Data Types: Division

Division Structure

Attributes are expandable and collapsable - Link to Division dataclass

id : int

• id number of the divison

name : str

• name of the division

link : str

• link of the division

season : str

• Current season for the division

nameshort : str

• Short name for the division

abbreviation : str

• Abbreviation of the divison name

league : League

• League this division is in. Dataclass: League

id : int

• id number of the league

link : str

• link of the league

sport : Sport

• Sport this divison is in. Dataclass: Sport

id : int

• id number of the sport

link : str

• link of the sport

haswildcard : bool

• If this league has a wildcard

sortorder : int

• Sort order

numplayoffteams : int

• Number of playoff teams in division

active : bool

• Current status of this division

Usage that returns Division objects

get_division

Description: Returns a Division

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
divison_id	string/int	Yes	divisionId to return a directory of division(s) for a specific division.	None

get_divisions

Description: Return all divisons

Other Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
divisionId	string/int	No	Insert divisionId(s) to return a directory of division(s) for a specific division. Format '200,201'	None
leagueId	string/int	No	Insert leagueId to return a directory of division(s) for all divisions in a specific league.	None
sportId	string/int	No	Insert a sportId to return a directory of division(s) for all divisions in a specific sport.	None

get_division_id

---

Description: Return division ids

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
division_name	string	Yes	Division name

Other Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
search_key	string	No	description	'name'

Example output from MLB stats api endpoint

Mlb stats api Query:

https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/divisions?divisionId=200&leagueId=103&sportId=1

Equivelant with python-mlb-statsapi:

>>> import mlbstatsapi
>>>
>>> mlb = mlbstatsapi.Mlb()
>>>
>>> division_ids = mlb.get_division_id("American League West")
>>>
>>> print(division_ids)
[200]
>>>
>>>
>>> division = mlb.get_division(division_id = 200, leagueId = 103, sportId = 1)
>>>
>>> print(division)
Division(id=200, link=/api/v1/divisions/200, name=American League West, season=2022, nameshort=AL West, abbreviation=ALW, league=League(id=103, link=/api/v1/league/103), sport=Sport(id=1, link=/api/v1/sports/1), haswildcard=False, sortorder=24, numplayoffteams=1, active=True)