Letters in the Baltimore Orioles Lineup

Letters in the Lineup

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ANA

ARI

ATL

BAL

BOS

CHA

CHN

CIN

CLE

COL

DET

FLO

HOU

KCA

LAN

MIL

MIN

MON

NYA

NYN

OAK

PHI

PIT

SDN

SEA

SFN

SLN

TBA

TEX

TOR

When did the Baltimore Orioles use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 4/26/1996, vs TEX, 3 (Alexander, Alomar, Anderson)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1996, at KCA, 3 (Alexander, Alomar, Anderson)
Contains A on 4/17/1959, vs WS1, 9 (Carrasquel, Finigan, Gardner, Hale, Nieman, Pappas, Pilarcik, Tasby, Triandos)
Ends with A on 5/6/2002, vs CLE, 4 (Batista, Cordova, Molina, Mora)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/21/2004, vs TOR, 4 (Cabrera, Garcia, Mora, Tejada)
Starts with B on 7/6/1965, at KC1, 5 (Barber, Blefary, Bowens, Brandt, Brown)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1995, vs SEA, 5 (Baines, Barberie, Bonilla, Brown, Brown)
Contains B on 8/16/1967, at NYA, 8 (Belanger, Blair, Blefary, Bowens, Etchebarren, Phoebus, Robinson, Robinson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1968, vs MIN, 8 (Belanger, Blair, Blefary, Buford, Etchebarren, Phoebus, Robinson, Robinson)
Starts with C on 8/29/1972, at MIN, 3 (Coggins, Crowley, Cuellar)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 8/30/2003, at SEA, 3 (Conine, Cruz, Cust)
Contains C on 9/23/1973, at MIL, 6 (Cabell, Coggins, Crowley, DeCinces, Grich, McNally)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/11/1976, at MIL, 6 (Crowley, DeCinces, Duncan, Garcia, Grich, Jackson)
Starts with D on 4/13/1981, at BOS, 4 (Dauer, DeCinces, Dempsey, Dwyer)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1985, vs DET, 4 (Dauer, Dempsey, Dixon, Dwyer)
Contains D on 7/14/1961, at BOS, 6 (Adair, Brandt, Breeding, Estrada, Snyder, Triandos)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 5/25/2001, vs TEX, 6 (Anderson, Bordick, DeShields, Fordyce, Mercedes, Richard)
Ends with D on 9/25/1968, vs DET, 3 (Buford, Floyd, Rettenmund)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1993, vs BOS, 3 (Buford, Leonard, McDonald)
Starts with E on 9/24/1966, at CAL, 2 (Epstein, Etchebarren)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/30/1967, vs DET, 2 (Epstein, Etchebarren)
Contains E on 8/26/1990, vs CLE, 10 (Devereaux, Finley, Gallagher, Hulett, Kittle, Melvin, Mitchell, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1994, vs DET, 10 (Anderson, Baines, Devereaux, Gomez, Hoiles, Hulett, McLemore, Moyer, Palmeiro, Ripken)
Ends with E on 9/27/1959, at NYA, 4 (Burke, Hale, Shetrone, Valentine)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/29/2003, at SEA, 4 (Bigbie, Conine, DuBose, Fordyce)
Starts with F on 7/3/1959, vs BOS, 2 (Finigan, Fisher)
  on 49 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1984, vs TOR, 2 (Flanagan, Ford)
Contains F on 9/23/1968, vs DET, 3 (Blefary, Buford, Fiore)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/23/1986, vs CAL, 3 (Flanagan, Rayford, Stefero)
Ends with F on 4/2/1996, vs KCA, 1 (Surhoff)
  on 859 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, vs BOS, 1 (Surhoff)
Starts with G on 4/26/1959, at NYA, 3 (Gardner, Ginsberg, Green)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1998, at OAK, 3 (Greene, Greene, Guzman)
Contains G on 6/27/1987, at DET, 6 (Gerhart, Gonzales, Knight, Van Gorder, Wiggins, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/11/1987, vs MIN, 6 (Gerhart, Griffin, Knight, Van Gorder, Washington, Wiggins)
Ends with G on 4/23/1960, at NYA, 3 (Breeding, Ginsberg, Woodling)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1960, at KC1, 3 (Breeding, Ginsberg, Woodling)
Starts with H on 4/27/1961, at WS2, 3 (Hall, Hansen, Herzog)
  on 75 occasions, most recently on 5/22/1996, vs CAL, 3 (Hammonds, Haynes, Hoiles)
Contains H on 10/3/1972, at CLE, 5 (Etchebarren, Grich, Harrison, Matchick, Shopay)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/8/1991, at OAK, 5 (Hoiles, Horn, Hulett, McKnight, Worthington)
Ends with H on 4/7/1974, vs DET, 2 (Grich, Reinbach)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1977, vs CLE, 2 (Rudolph, Smith)
Starts with I on 8/30/1996, at SEA, 1 (Incaviglia)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1997, at DET, 1 (Incaviglia)
Contains I on 9/11/1995, vs BOS, 9 (Baines, Barberie, Bonilla, Goodwin, Hoiles, Mussina, Palmeiro, Ripken, Smith)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2002, vs NYA, 9 (Batista, Bigbie, Bordick, Conine, Gibbons, Gil, Hairston, Richard, Singleton)
Ends with I on 5/11/1990, at OAK, 2 (Milacki, Segui)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1997, vs TOR, 2 (Dellucci, Kamieniecki)
