Letters in the Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup

Letters in the Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup

Letters in the Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup

Back to Excruciating Baseball Lists

Overall records
ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

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

Starts with on 4/13/1954, vs PHI, 3 (Abrams, Allie, Atwell)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/2/1954, at CHN, 3 (Abrams, Allie, Atwell)
Contains on 6/23/1928, vs CIN, 8 (Adams, Barnhart, Bartell, Grantham, Hargreaves, Traynor, Waner, Waner)
on 102 occasions, most recently on 5/31/2008, at SLN, 8 (Bautista, Bay, LaRoche, Maholm, Nady, Paulino, Rivas, Sanchez)
Ends with 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 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 on 6/6/1990, vs CHN, 7 (Backman, Belliard, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream, Drabek)
Ends with on 5/9/1968, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1969, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
Starts with on 4/15/1920, at SLN, 5 (Carey, Caton, Clarke, Cooper, Cutshaw)
Contains on 9/28/2008, at SDN, 8 (Chavez, Cruz, LaRoche, LaRoche, McLouth, Michaels, Pearce, Sanchez)
Ends with on 4/27/1929, vs CHN, 1 (Swetonic)
on 58 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1933, vs BRO, 1 (Swetonic)
Starts with on 5/7/1944, at CHN, 3 (Dahlgren, Davis, DiMaggio)
on 29 occasions, most recently on 8/17/2010, vs FLO, 3 (Diaz, Doumit, Duke)
Contains 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 on 5/9/1951, at PHI, 4 (Beard, Fitz Gerald, Friend, Strickland)
Starts with on 10/2/1977, vs CHN, 2 (Easler, Edwards)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1995, at HOU, 2 (Encarnacion, Ericks)
Contains on 5/13/1945, at PHI, 9 (Barrett, Butcher, Dahlgren, Elliott, Gustine, O’Brien, Russell, Salkeld, Saltzgaver)
on 61 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1978, vs HOU, 9 (Berra, Blyleven, Brye, Dyer, Garner, Moreno, Parker, Sanguillen, Taveras)
Ends with on 4/25/2009, at SDN, 5 (Duke, Hinske, LaRoche, LaRoche, Monroe)
Starts with 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 on 5/14/1955, at SLN, 4 (Freese, Freese, Littlefield, Saffell)
on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1957, at CHN, 4 (Foiles, Fondy, Freese, Friend)
Ends with on 5/18/1921, at BRO, 1 (Skiff)
on 104 occasions, most recently on 8/23/2010, vs SLN, 1 (Ohlendorf)
Starts with on 9/12/1921, vs BSN, 3 (Glazner, Gooch, Grimm)
on 70 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1999, at PHI, 3 (Garcia, Giles, Guillen)
Contains 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 on 5/2/1936, vs BSN, 2 (Tising, Young)
on 221 occasions, most recently on 6/22/2003, vs CLE, 2 (Vogelsong, Young)
Starts with on 8/18/1928, vs PHI, 3 (Hemsley, Hill, Hillis)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1989, at PHI, 3 (Hall, Hatcher, Heaton)
Contains on 9/6/1920, vs CHN, 7 (Cutshaw, Hamilton, McKechnie, Nicholson, Schmidt, Southworth, Whitted)
on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2008, at SDN, 7 (Chavez, LaRoche, LaRoche, McLouth, Michaels, Ohlendorf, Sanchez)
Ends with on 4/24/1949, vs CIN, 3 (Judnich, McCullough, Murtaugh)
on 52 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1998, vs MIL, 3 (Allensworth, Polcovich, Smith)
Starts with on 7/22/2007, vs HOU, 1 (Izturis)
on 66 occasions, most recently on 6/11/2010, at DET, 1 (Iwamura)
Contains 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 on 8/4/1949, vs BRO, 3 (Lombardi, Masi, Restelli)
Starts with on 4/24/2010, at HOU, 3 (Jakubauskas, Jaramillo, Jones)
Contains on 4/24/2010, at HOU, 3 (Jakubauskas, Jaramillo, Jones)
Starts with on 4/21/1952, vs CHN, 3 (Kiner, Kline, Koshorek)
on 49 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1996, at SDN, 3 (Kendall, King, Kingery)
Contains on 8/30/1948, vs BSN, 6 (Bockman, Kiner, Kluttz, Rojek, Walker, Westlake)
on 17 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1959, vs PHI, 6 (Hoak, Kline, Kluszewski, Kravitz, Mazeroski, Skinner)
Ends with 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 on 4/29/1934, vs CIN, 3 (Lavagetto, Lindstrom, Lucas)
on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1988, at SLN, 3 (LaPoint, LaValliere, Lind)
