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The ESPN API provides access to a wide range of sports-related data and content, including news, scores, schedules, and standings. Here are some of the available endpoints:
https://site.web.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/athletes/{id}: Returns information about the specified athlete. Replace {sport} with the sport slug, {league} with the league slug, and {id} with the athlete ID. Example: https://site.web.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/athletes/13982
Example: https://site.web.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/videos
Returns information about the available sports.
Endpoint: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports
Example: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports
Returns information about the available leagues for a specific sport.
Endpoint: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}
Replace {sport} with the sport slug (e.g. baseball, basketball, football).
Example: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football
Returns information about the teams for a specific league.
Endpoint: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/teams
Replace {sport} with the sport slug (e.g. baseball, basketball, football) and {league} with the league slug (e.g. mlb, nba, nfl).
Example: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/teams
Returns the current standings for a specific league.
Endpoint: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/standings
Replace {sport} with the sport slug (e.g. baseball, basketball, football) and {league} with the league slug (e.g. mlb, nba, nfl).
Example: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/standings
Returns information about the events for a specific league.
Endpoint: https://site.web.api.espn.com/apis/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/scoreboard
Replace {sport} with the sport slug and {league} with the league slug.
Example: https://site.web.api.espn.com/apis/v2/sports/football/nfl/events
Returns the latest videos for a specific sport and league.
Endpoint: https://api.espn.com/v1/sports/{sport}/{league}/videos
Replace {sport} with the sport slug and {league} with the league slug.
Example: https://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football/nfl/videos
Unfortunately, it does not seem like there is a public ESPN API endpoint for retrieving player and player stats information for baseball. If you come across any new information, please feel free to share.