Starts with on 6/26/1979, at TEX, 3 (Aase, Aikens, Anderson)
on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/11/2010, at OAK, 3 (Abreu, Aldridge, Aybar)
Contains on 7/4/1999, at OAK, 10 (Anderson, Disarcina, Erstad, Glaus, Olivares, Palmeiro, Vaughn, Velarde, Walbeck, Williams)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/26/1999, at TBA, 10 (Anderson, Disarcina, Erstad, Glaus, Olivares, Palmeiro, Salmon, Vaughn, Velarde, Walbeck)
Ends with on 8/15/2005, vs TOR, 5 (Cabrera, Molina, Molina, Rivera, Santana)
Starts with on 4/9/1977, at SEA, 4 (Baylor, Bochte, Bonds, Briggs)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1983, vs CHA, 4 (Beniquez, Boone, Brown, Brown)
Contains on 6/23/1973, at MIN, 5 (Berry, Grabarkewitz, Robinson, Scheinblum, Torborg)
on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1983, vs CHA, 5 (Beniquez, Boone, Brown, Brown, Lubratich)
Starts with on 5/22/1980, at TEX, 5 (Campaneris, Carew, Cliburn, Cowens, Cruz)
Contains on 5/14/1983, vs MIN, 7 (Carew, Clark, DeCinces, Forsch, Grich, Jackson, Sconiers)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/7/1985, vs BOS, 7 (Carew, DeCinces, Grich, Jackson, McCaskill, Schofield, Sconiers)
Starts with on 9/9/1974, vs TEX, 3 (Dobson, Doherty, Doyle)
on 25 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, vs TEX, 3 (DaVanon, Delgado, Durrington)
Contains on 7/21/1996, vs SEA, 8 (Anderson, Borders, Davis, Disarcina, Edmonds, Erstad, Hudler, Velarde)
Ends with on 5/2/1979, vs NYA, 3 (Ford, Lansford, Rettenmund)
on 17 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1979, vs TOR, 3 (Ford, Lansford, Rettenmund)
Starts with on 9/24/1997, at SEA, 3 (Edmonds, Eenhoorn, Encarnacion)
on 24 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at OAK, 3 (Eckstein, Erstad, Escobar)
Contains on 6/12/1991, vs MIL, 10 (Gaetti, Gallagher, Joyner, Parker, Rose, Schofield, Tingley, Valenzuela, Venable, Winfield)
Ends with on 6/21/1961, vs BOS, 4 (Aspromonte, Koppe, McBride, Rice)
on 11 occasions, most recently on 5/1/1990, at BAL, 4 (Bichette, McLemore, Venable, White)
Starts with on 7/17/1963, vs CLE, 3 (Foiles, Foytack, Fregosi)
on 18 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1992, at KCA, 3 (Felix, Finley, Fitzgerald)
Contains on 5/16/1982, vs CLE, 4 (Ferguson, Foli, Forsch, Wilfong)
on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/12/1992, at DET, 4 (Felix, Finley, Fitzgerald, Oberkfell)
Ends with on 4/19/1965, vs DET, 1 (Roof)
on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/2/1965, vs WS2, 1 (Roof)
Starts with on 9/21/2004, vs SEA, 4 (Galarraga, Glaus, Guerrero, Guillen)
Contains on 9/22/1961, vs DET, 5 (Bridges, Fregosi, Grba, Rodgers, Wagner)
on 17 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at OAK, 5 (Amezaga, Figgins, Glaus, Guerrero, Riggs)
Ends with on 8/6/1979, at OAK, 2 (Botting, Downing)
on 217 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1986, at TEX, 2 (Downing, Wilfong)
Starts with on 9/16/1997, vs MIN, 4 (Hasegawa, Henderson, Hollins, Howell)
Contains on 4/22/1967, at CLE, 6 (Hall, Johnstone, McGlothlin, Mincher, Reichardt, Schaal)
