Starts with on 9/16/1998, at ATL, 4 (Abreu, Amaro, Anderson, Arias)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1998, at FLO, 4 (Abreu, Amaro, Anderson, Arias)
Contains on 6/15/1945, at NY1, 9 (Antonelli, Crawford, Daniels, DiMaggio, Flager, Mancuso, Mauney, Monteagudo, Wasdell)
on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1999, vs NYN, 9 (Abreu, Anderson, Arias, Brogna, Gant, Glanville, Grahe, Jordan, Lieberthal)
Ends with on 4/9/1993, vs CHN, 3 (Dykstra, Incaviglia, Rivera)
on 22 occasions, most recently on 8/11/1994, vs NYN, 3 (Dykstra, Incaviglia, Valenzuela)
Starts with on 9/28/1939, vs NY1, 4 (Bates, Benjamin, Bolling, Brack)
on 15 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1976, vs NYN, 4 (Boone, Bosetti, Bowa, Brown)
Contains on 6/18/2004, vs KCA, 6 (Abbott, Abreu, Bell, Burrell, Byrd, Lieberthal)
Ends with on 6/10/1938, at PIT, 1 (Weintraub)
on 97 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1938, vs BRO, 1 (Weintraub)
Starts with on 5/1/1960, at MLN, 4 (Callison, Cardwell, Coker, Curry)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1965, at SFN, 4 (Callison, Corrales, Covington, Culp)
Contains on 6/28/1919, at BRO, 6 (Callahan, Clarke, Cravath, Jacobs, Pearce, Sicking)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1994, at SFN, 6 (Duncan, Eisenreich, Hatcher, Incaviglia, Jackson, Stocker)
Ends with on 4/9/1999, at FLO, 1 (Spoljaric)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/1/1999, vs LAN, 1 (Spoljaric)
Starts with on 4/14/1982, at NYN, 4 (Davis, De Jesus, Dernier, Diaz)
on 20 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1993, at FLO, 4 (Daulton, DeLeon, Duncan, Dykstra)
Contains on 6/24/1945, vs NY1, 6 (Crawford, Daniels, DiMaggio, Dinges, Monteagudo, Wasdell)
on 17 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1992, vs CHN, 6 (Daulton, Duncan, Dykstra, Jordan, Morandini, Mulholland)
Ends with on 5/3/1919, at NY1, 3 (Baird, Whitted, Woodward)
on 32 occasions, most recently on 6/1/2006, at LAN, 3 (Floyd, Howard, Rowand)
Starts with on 4/26/1947, vs BSN, 2 (Ennis, Etten)
on 21 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1995, at FLO, 2 (Eisenreich, Elster)
Contains on 10/1/1944, vs PIT, 9 (Barrett, Finley, Hamner, Letchas, Lupien, Northey, Seminick, Stewart, Triplett)
on 32 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2001, vs MON, 9 (Abreu, Anderson, Estrada, Figueroa, Glanville, Hunter, Lee, Perez, Rolen)
Ends with on 5/26/1970, at MON, 5 (Doyle, Gamble, Hisle, Stone, Wise)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/17/1970, at SDN, 5 (Browne, Doyle, Gamble, Hisle, Wise)
Starts with on 4/29/1925, at NY1, 2 (Fillingim, Fonseca)
on 191 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2009, vs HOU, 2 (Feliz, Francisco)
Contains on 6/20/1945, vs BRO, 3 (Crawford, Flager, Foxx)
on 32 occasions, most recently on 6/24/2000, at MON, 3 (Relaford, Sefcik, Wolf)
Ends with on 4/21/1946, vs BSN, 1 (Novikoff)
on 195 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2006, at FLO, 1 (Wolf)
Starts with on 7/12/1983, vs ATL, 3 (Garcia, Gross, Gross)
on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1999, vs NYN, 3 (Gant, Glanville, Grahe)
Contains on 4/13/1921, vs NY1, 5 (Bruggy, Rawlings, Ring, Stengel, Wrightstone)
on 15 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1942, vs NY1, 5 (Bragan, Glossop, Livingston, Murtaugh, Podgajny)
Ends with on 9/12/1925, at BSN, 3 (Durning, Friberg, Ring)
Starts with on 9/3/1924, vs BRO, 5 (Harper, Henline, Henrich, Holke, Hubbell)
Contains on 9/3/1924, vs BRO, 7 (Harper, Henline, Henrich, Holke, Hubbell, Schultz, Wrightstone)
on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1991, vs CHN, 7 (Ashby, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Hayes, Hollins, Murphy, Thon)
Ends with on 9/29/1979, at MON, 3 (Lerch, Smith, Vukovich)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1980, at SLN, 3 (Lerch, Smith, Vukovich)
