Data set describing snooker players in seasons 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
snooker_players
A tibble with one row per player and the following columns:
id <int>
: Player identifier in snooker.org database (used in
player1Id
, player2Id
and winnerId
columns of snooker_matches).
name <chr>
: Player full name.
nationality <chr>
: Player nationality.
sex <chr>
: Player gender ("F" for female, "M" for male, and
"Unknown").
born <dttm>
: Player date of birth.
status <chr>
: Player status in season 2017/2018 ("pro" for
professional, "ama" for amateur).
Data is taken from snooker.org (http://www.snooker.org/) API.
Data is present only for players who played at least one game in tracked snooker events in seasons 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.