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When did the Detroit Tigers use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 9/14/1991, at MIL, 2 (Aldred, Allanson)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2000, vs MIN, 2 (Allen, Ausmus)
Contains A on 8/5/1999, at BAL, 9 (Alvarez, Ausmus, Bartee, Clark, Easley, Encarnacion, Palmer, Polonia, Weaver)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 7/1/2001, at MIN, 9 (Blair, Cardona, Clark, Easley, Encarnacion, Halter, Macias, Magee, Palmer)
Ends with A on 4/19/1998, vs NYA, 3 (Casanova, Incaviglia, Randa)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2002, at TOR, 3 (Bocachica, Pena, Rivera)
Starts with B on 8/7/1962, at CLE, 5 (Boros, Brown, Bruton, Buddin, Bunning)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/17/1962, at CHA, 5 (Boros, Brown, Bruton, Buddin, Bunning)
Contains B on 5/5/1959, vs BOS, 6 (Berberet, Bolling, Bridges, Bunning, Doby, Osborne)
Ends with B on 4/10/1976, at CLE, 1 (Staub)
  on 769 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1987, vs BAL, 1 (Grubb)
Starts with C on 8/14/2001, vs ANA, 5 (Cardona, Cedeno, Clark, Cornejo, Cruz)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2001, at CHA, 5 (Cardona, Cedeno, Clark, Cornejo, Cruz)
Contains C on 5/20/2001, at TBA, 8 (Cedeno, Clark, Cruz, Encarnacion, Fick, Jackson, Macias, Mlicki)
Starts with D on 5/2/1959, vs WS1, 2 (Davie, Doby)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1994, vs OAK, 2 (Davis, Doherty)
Contains D on 9/11/1992, at BOS, 5 (Deer, Doherty, Fielder, Gladden, Rowland)
  on 41 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2007, vs MIN, 5 (Bazardo, Granderson, Ordonez, Rodriguez, Sheffield)
Ends with D on 9/9/1990, at MIL, 3 (Aldred, Rowland, Ward)
Starts with E on 9/21/1984, vs NYA, 2 (Earl, Evans)
  on 387 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2001, at CHA, 2 (Easley, Encarnacion)
Contains E on 9/22/1974, at MIL, 10 (Coleman, Freehan, Kaline, LeFlore, Meyer, Roberts, Rodriguez, Sanders, Sutherland, Veryzer)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 7/22/2007, vs KCA, 10 (Casey, Granderson, Guillen, Infante, Inge, Monroe, Ordonez, Rabelo, Robertson, Sheffield)
Ends with E on 4/28/1957, at CLE, 5 (Boone, House, Kaline, Lee, Tuttle)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 4/24/2003, at OAK, 5 (Infante, Inge, Kingsale, Monroe, Paquette)
Starts with F on 5/24/1994, vs CAL, 4 (Felix, Fielder, Flaherty, Fryman)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1996, vs CHA, 4 (Farrell, Fielder, Flaherty, Fryman)
Contains F on 7/4/1977, at BAL, 4 (Fidrych, Fuentes, LeFlore, Wockenfuss)
  on 46 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1996, vs CHA, 4 (Farrell, Fielder, Flaherty, Fryman)
Starts with G on 8/1/1993, at TOR, 4 (Gibson, Gladden, Gomez, Gullickson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/25/1993, vs SEA, 4 (Gibson, Gladden, Gomez, Gullickson)
Contains G on 4/9/2006, at TEX, 7 (Granderson, Guillen, Inge, Rodriguez, Rogers, Santiago, Young)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/13/2006, vs TBA, 7 (Gomez, Granderson, Guillen, Inge, Rodriguez, Rogers, Santiago)
Ends with G on 4/25/1958, at CLE, 3 (Bolling, Bolling, Bunning)
Starts with H on 9/15/1997, at OAK, 4 (Hamelin, Higginson, Hunter, Hurst)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1997, at NYA, 4 (Hamelin, Higginson, Hunter, Hurst)
Contains H on 6/17/1969, at NYA, 7 (Cash, Freehan, Hiller, Horton, Matchick, Northrup, Tresh)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1969, at WS2, 7 (Cash, Freehan, Horton, Lolich, Matchick, Northrup, Tresh)
Ends with H on 8/9/1963, at CHA, 3 (Cash, Lolich, Smith)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1973, vs MIL, 3 (Cash, Cash, Lolich)
Starts with I on 9/7/2002, at NYA, 2 (Infante, Inge)
  on 330 occasions, most recently on 9/11/2007, vs TEX, 2 (Infante, Inge)
