lm(max ~ yearID), col="red", lwd=2)
  })