Contains on 8/7/1951, at SLN, 8 (Basgall, Bell, Castiglione, Garagiola, LaPalme, Phillips, Saffell, Strickland)
on 54 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1991, at NYN, 8 (Bell, Bonilla, Buechele, Lind, McClendon, Slaught, Van Slyke, Walk)
Ends with on 6/29/2001, at MON, 4 (Beimel, Bell, Kendall, Vander Wal)
Starts with on 8/13/2008, vs CIN, 5 (Maholm, McLouth, Michaels, Mientkiewicz, Moss)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/30/2008, vs MIL, 5 (Maholm, McLouth, Mientkiewicz, Morgan, Moss)
Contains on 6/20/1924, vs CIN, 6 (Grimm, Maranville, Moore, Morrison, Mueller, Schmidt)
on 18 occasions, most recently on 5/9/2010, vs SLN, 6 (Clement, Doumit, Iwamura, Maholm, McCutchen, Milledge)
Ends with on 7/3/1921, at CIN, 2 (Brottem, Grimm)
on 29 occasions, most recently on 5/27/1926, vs CHN, 2 (Grantham, Oldham)
Starts with on 6/19/1982, vs PHI, 2 (Nicosia, Nordhagen)
Contains on 5/26/1989, vs HOU, 9 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Lind, Prince, Quinones, Van Slyke, Wilson)
Ends with on 4/17/2005, vs CHN, 6 (Lawton, Redman, Redman, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
Starts with on 6/7/1953, vs CIN, 3 (O’Brien, O’Brien, O’Connell)
on 64 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1953, vs CHN, 3 (O’Brien, O’Brien, O’Connell)
Contains on 5/23/2009, at CHA, 9 (Jaramillo, LaRoche, LaRoche, McLouth, Monroe, Morgan, Ohlendorf, Wilson, Young)
Ends with 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 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 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 on 9/24/1928, at BSN, 1 (Blankenship)
on 328 occasions, most recently on 5/3/1986, at SDN, 1 (Kemp)
Starts with on 7/17/1947, at BRO, 1 (Queen)
on 126 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1989, vs LAN, 1 (Quinones)
Contains on 7/1/2009, vs CHN, 2 (Vasquez, Vazquez)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/21/2009, vs MIL, 2 (Vasquez, Vazquez)
Starts with on 8/17/1943, at BSN, 3 (Rescigno, Rubeling, Russell)
on 163 occasions, most recently on 7/6/2005, vs PHI, 3 (Redman, Redman, Ross)
Contains on 7/9/1926, vs PHI, 9 (Carey, Cuyler, Grantham, Moore, Songer, Spencer, Traynor, Waner, Wright)
on 24 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1982, vs MON, 9 (Easler, Hebner, Moreno, Morrison, Norman, Ortiz, Ray, Robinson, Stargell)
Ends with on 5/14/1927, at BRO, 6 (Cuyler, Kremer, Spencer, Traynor, Waner, Waner)
on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1939, at CIN, 6 (Brubaker, Fletcher, Klinger, Mueller, Waner, Waner)
Starts with on 5/4/1963, vs LAN, 5 (Savage, Schofield, Schwall, Skinner, Stargell)
Contains 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 on 9/28/1958, vs PHI, 5 (Daniels, Foiles, Mejias, Stevens, Thomas)
Starts with on 10/2/1938, at CIN, 3 (Thevenow, Tobin, Todd)
Contains on 7/13/1919, at NY1, 8 (Caton, Cutshaw, Hamilton, Mollwitz, Schmidt, Southworth, Stengel, Terry)
Ends with on 4/14/1942, at CIN, 4 (Barrett, Coscarart, Elliott, Stewart)
on 46 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1962, at SLN, 4 (Groat, Leppert, Stuart, Sturdivant)
Starts with on 9/26/1959, at CIN, 1 (Umbricht)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/25/1960, vs LAN, 1 (Umbricht)
Contains on 7/1/1936, vs SLN, 6 (Brubaker, Lucas, Schulte, Suhr, Vaughan, Young)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/24/2010, at CIN, 6 (Burres, Church, Doumit, Iwamura, McCutchen, Young)
Ends with on 9/29/1935, at CIN, 1 (Passeau)
on 766 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2003, vs SDN, 1 (Hyzdu)
Starts with on 5/16/1965, vs SLN, 3 (Veale, Virdon, Virgil)
Contains on 4/24/1934, vs SLN, 4 (Lavagetto, Thevenow, Vaughan, Veltman)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1934, at BRO, 4 (Lavagetto, Thevenow, Vaughan, Veltman)
Starts with 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 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 on 8/5/1967, vs LAN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1967, at CHN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
Contains on 5/9/1922, vs BRO, 1 (Mattox)
on 502 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2009, at CHN, 1 (Bixler)
Ends with on 5/9/1922, vs BRO, 1 (Mattox)
on 361 occasions, most recently on 6/29/1963, vs NYN, 1 (Haddix)
Starts with on 6/20/1921, vs PHI, 1 (Yellow Horse)
on 1807 occasions, most recently on 9/6/2010, vs ATL, 1 (Young)
