Leaderbrag 
Leaderbrag is a small gem that uses xmlstats via xmlstats-ruby to find the leading team in baseball or determine if a given team is the best in baseball.
It includes the CLI executable leader which should be suitable for most scripting desires.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'leaderbrag'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install leaderbrag
Usage
First, ensure you have $GEM_HOME/bin in your path. You'll need to set some environment variables to match your xmlstats API key:
$ export XMLSTATS_API_KEY="xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx"
$ export XMLSTATS_CONTACT_INFO="you@example.com"
To cut down on API calls, you can turn on caching by setting these environment variables:
export XMLSTATS_CACHER='redis'
export XMLSTATS_REDIS_HOST='127.0.0.1'
where XMLSTATS_REDIS_HOST is the IP of a server running redis that you have access to. Most probably this is 127.0.0.1 and in fact if you don't specify this environment variable that value will be used.
Using the CLI is pretty straightforward.
All tasks accept the --date option which expects a date in yyyyMMdd format and will cause the results to reflect the given date.
leader find
Use the find task to find the best team in baseball:
$ leader find --date 20190618
On the 18th day of June, 2019:
The Minnesota Twins are the leaders of the AL C division.
The Minnesota Twins are the leaders of the AL.
The Minnesota Twins are the best team in baseball.
You can also get some extra team stats with the -s option, and find the best team in a league or division. leader -h find provides the details:
$ leader -h find
Usage:
leader find
Options:
-s, [--stats=STATS] # Include team stats in output.
-l, [--league=LEAGUE] # Find the league leader rather than overall best team.
# Possible values: AL, NL
-d, [--division=DIVISION] # Find the division leader rather than overall best team. Requires use of --league.
# Possible values: E, C, W
[--date=DATE] # The date for which to retrieve statistics. 'yyyyMMdd' format; default is current date. Statistics exist starting with the 2008 season.
Finds the best team in all of baseball, a league or a division.
leader board
To query about a specific team, you'll need that team's ID. Get the full leaderboard with the board task, which includes each team's ID:
$ leader board
Team ID Win% W L Rank League Rank Div Rank GB Streak
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
los-angeles-dodgers .684 54 25 1 NL 1 W 1 0.0 W6
minnesota-twins .649 50 27 2 AL 1 C 1 0.0 L1
new-york-yankees .636 49 28 3 AL 2 E 1 0.0 L1
houston-astros .620 49 30 4 AL 3 W 1 0.0 W1
atlanta-braves .590 46 32 5 NL 2 E 1 0.0 W2
tampa-bay-rays .577 45 33 6 AL 4 E 2 4.5 W1
cleveland-indians .545 42 35 7 AL 5 C 2 8.0 W3
chicago-cubs .545 42 35 8 NL 3 C 1 0.0 W1
texas-rangers .538 42 36 9 AL 6 W 2 6.5 W2
milwaukee-brewers .538 42 36 10 NL 4 C 2 0.5 W2
boston-red-sox .532 42 37 11 AL 7 E 3 8.0 L2
oakland-athletics .519 41 38 12 AL 8 W 3 8.0 L1
colorado-rockies .519 40 37 13 NL 5 W 2 13.0 L3
st-louis-cardinals .519 40 37 14 NL 6 C 3 2.0 L1
philadelphia-phillies .506 39 38 15 NL 7 E 2 6.5 L7
los-angeles-angels .494 39 40 16 AL 9 W 4 10.0 W1
arizona-diamondbacks .494 39 40 17 NL 8 W 3 15.0 W1
san-diego-padres .487 38 40 18 NL 9 W 4 15.5 L3
washington-nationals .481 37 40 19 NL 10 E 3 8.5 L2
chicago-white-sox .480 36 39 20 AL 10 C 3 13.0 L2
cincinnati-reds .474 36 40 21 NL 11 C 4 5.5 L2
new-york-mets .474 37 41 22 NL 12 E 4 9.0 L1
pittsburgh-pirates .474 36 40 23 NL 13 C 4 5.5 W4
san-francisco-giants .434 33 43 24 NL 14 W 5 19.5 L1
seattle-mariners .427 35 47 25 AL 11 W 5 15.5 W1
miami-marlins .395 30 46 26 NL 15 E 5 15.0 W4
toronto-blue-jays .372 29 49 27 AL 12 E 4 20.5 W2
detroit-tigers .356 26 47 28 AL 13 C 4 22.0 L4
kansas-city-royals .346 27 51 29 AL 14 C 5 23.5 W1
baltimore-orioles .282 22 56 30 AL 15 E 5 27.5 L1
You can also sort and filter by league and division. Use leader -h board for details:
$ leader -h board
Usage:
leader board
Options:
-l, [--sort-by-league], [--no-sort-by-league] # Sort by league.