on 38 occasions, most recently on 9/12/1990, vs MIN, 6 (Bichette, Grahe, Howell, Parrish, Schofield, White)
Ends with on 7/29/1983, vs OAK, 3 (Forsch, Grich, Lubratich)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1983, vs NYA, 3 (Forsch, Grich, Lubratich)
Starts with on 4/9/2005, vs KCA, 1 (Izturis)
on 452 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2010, at TEX, 1 (Izturis)
Contains on 8/11/1968, at BAL, 8 (Davalillo, Fregosi, Hinton, Kirkpatrick, McGlothlin, Mincher, Reichardt, Satriano)
on 49 occasions, most recently on 8/20/1993, vs MIL, 8 (Curtis, Davis, Disarcina, Javier, Leftwich, Polonia, Stillwell, Tingley)
Ends with on 6/19/1963, vs KC1, 4 (Fregosi, Osinski, Sadowski, Sadowski)
Starts with on 10/3/1982, vs TEX, 3 (Jackson, Jackson, John)
on 115 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1986, at TEX, 3 (Jackson, Jones, Joyner)
Contains on 10/3/1982, vs TEX, 3 (Jackson, Jackson, John)
on 115 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1986, at TEX, 3 (Jackson, Jones, Joyner)
Starts with on 7/21/1963, vs DET, 3 (Kirkpatrick, Koppe, Kostro)
on 29 occasions, most recently on 5/7/2006, at TOR, 3 (Kendrick, Kennedy, Kotchman)
Contains on 4/28/1961, vs MIN, 5 (Bilko, Brickell, Kline, Kluszewski, Leek)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 4/19/1978, at SEA, 5 (Bostock, Chalk, Jackson, Knapp, Mulliniks)
Ends with on 7/3/1980, at CHA, 3 (Clark, Lemanczyk, Patek)
Starts with on 4/29/1974, at BOS, 2 (Lahoud, Llenas)
on 138 occasions, most recently on 5/19/1997, vs SEA, 2 (Langston, Leyritz)
Contains on 6/9/1996, at CLE, 8 (Easley, Grimsley, Hudler, Palmeiro, Salmon, Slaught, Velarde, Wallach)
Ends with on 4/30/1965, at KC1, 3 (Cardenal, Piersall, Schaal)
on 61 occasions, most recently on 6/25/1991, at KCA, 3 (Hill, Howell, McCaskill)
Starts with on 8/6/1968, at WS2, 4 (McFarlane, Mincher, Morton, Murphy)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2006, vs OAK, 4 (Mathis, Morales, Moseley, Murphy)
Contains on 7/28/1973, at KCA, 5 (Alomar, May, Meoli, Scheinblum, Stelmaszek)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2006, vs OAK, 5 (Mathis, Morales, Moseley, Murphy, Salmon)
Ends with on 9/7/1968, vs BOS, 1 (Tatum)
on 125 occasions, most recently on 4/27/1974, at CLE, 1 (Scheinblum)
Starts with on 9/30/1962, at CLE, 1 (Newman)
on 858 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2010, at TEX, 1 (Napoli)
Contains on 7/12/1983, at DET, 9 (Boone, Burleson, Downing, Jackson, Jackson, Lynn, McLaughlin, Valentine, Wilfong)
on 24 occasions, most recently on 7/1/2004, at OAK, 9 (Anderson, DaVanon, Eckstein, Figgins, Guillen, Kennedy, Molina, Quinlan, Washburn)
Ends with on 7/8/1973, at CLE, 6 (DaVanon, Epstein, Pinson, Robinson, Stanton, Stephenson)
on 13 occasions, most recently on 8/12/2004, vs BAL, 6 (Anderson, Colon, DaVanon, Eckstein, Guillen, Quinlan)
Starts with on 6/17/1972, vs DET, 2 (O’Brien, Oliver)
on 31 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2003, vs OAK, 2 (Ortiz, Owens)