Contains I on 6/7/1958, at WS1, 8 (Bolling, Bunning, Harris, Kaline, Martin, Virgil, Wilson, Zernial)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1995, vs NYA, 8 (Bautista, Curtis, Fielder, Gibson, Higginson, Lima, Tingley, Whitaker)
Ends with I on 8/28/1960, at NYA, 2 (Chiti, Mossi)
Starts with J on 8/23/1981, vs TEX, 2 (Jackson, Jones)
  on 65 occasions, most recently on 6/18/2002, at ATL, 2 (Jackson, Jackson)
Contains J on 9/22/1981, at BAL, 3 (Jackson, Jones, Ujdur)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1982, at CLE, 3 (DeJohn, Jones, Ujdur)
Starts with K on 4/17/1956, vs KC1, 3 (Kaline, King, Kuenn)
  on 38 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1956, at BOS, 3 (Kaline, Kennedy, Kuenn)
Contains K on 5/9/1981, at CAL, 5 (Brookens, Kelleher, Kemp, Whitaker, Wockenfuss)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 10/4/1981, at MIL, 5 (Brookens, Jackson, Kelleher, Kemp, Wockenfuss)
Ends with K on 4/22/1957, vs KC1, 2 (Clark, Foytack)
  on 164 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2003, vs TOR, 2 (Petrick, Walbeck)
Starts with L on 8/2/1974, at MIL, 4 (Lamont, Lane, LeFlore, Lemanczyk)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1974, vs TEX, 4 (Lamont, Lane, LeFlore, Lolich)
Contains L on 7/10/1960, at KC1, 8 (Bilko, Bolling, Colavito, Kaline, Lary, Maxwell, Virgil, Wilson)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 7/28/1999, at CLE, 8 (Catalanotto, Clark, Easley, Haselman, Kapler, Moehler, Palmer, Polonia)
Ends with L on 6/9/1958, at BOS, 3 (Maxwell, Virgil, Zernial)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1995, vs KCA, 3 (Hall, Samuel, Trammell)
Starts with M on 9/16/2000, vs BOS, 4 (Macias, McMillon, Moehler, Morris)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/2/2003, at MIN, 4 (Maroth, Monroe, Morris, Munson)
Contains M on 4/13/1979, at TEX, 7 (Kemp, Mankowski, May, Morales, Rozema, Thompson, Trammell)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1979, vs OAK, 7 (Billingham, Kemp, Mankowski, Morales, Summers, Thompson, Trammell)
Ends with M on 4/19/1964, vs MIN, 1 (Wickersham)
  on 214 occasions, most recently on 5/22/1995, vs SEA, 1 (Groom)
Starts with N on 9/25/1996, vs TOR, 3 (Nevin, Nieves, Nitkowski)
Contains N on 5/14/2003, vs OAK, 10 (Higginson, Infante, Inge, Kingsale, Knotts, Monroe, Munson, Pena, Santiago, Young)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/28/2006, at MIN, 10 (Granderson, Guillen, Inge, Miner, Monroe, Ordonez, Polanco, Shelton, Wilson, Young)
Ends with N on 9/8/1973, at BOS, 6 (Brinkman, Brown, Coleman, Freehan, Horton, Sharon)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/14/1989, at CLE, 6 (Bergman, Brown, Gibson, Lemon, Lynn, Sheridan)
Starts with O on 5/15/1957, at BOS, 1 (Olson)
  on 1226 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2007, at CHA, 1 (Ordonez)
Contains O on 8/17/2005, vs BOS, 9 (Bonderman, Logan, McDonald, Monroe, Ordonez, Polanco, Shelton, Wilson, Young)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/7/2005, vs CLE, 9 (Colon, McDonald, Monroe, Ordonez, Polanco, Rodriguez, Shelton, Wilson, Young)
Ends with O on 7/23/1998, at CLE, 3 (Bako, Castillo, Catalanotto)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2007, at CHA, 3 (Polanco, Rabelo, Santiago)
Starts with P on 6/29/1980, at TOR, 4 (Papi, Parrish, Peters, Petry)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/17/1981, vs MIN, 4 (Papi, Parrish, Peters, Petry)
Contains P on 6/29/1980, at TOR, 5 (Kemp, Papi, Parrish, Peters, Petry)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/2/1981, at SEA, 5 (Kemp, Papi, Parrish, Peters, Petry)
Ends with P on 5/14/1971, at WS2, 2 (Northrup, Zepp)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/22/1971, vs WS2, 2 (Northrup, Zepp)
Contains Q on 4/14/1966, at NYA, 1 (Monbouquette)
  on 111 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2007, at OAK, 1 (Vasquez)
Starts with R on 9/24/1974, at BAL, 3 (Roberts, Rodriguez, Ruhle)
  on 49 occasions, most recently on 9/19/2007, at CLE, 3 (Rabelo, Raburn, Robertson)
