GET /v1/players/{id} | Baseball Data API

One person: names, birth and death, bats and throws, height and weight, and each role with its dates.

GEThttps://api.baseballapi.net/v1/players/{id}

Try it

Your key, kept in this browser

id in the path

Run calls the API with your key.

// The answer appears here.

Returns

Field	What it holds
`id`	string
`name`	string or null
`last_name`	string or null
`roles`	array, as in the search
`full_name`	string or null
`birth_name`	string or null
`birth_date`	string or null: YYYY-MM-DD
`birth_place`	object: city, region, country
`death_date`	string or null
`death_place`	object or null: city, region, country
`bats`	string or null: right, left or both
`throws`	string or null: right, left or both
`height_cm`	integer or null
`weight_kg`	integer or null
`hall_of_fame`	boolean

Example answer

A real answer, taken 2026-11-03.

{
    "data": {
        "id": "pl_s4szxhb0",
        "name": "Caruthers",
        "last_name": "Caruthers",
        "roles": [
            {
                "role": "player",
                "first_game": "1935-06-16",
                "last_game": "1935-06-16"
            }
        ],
        "full_name": "Caruthers",
        "birth_name": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "birth_place": {
            "city": null,
            "region": null,
            "country": null
        },
        "death_date": null,
        "death_place": null,
        "bats": null,
        "throws": null,
        "height_cm": null,
        "weight_kg": null,
        "hall_of_fame": false
    },
    "meta": {
        "count": 1
    }
}

Errors

Every endpoint can answer unauthorized, unknown_parameter, rate_limited, quota_exceeded and server_error, and not_found for an id or league that is not ours. See Errors.

Previous/v1/players Next/v1/usage