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# \<pitchers> and \<pitcherHistory>

#### Pitchers Element <a href="#uofapi-less-than-pitchers-greater-than-and-less-than-pitcherhistory-greater-than-pitcherselement" id="uofapi-less-than-pitchers-greater-than-and-less-than-pitcherhistory-greater-than-pitcherselement"></a>

The pitchers element provides information about the starting pitchers for both teams in a baseball event. It is an element included in the "pitchers" element.

```xml
<pitchers>
        <pitcher name="Casey Mize" hand="R" competitor="home" id="sr:player:1473712"/>
        <pitcher name="Christopher Archer" hand="R" competitor="away" id="sr:player:843249"/>
 </pitchers>
```

#### PitcherHistory Element <a href="#uofapi-less-than-pitchers-greater-than-and-less-than-pitcherhistory-greater-than-pitcherhistoryeleme" id="uofapi-less-than-pitchers-greater-than-and-less-than-pitcherhistory-greater-than-pitcherhistoryeleme"></a>

The \<pitcher> sub-element can be found also inside the PitcherHistory element with an additional attribute which is "changed\_at" which indicates what time the starting pitcher was changed.

An example below of the change of the starting pitcher:

```xml
<pitcherHistory>
   <pitcher name="Casey Mize" hand="R" competitor="home" id="sr:player:1473712" changed_at="2021-09-11T22:54:27+00:00"/>
   <pitcher name="Bryan Garcia" hand="R" competitor="home" id="sr:player:1119703" changed_at="2021-09-11T23:15:42+00:00"/>
   <pitcher name="Ian Krol" hand="L" competitor="home" id="sr:player:849464" changed_at="2021-09-11T23:31:21+00:00"/>
   <pitcher name="Andrew Hutchison" hand="R" competitor="home" id="sr:player:843051" changed_at="2021-09-12T00:36:44+00:00"/>
</pitcherHistory>
```

\
Attributes of \<pitcher> sub-element    &#x20;

| Attribute Name | Meaning                                        | Data type | Possible values           |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------- |
| *name*         | name of the pitcher                            | string    | name of the pitcher       |
| *hand*         | hand used by the pitcher                       | string    | R, L (right or left)      |
| *competitor*   | which team the pitcher belongs in              | string    | home,  away               |
| *id*           | id of the pitcher as a player                  | string    | example: sr:player:843249 |
| *changed\_at*  | timing when the change of the pitcher happened | datetime  | date and time             |

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