Is there an API for Baseball Almanac?

Baseball Almanac does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 3 maintained endpoints for baseball-almanac.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Baseball Almanac data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when baseball-almanac.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Baseball Almanac account?

No. Every Baseball Almanac action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the Baseball Almanac API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Sports

Baseball Almanac API

baseball-almanac.com

Baseball reference - player search, historical stats, rosters, records, and league leaders.

Actions: 3
Category: Sports
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

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Call the Baseball Almanac API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_baseball_almanac_player_profile.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_baseball_almanac_player_profile",
    "params": {
      "player_id": "colege01"
    }
  }'

3 actions on baseball-almanac.com

Read

Player Profile
act_baseball_almanac_player_profileread1 credit / call
Returns a player's biography and career batting and pitching statistics.
player_id
string · required
Team Navigation
act_baseball_almanac_team_navigationread1 credit / call
Returns MLB teams with codes, leagues, and links to season rosters.
Team Roster
act_baseball_almanac_team_rosterread1 credit / call
Returns a team's roster for a season with player names, numbers, and positions.
season_year
string · required
team_code
string · required

Baseball Almanac API questions

Is there an API for Baseball Almanac?: Baseball Almanac does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 3 maintained endpoints for baseball-almanac.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Baseball Almanac data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when baseball-almanac.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Baseball Almanac account?: No. Every Baseball Almanac action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Baseball Almanac API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.