попытался получить, используя запрос от $ player_id, но ничего не получилось.
$player_id =$playerary[2];
/* echo 'player_id='.$player_id; */
global $wpdb;
/* Query to pull info from (players) along with player's id */
$pinfo = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM players WHERE player_id = $player_id");
print_r($pinfo);
/* $fn = $pinfo['first_name']; */
echo "<h3>".$pinfo->first_name."</h3>";