From d7b802a097fcd1a627b05747b144bac35e57a369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Gay <guillaume.gay@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:29:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(data): make Award.team optional

Some award recipients come back from the API without a team. In
awards/MLBHOF/recipients, seven entries (Buck O'Neil, Bud Fowler,
Marvin Miller, Bud Selig, John Schuerholz, Pat Gillick, Martin Dihigo)
have no "team" key, so get_awards("MLBHOF") raised a pydantic
ValidationError and returned nothing. MLAGG, HUTCH, MLBBSMP, MLBBCF and
MLBEXEC fail the same way. Default team to None instead.
---
 mlbstatsapi/models/awards/attributes.py |  7 ++++---
 tests/parsers/test_awards_parser.py     | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlbstatsapi/models/awards/attributes.py b/mlbstatsapi/models/awards/attributes.py
index 2e38fdad..02cd9611 100644
--- a/mlbstatsapi/models/awards/attributes.py
+++ b/mlbstatsapi/models/awards/attributes.py
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class Award(MLBBaseModel):
         Date of when award was given.
     season : str
         Season award is for/from.
-    team : Team
-        Team award was to / Player is from.
+    team : Team, optional
+        Team award was to / Player is from. None when MLB sends no
+        team, e.g. Hall of Fame executives and pioneers.
     player : Person
         Person award is for.
     votes : int
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class Award(MLBBaseModel):
     name: str
     date: str
     season: str
-    team: Team
+    team: Optional[Team] = None
     player: Person
     votes: Optional[int] = None
     notes: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/tests/parsers/test_awards_parser.py b/tests/parsers/test_awards_parser.py
index 0a3da9c4..0e0a8b34 100644
--- a/tests/parsers/test_awards_parser.py
+++ b/tests/parsers/test_awards_parser.py
@@ -21,3 +21,20 @@ def test_parse_awards():
 
     assert awards == [Award(**AWARD_PAYLOAD)]
     assert awards[0].player.full_name == "Aaron Judge"
+
+
+def test_parse_awards_without_team():
+    """Recipients such as Hall of Fame executives come back without a team."""
+    payload = {
+        "id": "MLBHOF",
+        "name": "Hall Of Fame",
+        "date": "2021-12-05",
+        "season": "2021",
+        "player": {"id": 650067, "link": "/api/v1/people/650067", "nameFirstLast": "Buck O'Neil"},
+    }
+
+    awards = parse_awards({"awards": [AWARD_PAYLOAD, payload]})
+
+    assert len(awards) == 2
+    assert awards[1].team is None
+    assert awards[1].player.id == 650067