Contains R on 4/26/1975, vs BOS, 10 (Colbert, Freehan, Horton, LeFlore, Meyer, Roberts, Rodriguez, Ruhle, Sutherland, Veryzer)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1975, vs CHA, 10 (Bare, Freehan, Horton, LeFlore, Meyer, Pierce, Roberts, Rodriguez, Sutherland, Veryzer)
Ends with R on 6/13/1992, vs BAL, 6 (Cuyler, Deer, Fielder, Kreuter, Leiter, Whitaker)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/18/1992, at TOR, 6 (Cuyler, Deer, Fielder, Kreuter, Leiter, Whitaker)
Starts with S on 6/30/1973, vs BAL, 4 (Sharon, Sims, Stanley, Strahler)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1990, at NYA, 4 (Salas, Searcy, Sheets, Shelby)
Contains S on 7/3/1977, at NYA, 8 (Fuentes, Mankowski, Scrivener, Stanley, Staub, Sykes, Thompson, Wockenfuss)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1988, at OAK, 8 (Brookens, Evans, Morrison, Nokes, Pettis, Robinson, Salazar, Sheridan)
Ends with S on 8/21/1979, at OAK, 6 (Brookens, Chris, Jones, Morales, Summers, Wockenfuss)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1996, at CAL, 6 (Ausmus, Curtis, Lewis, Nieves, Olivares, Williams)
Starts with T on 5/13/1956, vs CHA, 3 (Torgeson, Trucks, Tuttle)
  on 69 occasions, most recently on 7/27/1993, vs NYA, 3 (Tettleton, Thurman, Trammell)
Contains T on 9/18/1993, vs CLE, 7 (Bautista, Doherty, Kreuter, Livingstone, Tettleton, Trammell, Whitaker)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/30/1995, at CHA, 7 (Curtis, Flaherty, Nitkowski, Stubbs, Trammell, Whitaker, White)
Ends with T on 4/18/1959, at CHA, 3 (Berberet, Hoeft, Yost)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1960, vs KC1, 3 (Berberet, Gernert, Yost)
Starts with U on 5/31/1979, at TOR, 1 (Underwood)
  on 73 occasions, most recently on 6/18/1996, vs OAK, 1 (Urbani)
Contains U on 4/13/1965, at KC1, 5 (Aguirre, Lumpe, McAuliffe, Northrup, Sullivan)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/24/1977, vs BAL, 5 (Fuentes, Rodriguez, Ruhle, Staub, Wockenfuss)
Ends with U on 9/12/1956, vs WS1, 1 (Lau)
  on 94 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1989, at NYA, 1 (Schu)
Starts with V on 8/2/1960, at NYA, 2 (Veal, Virgil)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1960, vs CHA, 2 (Veal, Virgil)
Contains V on 9/4/1996, at CHA, 4 (Casanova, Nevin, Nieves, Van Poppel)
Starts with W on 7/6/1979, at MIL, 4 (Wagner, Whitaker, Wilcox, Wockenfuss)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1983, at BAL, 4 (Whitaker, Wilcox, Wilson, Wockenfuss)
Contains W on 9/17/1980, at BAL, 5 (Cowens, Weaver, Whitaker, Wilcox, Wockenfuss)
Ends with W on 4/24/1958, at KC1, 1 (Shaw)
  on 78 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1975, at CLE, 1 (LaGrow)
Contains X on 4/21/1956, at CLE, 1 (Maxwell)
  on 1165 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2003, at KCA, 1 (Loux)
Ends with X on 4/12/1970, at BAL, 1 (Maddox)
  on 414 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2003, at KCA, 1 (Loux)
Starts with Y on 6/15/2003, vs COL, 2 (Young, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/17/2003, vs CLE, 2 (Young, Young)
Contains Y on 8/26/1973, at CHA, 4 (Fryman, Stanley, Taylor, Veryzer)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 4/24/1996, vs MIN, 4 (Flaherty, Fryman, Hyers, Sodowsky)
Ends with Y on 6/20/1990, vs OAK, 3 (Moseby, Petry, Shelby)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1990, at OAK, 3 (Moseby, Searcy, Shelby)
Starts with Z on 4/18/1958, vs CLE, 1 (Zernial)
  on 60 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1972, at BOS, 1 (Zachary)
Contains Z on 9/17/2006, vs BAL, 4 (Ledezma, Ordonez, Perez, Rodriguez)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2007, vs MIN, 4 (Bazardo, Ordonez, Perez, Rodriguez)
Ends with Z on 6/22/1998, at SLN, 3 (Alvarez, Cruz, Gonzalez)
  on 102 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2007, at CHA, 3 (Ordonez, Perez, Rodriguez)
Contains any double letter on 7/24/1956, vs BAL, 7 (Bolling, Boone, Kennedy, Kuenn, Maxwell, Miller, Phillips)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1992, vs MIN, 7 (Carreon, Deer, Gladden, Haas, Pettis, Phillips, Tettleton)
