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When did the Pittsburgh Pirates use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 4/12/1966, at ATL, 2 (Alley, Alou)
  on 494 occasions, most recently on 8/1/2000, vs LAN, 2 (Anderson, Aven)
Contains A on 5/25/1966, at SFN, 8 (Alley, Alou, Bailey, Mazeroski, Mota, Pagliaroni, Schwall, Stargell)
  on 76 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2007, vs SLN, 8 (Bautista, Gorzelanny, Kata, LaRoche, Morgan, Nady, Paulino, Pearce)
Ends with A on 10/1/1978, vs PHI, 4 (Berra, Macha, Mendoza, Nicosia)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1980, vs NYN, 4 (Berra, Bevacqua, Candelaria, Nicosia)
Starts with B on 6/4/1990, vs CHN, 6 (Backman, Bell, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 7/15/1990, vs SDN, 6 (Backman, Bell, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream)
Contains B on 6/6/1990, vs CHN, 7 (Backman, Belliard, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream, Drabek)
Ends with B on 5/9/1968, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1969, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
Starts with C on 5/1/1965, at SLN, 4 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/3/1965, at MLN, 4 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall)
Contains C on 5/16/1965, vs SLN, 6 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall, Lynch, Schofield)
Starts with D on 9/29/1976, vs CHN, 3 (Demery, Dilone, Dyer)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 6/6/2007, at WAS, 3 (Davis, Doumit, Duke)
Contains D on 7/17/1988, vs SFN, 6 (Belliard, Destrade, Diaz, Dunne, Lind, Reynolds)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/17/1991, at SDN, 6 (Bonds, Drabek, Lind, McClendon, Redfield, Redus)
Ends with D on 4/29/1956, at BRO, 3 (Friend, Shepard, Ward)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1992, at MON, 3 (Lind, Merced, Wakefield)
Starts with E on 10/2/1977, vs CHN, 2 (Easler, Edwards)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1995, at HOU, 2 (Encarnacion, Ericks)
Contains E on 5/6/1963, vs LAN, 9 (Bailey, Burgess, Clemente, Friend, Mazeroski, Savage, Schofield, Skinner, Stargell)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1978, vs HOU, 9 (Berra, Blyleven, Brye, Dyer, Garner, Moreno, Parker, Sanguillen, Taveras)
Ends with E on 5/6/1956, at CHN, 4 (Clemente, Cole, Freese, Kline)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1992, vs HOU, 4 (Buechele, Cole, LaValliere, Van Slyke)
Starts with F on 5/16/1957, at MLN, 4 (Foiles, Fondy, Freese, Friend)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1957, at CHN, 4 (Foiles, Fondy, Freese, Friend)
Contains F on 5/16/1957, at MLN, 4 (Foiles, Fondy, Freese, Friend)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1957, at CHN, 4 (Foiles, Fondy, Freese, Friend)
Ends with F on 9/1/1993, vs LAN, 1 (Goff)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1994, vs CIN, 1 (Goff)
Starts with G on 5/15/1999, vs MON, 3 (Garcia, Giles, Guillen)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1999, at PHI, 3 (Garcia, Giles, Guillen)
Contains G on 7/30/1994, vs NYN, 6 (Cummings, Garcia, King, Neagle, Pegues, Slaught)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1995, vs NYN, 6 (Garcia, Garcia, King, Pegues, Slaught, Young)
Ends with G on 4/6/1993, vs SDN, 2 (King, Young)
  on 197 occasions, most recently on 6/22/2003, vs CLE, 2 (Vogelsong, Young)
Starts with H on 9/5/1989, at PHI, 3 (Hall, Hatcher, Heaton)
Contains H on 7/22/1961, vs MLN, 5 (Christopher, Hoak, Schofield, Shantz, Smith)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1997, vs ATL, 5 (Allensworth, Johnson, Polcovich, Schmidt, Smith)
Ends with H on 6/23/1997, at HOU, 3 (Allensworth, Polcovich, Smith)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1998, vs MIL, 3 (Allensworth, Polcovich, Smith)
Starts with I on 7/22/2007, vs HOU, 1 (Izturis)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2007, vs SLN, 1 (Izturis)
