Games played - Citizendia

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. A statistic (singular is the result of applying a function (statistical Algorithm) to a set of data. Team sport refers to Sports that are practiced between opposing teams where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve an objective

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. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Statistics play an important role in summarizing Baseball performance and evaluating players in the Sport. A starting lineup in Sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins

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. In Baseball or Softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the Pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of In Baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS indicates the number of games that a Pitcher has started for his team In Baseball, innings pitched (IP are the number of Innings a Pitcher has completed measured by the number of batters and Baserunners 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

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^ Section 20 of the official scorer guidelines http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp

Baseball

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