-L, [--only-league=ONLY_LEAGUE] # Only show results for this league.
# Possible values: AL, NL
-d, [--sort-by-division], [--no-sort-by-division] # Sort by league and division. Supercedes -l.
-D, [--only-division=ONLY_DIVISION] # Only show results for this division.
# Possible values: E, C, W
[--date=DATE] # The date for which to retrieve statistics. 'yyyyMMdd' format; default is current date. Statistics exist starting with the 2008 season.
Lists baseball teams with their standings.
leader is
Use the is task to determine if your favorite team is leading baseball. If it is, the exit code is 0. If not, the exit code is that team's current rank in their division.
$ leader is minnesota-twins
Today, the 18th day of June, 2019:
The Minnesota Twins are the leaders of the AL C division.
The Minnesota Twins are the leaders of the AL.
The Minnesota Twins are the best team in baseball.
$ echo $?
0
$ leader is new-york-yankees
Today, the 18th day of June, 2019:
The New York Yankees are the leaders of the AL E division.
The New York Yankees are not the leaders of the AL. They are #2.
The New York Yankees are not the best team in baseball. They are #3.
$ echo $?
1
$ leader is seattle-mariners
Today, the 18th day of June, 2019:
The Seattle Mariners are not the leaders of the AL W division. They are 5th.
The Seattle Mariners are not the leaders of the AL. They are #11.
The Seattle Mariners are not the best team in baseball. They are #25.
$ echo $?
5
You can also get some extra team stats with the -s option:
$ leader is chicago-cubs -s
Today, the 18th day of June, 2019:
The Chicago Cubs are the leaders of the NL C division.
The Chicago Cubs are not the leaders of the NL. They are #3.
The Chicago Cubs are not the best team in baseball. They are #7.
Rank: 1
Won: 41
Lost: 34
Streak: L1
Games back: 0.0
Points for: 382
Points against: 317
Home won: 26
Home lost: 13
Away won: 15
Away lost: 21
Conference won: 34
Conference lost: 28
Division won: 13
Division lost: 11
Last five: 2-3
Last ten: 4-6
Conference: NL
Division: C
Points scored per game: 5.1
Points allowed per game: 4.2
Win percentage: .547
Point differential: 65
Point differential per game: 0.9
Streak type: loss
Streak total: 1
Games played: 75
Date: 2019-06-21
You can also limit your query to their league or division with the -l and -d options. Full help:
$ leader -h is minnesota-twins
Usage:
leader is TEAM
Options:
-q, [--quiet], [--no-quiet] # Do not print results
-s, [--stats], [--no-stats] # Include team stats in output
-l, [--league], [--no-league] # Check leadership of team's league. Only affects exit code.
-d, [--division], [--no-division] # Check leadership of team's division.Only affects the exit code.
[--date=DATE] # The date for which to retrieve statistics. 'yyyyMMdd' format; default is current date. Statistics exist starting with the 2008 season.
Asserts that TEAM is the best team in baseball.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.
There are a few rake tasks defined for linting and testing. The default rake task runs them all. Before submitting a pull request, please ensure tests and style checks pass.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/schlazor/leaderbrag. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting in the Leaderbrag project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.