jldbc · yasumorishima · Feb 4, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
diff --git a/pybaseball/team_batting.py b/pybaseball/team_batting.py
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ def team_batting_bref(team: str, start_season: int, end_season: Optional[int]=No
         response = session.get(stats_url)
         soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
 
-        table = soup.find_all('table', {'class': 'sortable stats_table'})[0]
+        table = soup.find('table', {'id': 'players_standard_batting'})
+        if table is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Could not find batting data for {} {}. The page structure may have changed.".format(team, season)
+            )
 
         if headings is None:
-            headings = [row.text.strip() for row in table.find_all('th')[1:28]]
+            headings = [th.text.strip() for th in table.find('thead').find_all('th')[1:]]
 
         rows = table.find_all('tr')
         for row in rows:

diff --git a/pybaseball/team_pitching.py b/pybaseball/team_pitching.py
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ def team_pitching_bref(team: str, start_season: int, end_season: Optional[int]=N
         response = session.get(stats_url)
         soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
 
-        table = soup.find_all('table', {'id': 'team_pitching'})[0]
+        table = soup.find('table', {'id': 'players_standard_pitching'})
+        if table is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Could not find pitching data for {} {}. The page structure may have changed.".format(team, season)
+            )
 
         if headings is None:
-            headings = [row.text.strip() for row in table.find_all('th')[1:34]]
+            headings = [th.text.strip() for th in table.find('thead').find_all('th')[1:]]
 
         rows = table.find_all('tr')
         for row in rows:

diff --git a/tests/pybaseball/data/team_batting_bref.html b/tests/pybaseball/data/team_batting_bref.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<html><body>
+<table id="players_standard_batting">
+<thead>
+<tr><th>Rk</th><th>Tm</th><th>BatAge</th><th>G</th><th>PA</th><th>R</th><th>H</th><th>HR</th><th>RBI</th></tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr><th scope="row">1</th><td>New York Yankees</td><td>28.5</td><td>162</td><td>6300</td><td>900</td><td>1400</td><td>250</td><td>860</td></tr>
+<tr><th scope="row">2</th><td>Boston Red Sox</td><td>27.9</td><td>162</td><td>6250</td><td>850</td><td>1450</td><td>220</td><td>820</td></tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</body></html>
diff --git a/tests/pybaseball/data/team_pitching_bref.html b/tests/pybaseball/data/team_pitching_bref.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<html><body>
+<table id="players_standard_pitching">
+<thead>
+<tr><th>Rk</th><th>Tm</th><th>PAge</th><th>G</th><th>IP</th><th>H</th><th>ER</th><th>ERA</th><th>SO</th><th>BB</th></tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr><th scope="row">1</th><td>New York Yankees</td><td>29.1</td><td>162</td><td>1450.0</td><td>1300</td><td>600</td><td>3.72</td><td>1500</td><td>500</td></tr>
+<tr><th scope="row">2</th><td>Boston Red Sox</td><td>28.4</td><td>162</td><td>1440.0</td><td>1350</td><td>650</td><td>4.06</td><td>1400</td><td>520</td></tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</body></html>
diff --git a/tests/pybaseball/test_team_batting.py b/tests/pybaseball/test_team_batting.py
@@ -25,3 +25,36 @@ def test_team_batting(response_get_monkeypatch: Callable, sample_html: str, samp
     team_batting_result = team_batting(season).reset_index(drop=True)
 
     pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(team_batting_result, sample_processed_result, check_dtype=False)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="sample_bref_html")
+def _sample_bref_html(get_data_file_contents: Callable[[str], str]) -> str:
+    return get_data_file_contents('team_batting_bref.html')
+
+
+def test_team_batting_bref(bref_get_monkeypatch: Callable, sample_bref_html: str) -> None:
+    # Regression test for #461: Baseball Reference changed the batting table to
+    # id='players_standard_batting' with a <thead>. team_batting_bref must parse
+    # the new structure instead of the removed 'sortable stats_table' class.
+    from pybaseball.team_batting import team_batting_bref
+
+    bref_get_monkeypatch(sample_bref_html)
+
+    result = team_batting_bref('NYY', 2019)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert not result.empty
+    assert 'Tm' in result.columns
+    assert 'Year' in result.columns
+    assert (result['Year'] == 2019).all()
+
+
+def test_team_batting_bref_missing_table_raises(bref_get_monkeypatch: Callable) -> None:
+    # Regression test for #461: a page without the expected table should raise a
+    # clear ValueError instead of an opaque IndexError.
+    from pybaseball.team_batting import team_batting_bref
+
+    bref_get_monkeypatch("<html><body><p>no table here</p></body></html>")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        team_batting_bref('NYY', 2019)
diff --git a/tests/pybaseball/test_team_pitching.py b/tests/pybaseball/test_team_pitching.py
@@ -45,3 +45,36 @@ def test_team_pitching_relievers(response_get_monkeypatch: Callable, sample_html
     team_pitching_relievers_result = team_pitching_relievers(season).reset_index(drop=True)
 
     pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(team_pitching_relievers_result, sample_processed_result, check_dtype=False)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="sample_bref_html")
+def _sample_bref_html(get_data_file_contents: Callable[[str], str]) -> str:
+    return get_data_file_contents('team_pitching_bref.html')
+
+
+def test_team_pitching_bref(bref_get_monkeypatch: Callable, sample_bref_html: str) -> None:
+    # Regression test for #461: Baseball Reference changed the pitching table to
+    # id='players_standard_pitching' with a <thead>. team_pitching_bref must parse
+    # the new structure instead of the removed 'team_pitching' id.
+    from pybaseball.team_pitching import team_pitching_bref
+
+    bref_get_monkeypatch(sample_bref_html)
+
+    result = team_pitching_bref('NYY', 2019)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert not result.empty
+    assert 'Tm' in result.columns
+    assert 'Year' in result.columns
+    assert (result['Year'] == 2019).all()
+
+
+def test_team_pitching_bref_missing_table_raises(bref_get_monkeypatch: Callable) -> None:
+    # Regression test for #461: a page without the expected table should raise a
+    # clear ValueError instead of an opaque IndexError.
+    from pybaseball.team_pitching import team_pitching_bref
+
+    bref_get_monkeypatch("<html><body><p>no table here</p></body></html>")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        team_pitching_bref('NYY', 2019)