Pitcher and Pitcher history
The pitcher element provides information about the starting pitchers for both teams in a baseball event. It is an element included in the "pitchers" element
<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>
The pitcher element can be found also inside the pitcher history 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:
<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>
Table below will show attributes and possible values of the pitcher element
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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