Contains I on 6/4/1987, at ATL, 8 (Belliard, Bonilla, Cangelosi, Diaz, Fisher, Morrison, Ortiz, Pedrique)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2001, vs SLN, 8 (Giles, Mackowiak, Morris, Osik, Ramirez, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
Ends with I on 4/18/1958, vs CIN, 2 (Kluszewski, Mazeroski)
  on 579 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1987, vs CHN, 2 (Bielecki, Cangelosi)
Starts with J on 6/23/1956, vs CHN, 1 (Jacobs)
  on 344 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1997, at COL, 1 (Johnson)
Contains J on 5/31/1959, at CIN, 2 (Jackson, Mejias)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/1/2000, vs LAN, 2 (Benjamin, Sojo)
Starts with K on 5/27/1958, vs LAN, 3 (Kline, Kluszewski, Kravitz)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1996, at SDN, 3 (Kendall, King, Kingery)
Contains K on 5/31/1959, at CIN, 6 (Hoak, Jackson, Kluszewski, Kravitz, Mazeroski, Skinner)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1959, vs PHI, 6 (Hoak, Kline, Kluszewski, Kravitz, Mazeroski, Skinner)
Ends with K on 4/20/1985, at SLN, 3 (Hendrick, Madlock, Orsulak)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1993, vs PHI, 3 (Clark, Walk, Womack)
Starts with L on 6/8/1963, vs MLN, 3 (Law, Logan, Lynch)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1988, at SLN, 3 (LaPoint, LaValliere, Lind)
Contains L on 6/11/1963, vs SLN, 8 (Bailey, Clemente, Clendenon, Lynch, Pagliaroni, Schofield, Schwall, Stargell)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1991, at NYN, 8 (Bell, Bonilla, Buechele, Lind, McClendon, Slaught, Van Slyke, Walk)
Ends with L on 6/29/2001, at MON, 4 (Beimel, Bell, Kendall, Vander Wal)
Starts with M on 8/23/1967, vs CHN, 4 (May, Mazeroski, McBean, Mota)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 9/20/2007, at SDN, 4 (Maldonado, McLouth, Morgan, Morris)
Contains M on 6/8/1985, at CHN, 6 (Almon, LeMaster, Madlock, McWilliams, Morrison, Thompson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1999, at NYN, 6 (Hermansen, Martin, Meares, Morris, Ramirez, Schmidt)
Ends with M on 9/12/1985, vs CHN, 1 (Bream)
  on 671 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2007, at CHN, 1 (Maholm)
Starts with N on 6/19/1982, vs PHI, 2 (Nicosia, Nordhagen)
Contains N on 5/26/1989, vs HOU, 9 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Lind, Prince, Quinones, Van Slyke, Wilson)
Ends with N on 4/17/2005, vs CHN, 6 (Lawton, Redman, Redman, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
Starts with O on 6/21/1956, vs MLN, 2 (O'Brien, O'Brien)
  on 114 occasions, most recently on 6/3/2001, vs ATL, 2 (Olivares, Osik)
Contains O on 4/27/1989, vs SDN, 8 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Oberkfell, Ortiz, Quinones, Reynolds)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/2/1989, at LAN, 8 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Ortiz, Quinones, Reynolds, Wilson)
Ends with O on 6/13/2000, vs ATL, 3 (Arroyo, Cordero, Sojo)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/18/2000, vs FLO, 3 (Arroyo, Cordero, Sojo)
Starts with P on 10/4/1980, vs CHN, 3 (Parker, Pena, Perez)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2007, at CHN, 3 (Paulino, Pearce, Phelps)
Contains P on 5/31/1981, at MON, 4 (Parker, Pena, Perez, Thompson)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1983, vs CHN, 4 (Harper, Parker, Pena, Thompson)
Ends with P on 4/21/1985, at SLN, 1 (Kemp)
  on 64 occasions, most recently on 5/3/1986, at SDN, 1 (Kemp)
Starts with Q on 4/22/1989, vs PHI, 1 (Quinones)
  on 62 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1989, vs LAN, 1 (Quinones)
Contains Q on 4/28/1974, vs HOU, 1 (Bevacqua)
  on 182 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1989, vs LAN, 1 (Quinones)
Starts with R on 8/30/1974, at LAN, 3 (Robertson, Rooker, Ryan)
  on 144 occasions, most recently on 7/6/2005, vs PHI, 3 (Redman, Redman, Ross)
