Function: lookup_team

Get a info about a team or teams based on the team name, city, abbreviation, or file code.

statsapi.lookup_team(lookup_value, activeStatus="Y", season=None, sportIds=1)

Note: Values for activeStatus: Y, N, B (Both)

Note: Return value will be a list of teams matching the lookup_value. If no matches are found, an empty list will be returned.

Example

Get teamId for team with code cwa

team = statsapi.lookup_team('chn')
print(team[0]['id']) #assume only 1 record returned for demo purposes

Output

112

Example

Get info about all teams from NY

for team in statsapi.lookup_team('ny'):
    print(team)

Output

{'id': 147, 'name': 'New York Yankees', 'teamCode': 'nya', 'fileCode': 'nyy', 'teamName': 'Yankees', 'locationName': 'Bronx', 'shortName': 'NY Yankees'}
{'id': 121, 'name': 'New York Mets', 'teamCode': 'nyn', 'fileCode': 'nym', 'teamName': 'Mets', 'locationName': 'New York', 'shortName': 'NY Mets'}