what does g stand for in baseball stats
Games Games played
title: Games played text: 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. In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as "ex ante" substitutes, whether or not they play, although, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks. A starting title: Games played text: pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even as he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. 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. In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as "ex ante" substitutes, whether or title: Batting average (baseball) text: it is also known as the Tony Gwynn rule because the Padres' legend won the batting crown in 1996 with a .353 average on just 498 plate appearances (i.e., was four shy). Gwynn was awarded the title since he would have led the league even if he'd gone 0-for-4 in those missing plate appearances. His average would have dropped to .349, five points better than second-place Ellis Burks' .344. In 2012, a one-time amendment to the rule was made to disqualify Melky Cabrera from the title. Cabrera requested that he be disqualified after serving a suspension that season for a title: Gleyber Torres text: in history to win the AFL MVP. He was ranked after the 2016 season as the Yankees' top prospect by "Baseball America". Torres was listed as the fifth best prospect in baseball entering the 2017 season by "Baseball America". After hitting .448 in 29 at bats with two home runs in spring training with the Yankees, Torres began the 2017 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. In April, he went on the 7-day disabled list with rotator cuff inflammation. The Yankees promoted Torres to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League in May. title: Mitch Garver text: Mitch Garver Mitchell Lyn Garver (born January 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Garver attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico and played college baseball at the University of New Mexico. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the ninth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent his professional season with the Elizabethton Twins where he batted .243 in 56 games. He spent 2014 with the Cedar Rapids Kernals where he posted a .245 average with 16 home runs and 79 RBI's, and