Contains on 4/25/1926, at CHN, 5 (Carey, Cuyler, Rhyne, Traynor, Yde)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 5/9/2007, at CHN, 5 (Bay, Duffy, Gorzelanny, Kelly, Nady)
Ends with on 5/9/2007, at CHN, 5 (Bay, Duffy, Gorzelanny, Kelly, Nady)
Starts with on 5/14/1919, at PHI, 1 (Zitzmann)
on 605 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1976, vs SLN, 1 (Zisk)
Contains on 5/22/2008, vs MIL, 5 (Chavez, Gomez, Gorzelanny, Mientkiewicz, Sanchez)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2008, at CIN, 5 (Chavez, Cruz, Gomez, Gorzelanny, Mientkiewicz)
Ends with on 5/22/2008, vs MIL, 4 (Chavez, Gomez, Mientkiewicz, Sanchez)
on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2008, at CIN, 4 (Chavez, Cruz, Gomez, Mientkiewicz)
Contains any double letter on 5/18/1921, at BRO, 6 (Bigbee, Cooper, Grimm, Maranville, Skiff, Whitted)
on 83 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1973, vs SDN, 6 (Alley, Maxvill, Rooker, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett)
Ends with any double letter on 6/23/1921, at SLN, 4 (Bigbee, Grimm, Skiff, Zinn)
on 99 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1977, vs PHI, 4 (Ott, Reuss, Stargell, Stennett)
Starts with any vowel on 6/9/1953, vs SLN, 5 (Abrams, Atwell, O’Brien, O’Brien, O’Connell)
on 20 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1953, vs CHN, 5 (Abrams, Atwell, O’Brien, O’Brien, O’Connell)
Contains nary an 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 letters on 9/27/1941, vs CIN, 2 (Cox, Gee)
on 77 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1984, at PHI, 2 (May, Ray)
Contains letters on 8/11/1992, at NYN, 5 (Bell, Cole, Espy, King, Lind)
Contains letters on 8/23/1939, at BSN, 6 (Brown, Rizzo, Susce, Waner, Waner, Young)
on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1999, at MIL, 6 (Brown, Brown, Brown, Laker, Nunez, Sveum)
Contains letters on 7/8/1953, vs NY1, 6 (Abrams, Atwell, Friend, O’Brien, O’Brien, Thomas)
on 52 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2010, at FLO, 6 (Bowker, Cedeno, Morton, Snyder, Tabata, Walker)
Contains letters on 6/15/1944, at CIN, 7 (Barrett, Butcher, Camelli, Elliott, Gustine, Handley, Russell)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1945, at CHN, 7 (Barrett, Butcher, Elliott, Gustine, Handley, Russell, Salkeld)
Contains letters on 9/12/1942, at BSN, 5 (Anderson, DiMaggio, Fletcher, Gornicki, Wyrostek)
on 17 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1987, at SFN, 5 (Morrison, Pedrique, Reuschel, Reynolds, Van Slyke)
Contains letters on 8/24/1952, vs BSN, 4 (Bartirome, Berardino, Garagiola, Senerchia)
on 23 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1988, at CHN, 4 (Cangelosi, Distefano, Oberkfell, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 5/16/1945, at BRO, 3 (Gerheauser, Gionfriddo, Saltzgaver)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1945, at PHI, 3 (Cuccurullo, Gionfriddo, Saltzgaver)
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 6/4/1944, at NY1, 1 (Ostermueller)
on 178 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, at MIL, 1 (Mientkiewicz)
Contains 13 letters on 8/18/2004, at ARI, 1 (Van Benschoten)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 7/26/2008, vs SDN, 1 (Van Benschoten)

When did the surnames in the starting lineup combine for…

The most distinct letters on 7/20/1946, vs BRO, 24 (Cox, Fletcher, Gustine, Handley, Heintzelman, Kiner, Lopez, Van Robays, Workman, all but JQ)
The fewest distinct letters on 6/13/1927, vs BRO, 14 (Barnhart, Grantham, Harris, Kremer, Rhyne, Smith, Waner, Waner, Wright, all but CDFJLOPQUVXZ)
on 56 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 8/10/1945, at PHI, 76 (Barnhart, Barrett, Dahlgren, Elliott, Gionfriddo, Ostermueller, Russell, Salkeld, Saltzgaver)
The fewest total letters on 6/11/1954, at SLN, 44 (Allie, Atwell, Cole, Law, Lynch, Rice, Roberts, Thomas, Ward)
on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1993, at COL, 44 (Bell, Clark, Garcia, Goff, King, Martin, Merced, Walk, Young)
The most Scrabble® points on 7/1/2009, vs CHN, 163 (37 Vazquez, 28 Vasquez, 21 Sanchez, 20 McCutchen, 18 Jaramillo, 12 Jones, 12 LaRoche, 9 Wilson, 6 Moss)
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 1919-2010.
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at “www.retrosheet.org“.