Contains on 6/15/1974, vs BOS, 9 (Alomar, Doherty, Doyle, Lahoud, Oliver, Robinson, Rodriguez, Stanton, Stoneman)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1986, at TOR, 9 (Burleson, Downing, Howell, Jackson, Jones, Joyner, Narron, Romanick, Wilfong)
Ends with on 9/6/2003, vs KCA, 3 (Delgado, Gregorio, Spiezio)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/1/2006, vs OAK, 3 (Alfonzo, Carrasco, Guerrero)
Starts with on 5/26/1964, vs MIN, 3 (Pearson, Perry, Piersall)
on 99 occasions, most recently on 7/28/1997, at CLE, 3 (Palmeiro, Perisho, Phillips)
Contains on 5/26/1964, vs MIN, 5 (Knoop, Koppe, Pearson, Perry, Piersall)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1971, vs MIL, 5 (Murphy, Parker, Repoz, Spencer, Stephenson)
Ends with on 4/13/1964, at WS2, 1 (Knoop)
on 865 occasions, most recently on 9/8/2001, vs MIN, 1 (Rapp)
Starts with on 6/24/1970, vs CHA, 1 (Queen)
on 295 occasions, most recently on 6/13/2010, at LAN, 1 (Quinlan)
Contains on 6/24/1970, vs CHA, 1 (Queen)
on 637 occasions, most recently on 6/13/2010, at LAN, 1 (Quinlan)
Starts with on 7/10/1974, vs BAL, 5 (Ramirez, Rivers, Robinson, Rodriguez, Ryan)
on 11 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1975, at MIN, 5 (Ramirez, Remy, Rivers, Rodriguez, Ryan)
Contains on 5/15/1979, vs MIL, 10 (Baylor, Campaneris, Carew, Ford, Grich, Humphrey, Lansford, Miller, Rudi, Ryan)
on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1980, at SEA, 10 (Baylor, Campaneris, Carew, Clark, Ford, Grich, Lansford, Martinez, Rudi, Whitmer)
Ends with on 5/5/1973, at BAL, 6 (Alomar, Gallagher, Kusnyer, Oliver, Singer, Spencer)
Starts with on 7/17/1966, vs WS2, 5 (Sanford, Satriano, Schaal, Siebern, Smith)
Contains on 5/6/1994, vs OAK, 10 (Anderson, Curtis, Davis, Disarcina, Easley, Edmonds, Fabregas, Reynolds, Salmon, Smith)
on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1995, at SEA, 10 (Anderson, Boskie, Davis, Disarcina, Easley, Edmonds, Myers, Phillips, Salmon, Snow)
Ends with on 8/2/2007, at OAK, 6 (Figgins, Izturis, Mathis, Matthews, Saunders, Willits)
on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2009, vs CLE, 6 (Figgins, Izturis, Mathis, Matthews, Morales, Willits)
Starts with on 4/19/1963, at KC1, 4 (Thomas, Thomas, Torres, Turley)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/7/1963, vs MIN, 4 (Thomas, Thomas, Torres, Turley)
Contains on 5/25/1968, vs CLE, 6 (Hinton, McGlothlin, Morton, Reichardt, Satriano, Trevino)
on 22 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2010, at TEX, 6 (Hunter, Izturis, Mathis, Matsui, Santana, Willits)
Ends with on 4/23/1969, at CHA, 3 (Brunet, Reichardt, Stuart)
Starts with on 4/14/1999, at OAK, 1 (Unroe)
on 13 occasions, most recently on 7/7/1999, vs SEA, 1 (Unroe)
Contains on 5/23/2008, at CHA, 6 (Guerrero, Hunter, Izturis, Quinlan, Rodriguez, Saunders)
Ends with on 5/16/1981, at DET, 1 (Rau)
on 345 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2010, at TEX, 1 (Abreu)
Starts with on 6/12/1991, vs MIL, 2 (Valenzuela, Venable)
on 82 occasions, most recently on 7/28/1999, at TBA, 2 (Vaughn, Velarde)
