MLB & NCAA Baseball API

The Highlightly MLB & NCAA Baseball API provides real time baseball data including live scores, video highlights, box scores, match statistics, player profiles and stats, lineups, standings, predictions, head to head data and live game events.

Coverage spans the American League, National League, Spring Training, playoffs and the World Series, plus NCAA Division I.

Base URL

baseball.highlightly.net

Endpoints

20

Format

JSON only

Version

6.3.2

Also available with an All Sports API subscription at sports.highlightly.net/baseball. See base URLs.

Where to start

Read Authentication first, since every request needs an API key. Pagination and limits covers paging and how your plan affects results.

If you want	Start at
Home runs, walk offs and game recaps	Highlights
Schedules, live scores and game detail	Matches
League tables	Standings
Per player batting and pitching	Box scores
Team totals for one game	Match statistics

Base URLs

Baseball data is available two ways. An MLB & NCAA Baseball API subscription covers baseball alone. An All Sports API subscription covers baseball and all other Highlightly sports under one key. Either one can be bought directly from Highlightly or through RapidAPI, which gives four base URLs.

Subscription	Platform	Base URL
MLB & NCAA Baseball API	Highlightly	https://baseball.highlightly.net
MLB & NCAA Baseball API	RapidAPI	https://mlb-college-baseball-api.p.rapidapi.com
All Sports API	Highlightly	https://sports.highlightly.net/baseball
All Sports API	RapidAPI	https://sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com/baseball

Every endpoint in this reference is available on all four. On Highlightly, one API key works for every product, and the data returned depends on your subscription to that product. On RapidAPI, each product is separate and needs its own API key.

To call an endpoint, append its path to your base URL. /matches becomes https://baseball.highlightly.net/matches with an MLB & NCAA Baseball API subscription and https://sports.highlightly.net/baseball/matches with an All Sports API subscription. Parameters, responses and refresh intervals are the same on both, and every endpoint page shows both routes.

Your plan affects the data retrieved. On the Basic and Free plans some endpoints return fewer results and some are not available, with either subscription. See Pagination and limits.

What changes with an All Sports API subscription

The headers have the same names on every base URL. x-rapidapi-key is sent with every request, and x-rapidapi-host is sent only when calling through RapidAPI. What changes is the path and the host header, and on RapidAPI the key.

	MLB & NCAA Baseball API	All Sports API
Path	/matches	/baseball/matches
x-rapidapi-key on Highlightly	Your Highlightly API key	Your Highlightly API key
x-rapidapi-key on RapidAPI	Your MLB & NCAA Baseball API key	Your All Sports API key
x-rapidapi-host	mlb-college-baseball-api.p.rapidapi.com	sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com

On Highlightly, the same API key works on baseball.highlightly.net and sports.highlightly.net, and the data returned depends on your subscription to each product. On RapidAPI, the MLB & NCAA Baseball API and the All Sports API are separate products, so each needs its own API key. One All Sports API quota covers every sport you call. See All Sports authentication.

Highlightly or RapidAPI

Both platforms give you analytics, billing settings and key management. RapidAPI does not offer custom plans or long term plan discounts.

Create an account at Highlightly or through RapidAPI. Plans and limits are listed on the MLB API page and the All Sports API page.

OpenAPI specification

Import the OpenAPI 3.0 document into Postman or Insomnia, or generate a client from it.

Download docs.json

Support

For feature requests, questions, private plans or business enquiries, contact [email protected]. You can also start a discussion or send a private message through RapidAPI.