Download Lahman’s Baseball Database

The updated version of the database contains complete batting and pitching statistics from 1871 to 2022, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, post-season data, and more. For more details on the latest release, please read the documentation.

The database can be used on any platform, but please be aware that this is not a standalone application. It is a database that requires Microsoft Access or some other database management software to be useful.

Download Latest Versions

This release includes playing statistics through the end of the 2022 season.

Limited Use License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Thanks to Ted Turocy of the Chadwick Baseball Bureau, who for several years has done the heavy lifting to make the annual updates possible. Ted also hosts a version of the data at github, for folks who are inclined to interface with it that way.

Chris Dalzell and his team maintain an R package and library available through github. Thanks to Chris, Michael Friendly, Dennis Murphy, and Martin Monkman for their ongoing work.

Nat Dunn of Webucator has produced MySQL and SQLite versions, as well as a series of python scripts for working with the data, all available at github.

Please help support the Baseball Archive. The database is free, but there are real costs associated with maintaining it and making it available for download. The more popular this site becomes, the more expensive it is to keep things going. Please consider making a donation as a show of your support. Like the PBS folks say, we need your support if we’re going to survive. Click here for more information.

Download Previous Versions

Some third-party applications don’t work with newer versions of the database. For that reason, we’re making some earlier versions available for download. Please be advised that no support exists for these versions. All questions about using the database with third-party applications should be directed to the makers of that software.

Through 2021 season

2021 – comma-delimited version [Baseball Databank]
2021 – MS Access version

Through 2020 season

2020 – MS Access version
2020 – comma-delimited version [Baseball Databank]
2020 – R Package

Through 2019 season

2019 – MS Access version
2019 – comma-delimited version
2019 – R Package
2019 – MySQL version
2019 – SQL Lite

Through 2018 season

2018 – comma-delimited version
2018 – SQL version
2018 – MS Access version

2017

2017 – Microsoft Access version
2017 – comma-delimited version
2017 – SQL version

2016

2016 – Microsoft Access version
2016 – comma-delimited version
2016 – SQL version