Contains R on 9/24/1975, vs PHI, 9 (Demery, Dyer, Hebner, Kirkpatrick, Moreno, Oliver, Parker, Randolph, Reynolds)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1982, vs MON, 9 (Easler, Hebner, Moreno, Morrison, Norman, Ortiz, Ray, Robinson, Stargell)
Ends with R on 8/5/1975, at SLN, 5 (Dyer, Hebner, Oliver, Parker, Rooker)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 7/30/1978, at LAN, 5 (Dyer, Garner, Milner, Parker, Rooker)
Starts with S on 5/4/1963, vs LAN, 5 (Savage, Schofield, Schwall, Skinner, Stargell)
Contains S on 9/28/1958, vs PHI, 8 (Daniels, Foiles, Mazeroski, Mejias, Schofield, Skinner, Stevens, Thomas)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1976, at MON, 8 (Helms, Reuss, Robertson, Robinson, Sanguillen, Stennett, Taveras, Zisk)
Ends with S on 9/28/1958, vs PHI, 5 (Daniels, Foiles, Mejias, Stevens, Thomas)
Starts with T on 6/26/1957, at CHN, 2 (Thomas, Trimble)
  on 97 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1985, at HOU, 2 (Thompson, Tunnell)
Contains T on 9/21/1957, vs NY1, 6 (Clemente, Groat, Kravitz, Smith, Thomas, Witt)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/4/2006, vs SDN, 6 (Bautista, Burnitz, Castillo, Doumit, McLouth, Santos)
Ends with T on 8/8/1958, vs CIN, 4 (Bright, Groat, Stuart, Witt)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1962, at SLN, 4 (Groat, Leppert, Stuart, Sturdivant)
Starts with U on 9/26/1959, at CIN, 1 (Umbricht)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/25/1960, vs LAN, 1 (Umbricht)
Contains U on 6/19/1995, vs SFN, 5 (Aude, Brumfield, Pegues, Slaught, Young)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/2/2007, vs SLN, 5 (Bautista, Doumit, McLouth, Paulino, Youman)
Ends with U on 4/12/1966, at ATL, 1 (Alou)
  on 765 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2003, vs SDN, 1 (Hyzdu)
Starts with V on 5/16/1965, vs SLN, 3 (Veale, Virdon, Virgil)
Contains V on 5/18/1958, at PHI, 3 (Kravitz, Stevens, Virdon)
  on 83 occasions, most recently on 7/20/2000, at MIL, 3 (Aven, Silva, Vander Wal)
Starts with W on 9/5/2004, at HOU, 5 (Ward, Wells, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2005, vs CHN, 5 (Ward, Wells, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
Contains W on 4/10/2005, at SDN, 7 (Lawton, Mackowiak, Ward, Wigginton, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/16/2005, vs CHN, 7 (Lawton, Mackowiak, Ward, Wells, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
Ends with W on 8/5/1967, vs LAN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1967, at CHN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
Contains X on 4/17/1959, at MLN, 1 (Haddix)
  on 196 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1981, vs CHN, 1 (Alexander)
Ends with X on 4/17/1959, at MLN, 1 (Haddix)
  on 100 occasions, most recently on 6/29/1963, vs NYN, 1 (Haddix)
Starts with Y on 8/17/1990, at CIN, 1 (York)
  on 988 occasions, most recently on 9/1/2007, at MIL, 1 (Youman)
Contains Y on 5/9/2007, at CHN, 5 (Bay, Duffy, Gorzelanny, Kelly, Nady)
Ends with Y on 5/9/2007, at CHN, 5 (Bay, Duffy, Gorzelanny, Kelly, Nady)
Starts with Z on 9/12/1971, at MON, 1 (Zisk)
  on 518 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1976, vs SLN, 1 (Zisk)
Contains Z on 4/23/1958, at PHI, 3 (Kluszewski, Kravitz, Mazeroski)
  on 75 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2007, at CHN, 3 (Gorzelanny, Izturis, Sanchez)
Ends with Z on 4/21/1987, vs NYN, 3 (Diaz, Gonzalez, Ortiz)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2006, vs SFN, 3 (Burnitz, Hernandez, Sanchez)
Contains any double letter on 7/10/1971, vs ATL, 6 (Alley, Blass, Davalillo, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1973, vs SDN, 6 (Alley, Maxvill, Rooker, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett)
Ends with any double letter on 8/1/1973, at NYN, 4 (Blass, Maxvill, Stargell, Stennett)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1977, vs PHI, 4 (Ott, Reuss, Stargell, Stennett)
