Editing Games played

{{Short description|Statistic used in team sports}}
'''Games played''' ('''GP''') is a [[statistic]] used in [[team sport]]s 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.

==Association football==
In [[association football]], a game played is counted if a player is in the [[starting 11]], or if a reserve player enters the game before [[Full-time (sports)|full-time]].

==Baseball==
In [[baseball]], the [[baseball statistics|statistic]] applies to players, who prior to a game, are included on a [[starting lineup]] card or are announced as an ''[[ex-ante|ex ante]]'' substitute, whether or not they play.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp Section 20 of the official scorer guidelines]</ref> For pitchers only, the statistic [[games pitched]] is used.

A notable example of the application of the above rule is pitcher [[Larry Yount]], who suffered an injury while throwing warmup pitches after being summoned as a reliever in a [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) game on September 15, 1971.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20566686/astros_rookie_in_brief_stint/ |title=Astros' Rookie in 'Brief' Stint |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Odessa American]] |location=[[Odessa, Texas]] |page=1-B |date=September 16, 1971 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He did not face a batter, but was credited with an appearance because he had been announced as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1971/B09150HOU1971.htm |title=Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 2 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=September 15, 1971 |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> Yount never appeared in (or actually played in) any other MLB game.

==Basketball==
{{See also|List of NBA regular season records|List of NBA career games played leaders}}
[[Robert Parish]] has the NBA record for most regular season games played, with 1,611. [[A. C. Green]] has the NBA record for most consecutive games played, with 1,192.

==See also==
*[[Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks]]
*[[List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played]]

==References==
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[[Category:Baseball statistics]]