Ends with any double letter on 9/21/1983, vs BAL, 4 (Abbott, Cabell, Trammell, Wockenfuss)
Starts with any vowel on 8/5/1999, at BAL, 4 (Alvarez, Ausmus, Easley, Encarnacion)
  on 45 occasions, most recently on 9/6/2006, vs SEA, 4 (Infante, Inge, Ordonez, Young)
Contains nary an E on 5/16/1961, at BAL, 8 (Boros, Brown, Bruton, Cash, Colavito, Lary, Morton, Wood)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 7/11/2003, vs BOS, 8 (Hinch, Maroth, Morris, Munson, Ross, Santiago, Witt, Young)
Ends with any vowel on 5/16/1956, vs BOS, 7 (Bertoia, Boone, House, Kaline, Kennedy, Lary, Tuttle)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 4/24/2003, at OAK, 7 (Cornejo, Infante, Inge, Kingsale, Monroe, Paquette, Santiago)
Contains 3 letters on 9/12/1956, vs WS1, 1 (Lau)
  on 233 occasions, most recently on 4/15/1979, at TEX, 1 (May)
Contains 4 letters on 5/11/1960, at WS1, 4 (Cash, Lary, Wise, Yost)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2002, vs MIN, 4 (Fick, Inge, Loux, Pena)
Contains 5 letters on 9/28/1986, at NYA, 7 (Baker, Coles, Evans, Grubb, Kelly, Lemon, Nokes)
Contains 6 letters on 7/22/2000, vs KCA, 7 (Ausmus, Becker, Easley, Halter, Mlicki, Munson, Palmer)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2002, vs NYA, 7 (Easley, Halter, Maroth, Monroe, Munson, Rivera, Torres)
Contains 7 letters on 5/10/1975, vs TEX, 7 (Colbert, Coleman, Freehan, LeFlore, Oglivie, Roberts, Veryzer)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/25/1975, vs CLE, 7 (Freehan, LeFlore, Michael, Oglivie, Roberts, Stanley, Veryzer)
Contains 8 letters on 4/21/1988, vs BOS, 6 (Brookens, Morrison, Robinson, Sheridan, Trammell, Whitaker)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/18/1989, at MIN, 6 (Moreland, Pedrique, Robinson, Trammell, Whitaker, Williams)
Contains 9 letters on 8/5/1966, vs BOS, 3 (McAuliffe, McFarlane, Tracewski)
  on 118 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2007, vs MIN, 3 (Robertson, Rodriguez, Sheffield)
Contains 10 letters on 8/14/1974, vs KCA, 3 (Holdsworth, Sutherland, Wockenfuss)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/25/1974, vs TEX, 3 (Holdsworth, Sutherland, Wockenfuss)
Contains 11 letters on 9/7/1997, vs ANA, 2 (Catalanotto, Encarnacion)
  on 65 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1999, at CHA, 2 (Catalanotto, Encarnacion)
Contains 12 letters on 4/14/1966, at NYA, 1 (Monbouquette)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/12/1966, at BOS, 1 (Monbouquette)

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The most distinct letters on 5/30/1976, vs NYA, 25 (Horton, Johnson, Laxton, LeFlore, Rodriguez, Staub, Sutherland, Thompson, Veryzer, Wockenfuss, all but Q)
The fewest distinct letters on 4/17/1956, vs KC1, 15 (Bertoia, Boone, House, Kaline, King, Kuenn, Lary, Torgeson, Tuttle, all but CDFJMPQVWXZ)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2004, vs SEA, 15 (Guillen, Inge, Logan, Maroth, Monroe, Munson, Pena, Smith, Thames, Young, all but BCDFJKQVWXZ)
The most total letters on 9/28/1991, vs BAL, 82 (Bergman, Fielder, Fryman, Gullickson, Incaviglia, Livingstone, Moseby, Phillips, Tettleton, Whitaker)
The fewest total letters on 5/30/1964, vs CHA, 47 (Aguirre, Brown, Cash, Kaline, Lumpe, Roarke, Thomas, Wert, Wood)
The most Scrabble® points on 7/7/1976, at TEX, 162 (29 Lemanczyk, 22 Veryzer, 22 Wockenfuss, 20 Rodriguez, 17 Johnson, 15 Thompson, 11 Oglivie, 10 LeFlore, 9 Garcia, 7 Staub)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 4/23/1957, vs KC1, 71 (10 Bolling, 10 Kaline, 9 Bertoia, 9 Kuenn, 9 Wilson, 8 Porter, 7 Boone, 6 Tuttle, 3 Lee)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/15/1957, at BOS, 71 (10 Bolling, 10 Kaline, 9 Bertoia, 9 Kuenn, 8 House, 7 Boone, 7 Lary, 6 Tuttle, 5 Olson)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1956-2007.
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