games played

Information about games played

Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.

Baseball

In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are including on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, irrespective of whether they actually play [1], although, in Major League Baseball, such application does not extend to consecutive games played streaks.

A starting pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even as he is not credited with a game started, an inning pitched, or a complete game.

References

1. ^ Section 20 of the official scorer guidelines [1]

See also

For other uses, see Statistics (disambiguation).
A statistic (singular) is the result of applying a function (statistical algorithm) to a set of data.
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Statistics are very important to baseball, perhaps as much as they are for cricket, and more than almost any other sport. Since the flow of baseball has natural breaks to it, the game lends itself to easy record keeping and statistics.
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A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins.
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A person who replaces an exiting competitor during the course of a game, as permitted by the laws of the game. Such replacements are generally made for tactical reasons, or when a player becomes tired or injured.
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Sport Baseball
Founded 1876
No. of teams 30
Country(ies)  United States
 Canada

Most recent champion(s) St. Louis Cardinals

TV partner(s) FOX, ESPN, and TBS
Official website MLB.
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starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher.
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In baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS) indicates the number of games that a pitcher has started for his team. The pitcher is credited with starting the game if he is listed in the starting lineup as the team's pitcher, even if he does not throw the first pitch to the
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In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched.
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In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. A complete game can be either a win or a loss.
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Listed below are the 15 longest consecutive games played streaks in Major League Baseball history.[1]

Rank Name # First game Last game
1. Cal Ripken, Jr. 2632 May 30, 1982 September 19, 1998
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