Starts with any vowel on 5/9/1969, vs LAN, 4 (Alley, Alou, Ellis, Oliver)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1970, vs NYN, 4 (Alley, Alou, Ellis, Oliver)
Contains nary an E on 4/10/2005, at SDN, 9 (Bay, Lawton, Mackowiak, Ross, Ward, Wigginton, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/7/2006, at CHN, 9 (Bautista, Bay, Castillo, Chacon, Cota, Doumit, Duffy, Nady, Wilson)
Ends with any vowel on 7/18/1964, at MLN, 8 (Alley, Bailey, Clemente, Freese, Mazeroski, Mota, Pagliaroni, Veale)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 6/12/2007, vs TEX, 8 (Bautista, Bay, Castillo, Duffy, Duke, LaRoche, Nady, Paulino)
Contains 3 letters on 6/13/1966, vs CIN, 2 (Law, May)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1984, at PHI, 2 (May, Ray)
Contains 4 letters on 8/11/1992, at NYN, 5 (Bell, Cole, Espy, King, Lind)
Contains 5 letters on 6/20/1997, at NYN, 6 (Brown, Cooke, Randa, Smith, Sveum, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1999, at MIL, 6 (Brown, Brown, Brown, Laker, Nunez, Sveum)
Contains 6 letters on 5/23/1956, vs SLN, 6 (Foiles, Freese, Friend, O'Brien, Thomas, Virdon)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/30/2005, at MIL, 6 (Doumit, Eldred, Maholm, Redman, Wilson, Wilson)
Contains 7 letters on 9/1/1996, vs HOU, 5 (Johnson, Kendall, Kingery, Liriano, Schmidt)
  on 32 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2007, at CHN, 5 (Izturis, LaRoche, McLouth, Paulino, Sanchez)
Contains 8 letters on 6/6/1985, at CHN, 5 (Hendrick, LeMaster, Mazzilli, Reuschel, Thompson)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1987, at SFN, 5 (Morrison, Pedrique, Reuschel, Reynolds, Van Slyke)
Contains 9 letters on 4/26/1964, vs NYN, 4 (Clendenon, Mazeroski, McFarlane, Schofield)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1988, at CHN, 4 (Cangelosi, Distefano, Oberkfell, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 6/8/1975, vs SFN, 2 (Candelaria, Sanguillen)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 9/13/1987, at PHI, 2 (LaValliere, Washington)
Contains 11 letters on 7/24/1996, vs MON, 2 (Allensworth, Encarnacion)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1996, vs SDN, 2 (Allensworth, Encarnacion)
Contains 12 letters on 6/28/1992, at MON, 1 (Pennyfeather)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 7/2/1993, at CIN, 1 (Pennyfeather)
Contains 13 letters on 8/18/2004, at ARI, 1 (Van Benschoten)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2007, vs ARI, 1 (Van Benschoten)

When did the surnames in the starting lineup combine for...

The most distinct letters on 6/21/1959, at SLN, 23 (Burgess, Groat, Haddix, Hoak, Kluszewski, Mejias, Schofield, Skinner, Virdon, all but PQY)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/17/1997, at MIN, 23 (Brown, Guillen, Johnson, Kendall, Loaiza, Polcovich, Randa, Smith, Womack, Young, all but FQX)
The fewest distinct letters on 4/30/1977, vs HOU, 14 (Garner, Moreno, Oliver, Ott, Parker, Rooker, Stargell, Stennett, Taveras, all but BCDFHJQUWXYZ)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 5/28/2004, vs CHN, 14 (Hill, Kendall, Mackowiak, Redman, Simon, Ward, Wells, Wilson, Wilson, all but BFGJPQTUVXYZ)
The most total letters on 8/16/1975, at CIN, 74 (Candelaria, Hebner, Kirkpatrick, Oliver, Parker, Reynolds, Robertson, Sanguillen, Stennett)
The fewest total letters on 9/22/1981, at NYN, 44 (Berra, Bibby, Easler, Lacy, Law, Moreno, Pena, Ray, Thompson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1993, at COL, 44 (Bell, Clark, Garcia, Goff, King, Martin, Merced, Walk, Young)
The most Scrabble® points on 5/31/1959, at CIN, 150 (30 Kluszewski, 24 Mazeroski, 23 Kravitz, 20 Jackson, 15 Mejias, 11 Hoak, 11 Skinner, 10 Virdon, 6 Groat)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 6/18/1980, at ATL, 65 (10 Rhoden, 9 Stargell, 8 Milner, 8 Moreno, 7 Berra, 7 Foli, 7 Garner, 6 Easler, 3 Ott)

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