Contains on 8/10/1990, vs BAL, 4 (Blyleven, Davis, Stevens, Venable)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/2/1993, vs TOR, 4 (Davis, Javier, Lovullo, Valera)
Ends with on 4/11/1961, at BAL, 1 (Cerv)
on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/7/1961, vs NYA, 1 (Cerv)
Starts with on 10/6/1985, at TEX, 3 (White, Wilfong, Witt)
on 38 occasions, most recently on 8/1/2010, vs TEX, 3 (Weaver, Willits, Wilson)
Contains on 9/23/1983, vs CHA, 5 (Brown, Carew, Downing, Wilfong, Witt)
on 24 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1989, vs TEX, 5 (Downing, Howell, Washington, White, Witt)
Ends with on 8/21/1979, vs CLE, 2 (Carew, Harlow)
on 98 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1981, at TEX, 2 (Carew, Harlow)
Contains on 9/11/1977, vs CHA, 1 (Landreaux)
on 333 occasions, most recently on 5/10/2009, vs KCA, 1 (Loux)
Ends with on 9/11/1977, vs CHA, 1 (Landreaux)
on 279 occasions, most recently on 5/10/2009, vs KCA, 1 (Loux)
Starts with on 4/11/1961, at BAL, 1 (Yost)
on 86 occasions, most recently on 7/4/1962, at WS2, 1 (Yost)
Contains on 9/19/1977, vs TEX, 6 (Baylor, Bosley, Humphrey, May, Remy, Ryan)
Ends with on 9/19/1977, vs TEX, 4 (Bosley, Humphrey, May, Remy)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1977, vs KCA, 4 (Bosley, Humphrey, May, Remy)
Starts with on 4/9/1981, at SEA, 1 (Zahn)
on 121 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1985, at SEA, 1 (Zahn)
Contains on 7/18/1966, at CLE, 3 (Hernandez, Lopez, Malzone)
on 56 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2003, vs TEX, 3 (Amezaga, Ortiz, Spiezio)
Ends with on 9/14/1974, at CHA, 3 (Balaz, Ramirez, Rodriguez)
Starts with any double letter on 8/15/1968, vs WS2, 1 (Llenas)
on 174 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, vs TEX, 1 (Eenhoorn)
Contains any double letter on 7/24/1976, vs TEX, 6 (Briggs, Collins, Etchebarren, Guerrero, Hartzell, Torres)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2009, vs TEX, 6 (Figgins, Guerrero, Matthews, O’Sullivan, Willits, Wood)
Ends with any double letter on 4/16/1981, vs OAK, 3 (Lynn, Ott, Witt)
on 27 occasions, most recently on 6/25/1991, at KCA, 3 (Hill, Howell, McCaskill)
Starts with any vowel on 4/30/1995, at TOR, 5 (Allanson, Anderson, Easley, Edmonds, Owen)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at OAK, 5 (Amezaga, Anderson, Eckstein, Erstad, Escobar)
Contains nary an on 4/9/1978, vs OAK, 9 (Baylor, Bostock, Chalk, Downing, Grich, Knapp, Mulliniks, Rudi, Solaita)
on 62 occasions, most recently on 6/29/1993, at OAK, 9 (Curtis, Davis, Disarcina, Langston, Lovullo, Orton, Polonia, Salmon, Snow)
Ends with any vowel on 9/16/1976, vs KCA, 7 (Bochte, Guerrero, Humphrey, Miley, Remy, Solaita, Tanana)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 6/28/2006, vs COL, 7 (Cabrera, Guerrero, Kennedy, Murphy, Napoli, Rivera, Santana)
Contains letters on 5/16/1981, at DET, 2 (Ott, Rau)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/26/1981, vs TOR, 2 (Ott, Rau)
Contains letters on 4/11/1961, at BAL, 5 (Cerv, Grba, Hunt, Rice, Yost)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/20/1961, at NYA, 5 (Cerv, Grba, Hunt, Rice, Yost)
