Template:Baseball game links/doc

This template is designed for articles who only document a single game. For multiple games, consider manually linking (for World Series, consider {{WSExtLinks}}. For team seasons, consider {{MLB team season stats}}.

Usage

To use this template, copy and paste this text to a baseball game's external links section:

{{Baseball game links |mlb= |espn= |br= |retro= |almanac= }}

Add the page ID's after the equals sign to properly direct the links that you desire to have. If you do not specify an ID, the site will not be shown.

Note: Unlike with other similar templates, this does not have a forced bullet, meaning you must add it yourself.

Example

Example for 2015 National League Wild Card Game:

{{Baseball game links |mlb=446238 |br=PIT/PIT201510070 |retro=2015/B10070PIT2015}}

results in: Box score and game information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Retrosheet

To find a game's ID, find the game's page on a website and locate a string of numbers or letters in the URL similar to the ones above. That is the game's ID.

Note for Baseball-Reference, you must include the [Team]/ID, as in the example. For Retrosheet, you only need what's at the end (the year is optional).

All-Star Game Example

For all-star games, do not enter in a value for Baseball Reference or Baseball Almanac. These sites use different URL formatting for the games. Instead, set the ASG param to that page's year:

{{Baseball game links |mlb=747298 |espn=401572073 |retro=B07160ALS2024 |asg=2024}}

results in: Box score and game information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Retrosheet, or Baseball Almanac

Parameters

Parameter	Website	URL
|mlb=	MLB.com	https://www.mlb.com/gameday/{{{mlb}}}
|espn=	ESPN.com	https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/{{{espn}}}
|br=	Baseball-Reference.com	https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/{{{br}}}.shtml
|retro=	Retrosheet.org	https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/{{retro}}.htm
|almanac=	Baseball-Almanac.com	https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid={{almanac}}
|asg=	Set to a year to automatically show Baseball Reference and Baseball Almanac.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Baseball game links

Shows baseball box score and game information for various sites in one template.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
MLB ID	mlb	The six-digit ID of this game on MLB's website. Found in a game URL, e.g. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/{id} Example 748534	Number	suggested
ESPN Stats ID	espn	ID found at the end of the ESPN game URL. Note: There are no games prior to 2002. Follows the format: https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/{espn}. Example 270612106	Number	suggested
Baseball Reference	br	The baseball reference code for this game. Do not use for all-star game pages (use All Star Game Year param). Found near the end of the URL: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/{br}.shtml. Make sure to include the 3 letter team name! Example PIT/PIT201510070	String	suggested
Retrosheet ID	retro	The Retrosheet.org page for this game. Found near the end of a Retrosheet game URL, e.g. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/{retro}.htm. Example B10070PIT2015	String	suggested
Baseball Almanac	almanac	The ID from baseball almanac. Do not use for all-star game pages (use All Star Game Year param). Found like this: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid={{almanac}} Example 198504140NYN	String	suggested
All Star Game Year	asg	If this is used on an all star game page, put the year of the all star game. Baseball-Reference and Baseball Almanac will be added automatically. Example 2024	Number	optional

Maintenance/tracking categories

• Category:Pages using Baseball game links with unknown parameters (0)