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'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.

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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.

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

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★ MLB consecutive games played streaks