Contains letters on 5/27/1964, vs MIN, 5 (Knoop, Koppe, Moran, Perry, Smith)
on 47 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1991, at KCA, 5 (Amaro, Felix, Flora, Lyons, Orton)
Contains letters on 9/19/1972, vs KCA, 7 (Alomar, Howard, Oliver, Parker, Pinson, Rivers, Wright)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1999, at CLE, 7 (Erstad, Greene, Molina, Salmon, Sheets, Sparks, Vaughn)
Contains letters on 9/23/2003, vs SEA, 7 (Amezaga, DaVanon, Delgado, Figgins, Kennedy, Shields, Spiezio)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/8/2004, vs MIL, 7 (Amezaga, DaVanon, Escobar, Figgins, Guillen, Kennedy, Mondesi)
Contains letters on 4/5/2007, vs OAK, 6 (Anderson, Guerrero, Kendrick, Kotchman, Matthews, Saunders)
on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/27/2008, vs OAK, 6 (Anderson, Guerrero, Kendrick, Matthews, Saunders, Teixeira)
Contains letters on 7/31/1968, at OAK, 5 (Davalillo, Harrelson, McFarlane, Reichardt, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 4/11/1961, at BAL, 2 (Aspromonte, Kluszewski)
on 97 occasions, most recently on 6/18/1980, at NYA, 2 (Campaneris, Rettenmund)
Contains 11 letters on 7/30/1971, at DET, 2 (Christensen, Messersmith)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1971, vs MIN, 2 (Christensen, Messersmith)
Contains 12 letters on 4/6/1973, vs KCA, 1 (Grabarkewitz)
on 34 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1973, vs TEX, 1 (Grabarkewitz)

When did the surnames in the starting lineup combine for…

The most distinct letters on 6/3/1983, at MIL, 24 (Adams, Beniquez, Boone, DeCinces, Forsch, Jackson, Lynn, Sconiers, Valentine, Wilfong, all but PX)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/26/2008, vs OAK, 24 (Figgins, Hunter, Kendrick, Lackey, Matthews, Napoli, Quinlan, Rivera, Rodriguez, Teixeira, all but BJ)
The fewest distinct letters on 6/10/1964, at CLE, 14 (Adcock, Clinton, Kirkpatrick, Knoop, Koppe, Lee, Perry, Satriano, Torres, all but BFGHJMQUVWXZ)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1997, at SEA, 14 (Alicea, Anderson, Edmonds, Eenhoorn, Encarnacion, Hill, Hollins, Howell, Palmeiro, Salmon, all but BFGJKQTUVXYZ)
The most total letters on 4/11/2007, at CLE, 79 (Anderson, Cabrera, Guerrero, Hillenbrand, Izturis, Kendrick, Kotchman, Matthews, Napoli, Saunders)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/14/2007, at BOS, 79 (Anderson, Cabrera, Carrasco, Guerrero, Hillenbrand, Izturis, Kendrick, Kotchman, Matthews, Molina)
The fewest total letters on 8/4/1961, at BAL, 47 (Grba, Hunt, Koppe, Moran, Pearson, Rice, Thomas, Thomas, Wagner)
The most Scrabble® points on 5/20/1984, at NYA, 156 (28 Beniquez, 20 Jackson, 20 Jackson, 18 Schofield, 16 Romanick, 14 Picciolo, 13 DeCinces, 12 Downing, 8 Pettis, 7 Boone)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 7/19/1963, vs DET, 71 (11 Fregosi, 10 Kostro, 10 Wagner, 9 Foiles, 9 Pearson, 7 Hunt, 7 Moran, 5 Dees, 3 Lee)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1961-2010.
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