[Runscott]

Not to be a contradictarian, but I'm not sure that all of the MLB teams treat the terms the same way that David described. In particular, I have seen Washington Nationals items described as game-used, but they weren't - I checked archived game footage and was able to prove it for at least one item.

I have three Seattle Mariners jerseys from 'Salute to Beisbol' night (each has 'Marineros' on the front instead of 'Mariners'). Each player was issued a jersey, and obviously some players never saw game action, some sat in the dug-out, some probably didn't even attend the game. Yet each is in the 'game-used' database and the descriptions don't say anything much - they are all in the same format as the following. Paxton did not pitch and I am not sure whether he was suited up for the game - I assume he was - but his jersey description is the same as my Kyle Seager one, and Seager definitely played and the jersey is dirty.