Starts with on 4/11/1977, vs CHN, 1 (Iorg)
on 528 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2010, at ATL, 1 (Ibanez)
Contains on 9/24/1931, at PIT, 8 (Brickell, Davis, Elliott, Friberg, Klein, Taitt, Whitney, Willingham)
on 13 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1996, at FLO, 8 (Eisenreich, Incaviglia, Jefferies, Lieberthal, Morandini, Sefcik, Springer, Zeile)
Ends with on 6/29/1958, vs SLN, 3 (Kazanski, Repulski, Sawatski)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1958, at LAN, 3 (Kazanski, Repulski, Sawatski)
Starts with on 8/26/1988, vs LAN, 4 (James, Jeltz, Jones, Jordan)
on 21 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1988, at MON, 4 (James, Jeltz, Jones, Jordan)
Contains on 7/20/1969, vs CHN, 4 (Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Rojas)
on 24 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1988, at MON, 4 (James, Jeltz, Jones, Jordan)
Starts with on 7/12/1921, vs PIT, 2 (King, Konetchy)
on 152 occasions, most recently on 5/5/1963, vs HOU, 2 (Klaus, Klippstein)
Contains on 8/16/1921, vs PIT, 5 (King, Konetchy, Parkinson, Sedgwick, Walker)
Ends with on 4/18/1944, vs BRO, 3 (Cieslak, Hamrick, Seminick)
on 109 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1952, vs BSN, 3 (Clark, Ridzik, Wyrostek)
Starts with on 5/26/1922, vs BRO, 3 (LeBourveau, Lee, Leslie)
on 70 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2005, at WAS, 3 (Lidle, Lieberthal, Lofton)
Contains on 8/29/1919, vs BSN, 8 (Blackburne, Callahan, Cantwell, Clarke, Luderus, Meusel, Paulette, Williams)
on 26 occasions, most recently on 6/19/2005, at OAK, 8 (Bell, Burrell, Lieber, Lieberthal, Lofton, Michaels, Rollins, Utley)
Ends with on 9/11/1945, at PIT, 4 (Powell, Spindel, Sproull, Wasdell)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/16/1945, at SLN, 4 (Powell, Spindel, Sproull, Wasdell)
Starts with on 6/8/1939, vs CIN, 6 (Martin, Marty, May, Millies, Mueller, Mulcahy)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1940, at NY1, 6 (Mahan, Marty, May, Millies, Mueller, Mulcahy)
Contains on 6/8/1939, vs CIN, 6 (Martin, Marty, May, Millies, Mueller, Mulcahy)
on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/26/1991, at SLN, 6 (Backman, Chamberlain, Combs, Morandini, Morris, Murphy)
Ends with on 4/29/1925, at NY1, 1 (Fillingim)
on 188 occasions, most recently on 8/3/2010, at FLO, 1 (Ransom)
Starts with on 7/4/1942, vs BRO, 2 (Naylor, Northey)
on 125 occasions, most recently on 4/29/1947, vs PIT, 2 (Newsome, Northey)
Contains on 9/13/1927, at CIN, 9 (Cooney, Hohman, Mokan, Nixon, Sand, Sweetland, Thompson, Wilson, Wrightstone)
Ends with on 5/12/1940, at BRO, 6 (Bragan, Johnson, Klein, Mahan, Martin, Warren)
on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1997, vs FLO, 6 (Barron, Green, Jordan, McMillon, Robertson, Rolen)
Starts with on 4/24/1919, vs NY1, 1 (Oeschger)
on 815 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2010, at WAS, 1 (Oswalt)
Contains on 8/21/1964, vs PIT, 8 (Amaro, Callison, Johnson, Rojas, Short, Taylor, Thomas, Triandos)
on 30 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1980, at SLN, 8 (Boone, Bowa, Carlton, Gross, Maddox, Rose, Trillo, Vukovich)
Ends with on 4/18/2010, vs FLO, 4 (Castro, Francisco, Polanco, Victorino)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/15/2010, at NYA, 4 (Castro, Francisco, Polanco, Victorino)
Starts with on 9/10/2002, vs FLO, 4 (Padilla, Perez, Polanco, Pratt)
on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/21/2005, at BAL, 4 (Padilla, Perez, Polanco, Pratt)
Contains on 9/21/1945, vs BRO, 6 (Chapman, Lupien, Picciuto, Powell, Spindel, Triplett)
Ends with on 7/7/1921, vs SLN, 1 (Rapp)
on 461 occasions, most recently on 7/25/2010, vs COL, 1 (Happ)
Starts with on 5/23/1994, at SLN, 1 (Quinlan)
on 39 occasions, most recently on 6/25/1996, at CIN, 1 (Quirico)
Contains on 5/23/1994, at SLN, 1 (Quinlan)
on 39 occasions, most recently on 6/25/1996, at CIN, 1 (Quirico)
Starts with on 7/3/1986, vs CIN, 4 (Redus, Roenicke, Ruffin, Russell)
on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/4/2007, at MIL, 4 (Roberson, Rollins, Rowand, Ruiz)
Contains on 7/23/1997, at SFN, 9 (Amaro, Barron, Jefferies, Jordan, Leiter, Morandini, Parent, Rolen, Stocker)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1997, vs NYA, 9 (Barron, Brogna, Grace, Hudler, Jefferies, Lieberthal, Morandini, Rolen, Stocker)
Ends with on 8/14/1949, at NY1, 5 (Blattner, Hamner, Meyer, Miller, Sisler)
Starts with on 9/10/1996, at HOU, 5 (Santiago, Schall, Schilling, Sefcik, Stocker)
Contains on 8/7/1984, at MON, 9 (De Jesus, Gross, Gross, Hayes, Matuszek, Samuel, Schmidt, Stone, Wockenfuss)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1987, at PIT, 9 (Gross, Hayes, Hughes, Jackson, James, Jelks, Parrish, Samuel, Thompson)
Ends with on 8/19/1955, vs BRO, 6 (Ennis, Gorbous, Greengrass, Jones, Roberts, Waitkus)
Starts with on 8/7/1964, vs NYN, 3 (Taylor, Thomas, Triandos)
on 23 occasions, most recently on 6/9/1965, vs LAN, 3 (Taylor, Thomas, Triandos)
Contains on 7/17/1920, at SLN, 6 (Fletcher, Paulette, Smith, Stengel, Wheat, Wrightstone)
on 78 occasions, most recently on 6/25/2009, at TBA, 6 (Bastardo, Bruntlett, Stairs, Utley, Victorino, Werth)
Ends with on 9/10/1931, at CHN, 4 (Arlett, Elliott, Hurst, Taitt)
Starts with on 9/4/1925, vs NY1, 1 (Ulrich)
on 1397 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2010, at ATL, 1 (Utley)
Contains on 9/1/1984, vs SFN, 6 (De Jesus, Hudson, Russell, Samuel, Schu, Wockenfuss)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/13/1986, at HOU, 6 (Aguayo, Redus, Ruffin, Russell, Samuel, Schu)
Ends with on 9/9/1919, at CIN, 1 (LeBourveau)
on 1863 occasions, most recently on 7/28/2006, vs FLO, 1 (Abreu)
Starts with on 10/5/1980, at MON, 3 (Virgil, Vukovich, Vukovich)
Contains on 10/5/1980, at MON, 5 (Davis, Loviglio, Virgil, Vukovich, Vukovich)
Starts with on 5/6/1923, at BRO, 5 (Walker, Weinert, Williams, Wilson, Wrightstone)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/7/1928, at CHN, 5 (Walsh, Whitney, Williams, Wilson, Wrightstone)
Contains on 7/8/1920, at PIT, 5 (Meadows, Rawlings, Wheat, Williams, Wrightstone)
on 15 occasions, most recently on 5/7/1928, at CHN, 5 (Walsh, Whitney, Williams, Wilson, Wrightstone)
Ends with on 7/21/1929, at CIN, 2 (McGraw, Thevenow)
Contains on 6/19/1919, at CIN, 1 (Rixey)
on 1538 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1992, vs SFN, 1 (Cox)
Ends with on 4/26/1945, at NY1, 1 (Foxx)
on 1356 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1992, vs SFN, 1 (Cox)
Starts with on 4/19/1937, at BSN, 1 (Young)
on 321 occasions, most recently on 6/24/1989, at NYN, 1 (Youmans)
Contains on 9/11/1990, vs PIT, 6 (Dykstra, Grimsley, Hayes, Hayes, Murphy, Ready)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1991, vs SDN, 6 (Dykstra, Grimsley, Hayes, Hayes, Murphy, Ready)
Ends with on 6/8/1939, vs CIN, 4 (Marty, May, Mulcahy, Whitney)
on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/16/1942, vs CHN, 4 (Hennessey, May, Murphy, Northey)
Starts with on 4/20/1996, vs SLN, 2 (Zeile, Zuber)
Contains on 9/8/1935, at SLN, 4 (Chiozza, Gomez, Pezzullo, Vergez)
on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2009, vs HOU, 4 (Feliz, Ibanez, Martinez, Ruiz)
Ends with on 7/20/2009, vs CHN, 4 (Feliz, Ibanez, Lopez, Ruiz)
on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2009, vs HOU, 4 (Feliz, Ibanez, Martinez, Ruiz)
Contains any double letter on 6/15/1934, at CHN, 8 (Allen, Bartell, Camilli, Collins, Fullis, Jeffries, Moore, Todd)
Ends with any double letter on 7/4/1931, at BSN, 5 (Arlett, Bartell, Brickell, Lee, Watt)
on 21 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2004, vs CHN, 5 (Abbott, Bell, Burrell, Ledee, Pratt)
Starts with any vowel on 4/14/1959, at MLN, 4 (Anderson, Anderson, Ashburn, Owens)
on 38 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1999, at MIL, 4 (Abreu, Anderson, Arias, Estalella)
Contains nary an on 4/28/1993, at SDN, 9 (Daulton, Duncan, Dykstra, Hollins, Incaviglia, Jordan, Morandini, Schilling, Thompson)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1993, at SLN, 9 (Amaro, Daulton, Duncan, Dykstra, Hollins, Incaviglia, Jackson, Kruk, Morandini)
Ends with any vowel on 7/17/1970, at SDN, 7 (Bowa, Browne, Doyle, Gamble, Hisle, Money, Wise)
on 16 occasions, most recently on 5/22/1996, at SDN, 7 (Grace, Incaviglia, Morandini, Murray, Santiago, Tinsley, Zeile)
Contains letters on 5/3/1942, at CHN, 2 (Koy, May)
on 50 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2002, at FLO, 2 (Lee, Roa)
Contains letters on 8/4/1989, at SLN, 5 (Cook, Herr, Kruk, Lake, Thon)
Contains letters on 6/5/2004, at ATL, 7 (Abreu, Ledee, Myers, Perez, Pratt, Thome, Utley)
Contains letters on 9/25/1942, at NY1, 6 (Bragan, Burich, Marnie, Murphy, Naylor, Warren)
on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1997, at DET, 6 (Barron, Hudler, Jordan, Leiter, Parent, Sefcik)
Contains letters on 6/25/1944, at BRO, 8 (Barrett, Cieslak, Hamrick, Letchas, Northey, Peacock, Stewart, Wasdell)
Contains letters on 8/29/1919, vs BSN, 5 (Bancroft, Callahan, Cantwell, Paulette, Williams)
on 28 occasions, most recently on 5/31/1974, vs SFN, 5 (Anderson, Luzinski, Montanez, Robinson, Schueler)
Contains letters on 4/28/1995, vs PIT, 4 (Gallagher, Jefferies, Morandini, Quantrill)
on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/25/1998, vs SDN, 4 (Estalella, Glanville, Jefferies, Schilling)
Contains 10 letters on 5/15/1996, vs SFN, 4 (Eisenreich, Incaviglia, Lieberthal, Mulholland)
Contains 11 letters on 5/10/1921, vs CHN, 2 (Baumgartner, Wrightstone)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1975, vs NYN, 2 (Christenson, Rogodzinski)
Contains 12 letters on 8/18/1973, at HOU, 1 (Grabarkewitz)
on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1974, vs NYN, 1 (Grabarkewitz)
Contains 13 letters on 6/17/1938, vs PIT, 1 (Hollingsworth)
on 97 occasions, most recently on 6/11/1947, vs SLN, 1 (Raffensberger)

When did the surnames in the starting lineup combine for…

The most distinct letters on 6/21/1971, at CIN, 24 (Bowa, Doyle, Freed, Gamble, Johnson, McCarver, Montanez, Palmer, Vukovich, all but QX)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1984, at PIT, 24 (Bystrom, De Jesus, Lezcano, Maddox, Russell, Samuel, Schmidt, Virgil, Wockenfuss, all but PQ)
The fewest distinct letters on 5/1/2001, vs COL, 13 (Abreu, Anderson, Burrell, Daal, Hunter, Lee, Lieberthal, Rolen, Rollins, all but CFGJKMPQVWXYZ)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/18/2002, vs CHN, 13 (Abreu, Anderson, Burrell, Ledee, Lee, Padilla, Pratt, Rolen, Rollins, all but CFGHJKMQVWXYZ)
The most total letters on 8/13/1920, at BSN, 75 (Fletcher, Hubbell, LeBourveau, Meusel, Paulette, Rawlings, Tragesser, Williams, Wrightstone)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/21/1921, vs SLN, 75 (Baumgartner, LeBourveau, Meusel, Miller, Parkinson, Peters, Rawlings, Williams, Wrightstone)
The fewest total letters on 9/8/1970, vs SLN, 43 (Bowa, Browne, Doyle, Hisle, Johnson, Lis, Money, Ryan, Wise)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/6/1991, at ATL, 43 (Combs, Hayes, Jordan, Kruk, Lake, Murphy, Ready, Schu, Thon)
The most Scrabble® points on 8/31/1977, vs ATL, 143 (21 Luzinski, 19 Johnstone, 19 Sizemore, 17 Johnson, 17 Maddox, 17 McCarver, 15 Schmidt, 9 Bowa, 9 Carlton)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 5/12/2002, vs ARI, 61 (9 Anderson, 9 Burrell, 8 Adams, 7 Abreu, 7 Pratt, 7 Rollins, 6 Ledee, 5 Rolen, 3 Lee)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1919-2010.
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