Starts with J on 5/10/1965, vs DET, 2 (Johnson, Johnson)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 7/3/2000, vs TOR, 2 (Johnson, Johnson)
Contains J on 5/10/1965, vs DET, 2 (Johnson, Johnson)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 8/27/2004, at TEX, 2 (Majewski, Tejada)
Starts with K on 7/25/1978, at TEX, 2 (Kelly, Kerrigan)
  on 131 occasions, most recently on 5/5/2001, vs NYA, 2 (Kingsale, Kinkade)
Contains K on 9/4/1987, vs OAK, 6 (Boddicker, Kennedy, Knight, Ripken, Ripken, Stanicek)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1988, vs DET, 6 (Kennedy, Milacki, Orsulak, Ripken, Ripken, Stanicek)
Ends with K on 4/29/1988, at CHA, 2 (Orsulak, Stanicek)
  on 201 occasions, most recently on 7/26/2000, vs NYA, 2 (Bordick, Clark)
Starts with L on 8/28/2004, at TEX, 4 (Leon, Lopez, Lopez, Lopez)
Contains L on 4/6/1973, vs MIL, 7 (Baylor, Belanger, Blair, Crowley, McNally, Powell, Williams)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1996, at SEA, 7 (Alomar, Bonilla, Hoiles, Incaviglia, Palmeiro, Wells, Zeile)
Ends with L on 4/19/1959, vs WS1, 2 (Carrasquel, O'Dell)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 6/18/2003, vs TOR, 2 (Daal, Gil)
Starts with M on 7/24/1977, vs MIL, 5 (Maddox, May, May, Mora, Murray)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2000, vs CLE, 5 (Matos, Mercedes, Minor, Mora, Myers)
Contains M on 5/12/1977, at CAL, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, May, Murray, Muser, Palmer, Smith)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1977, at DET, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Martinez, May, Mora, Murray, Smith)
Ends with M on 4/15/1959, vs NYA, 1 (Wilhelm)
  on 168 occasions, most recently on 5/9/1988, vs CHA, 1 (Landrum)
Starts with N on 10/2/1974, at DET, 2 (Nordbrook, Northrup)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1975, at DET, 2 (Nordbrook, Northrup)
Contains N on 5/22/1960, at CLE, 9 (Brandt, Breeding, Brown, Courtney, Gentile, Hansen, Pearson, Robinson, Woodling)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 6/16/1995, at DET, 9 (Alexander, Anderson, Baines, Goodwin, Manto, McDonald, Nokes, Ripken, Van Slyke)
Ends with N on 6/29/1990, at MIN, 8 (Johnson, Melvin, Milligan, Nixon, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton, Worthington)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1990, vs TOR, 8 (Anderson, Horn, Milligan, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton, Weston, Worthington)
Starts with O on 4/19/1959, vs WS1, 1 (O'Dell)
  on 966 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2004, at ANA, 1 (Osik)
Contains O on 4/11/1996, vs CLE, 9 (Alomar, Anderson, Bonilla, Erickson, Hammonds, Hoiles, Palmeiro, Surhoff, Tarasco)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/5/2004, vs CHA, 9 (Gibbons, Lopez, Matos, McDonald, Mora, Palmeiro, Ponson, Roberts, Surhoff)
Ends with O on 5/9/1995, at BOS, 3 (Manto, Obando, Palmeiro)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 5/21/1995, at NYA, 3 (Manto, Obando, Palmeiro)
Starts with P on 6/17/1959, vs DET, 3 (Pappas, Pearson, Pilarcik)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1998, at BOS, 3 (Palmeiro, Pickering, Ponson)
Contains P on 7/13/1996, vs NYA, 5 (Coppinger, Palmeiro, Polonia, Ripken, Ripken)
Ends with P on 10/2/1974, at DET, 1 (Northrup)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2000, vs TOR, 1 (Rapp)
Starts with Q on 4/21/1962, at WS2, 1 (Quirk)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1989, at TOR, 1 (Quirk)
Contains Q on 4/15/1959, vs NYA, 1 (Carrasquel)
  on 213 occasions, most recently on 7/26/1994, vs CLE, 1 (Oquist)
Starts with R on 10/5/2001, vs BOS, 5 (Raines, Raines, Richard, Ripken, Roberts)
Contains R on 7/22/1965, vs KC1, 9 (Adair, Aparicio, Blefary, Brandt, Bunker, Orsino, Robinson, Siebern, Snyder)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 5/11/2001, at NYA, 9 (Anderson, Bordick, Hairston, Lunar, Mora, Myers, Richard, Ripken, Roberts)
Ends with R on 7/17/1974, vs OAK, 6 (Baker, Baylor, Belanger, Blair, Cuellar, Fuller)
Starts with S on 4/17/1977, at TEX, 4 (Shopay, Singleton, Skaggs, Smith)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1988, vs CLE, 4 (Schmidt, Schu, Sheets, Stanicek)
Contains S on 9/23/2003, at BOS, 8 (Batista, Cust, DuBose, Gibbons, Hairston, Matos, Roberts, Surhoff)
Ends with S on 4/5/1993, vs TEX, 5 (Baines, Davis, Hoiles, Mercedes, Reynolds)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2003, vs OAK, 5 (Gibbons, Matos, Moss, Raines, Roberts)
Starts with T on 6/19/1959, vs KC1, 3 (Tasby, Taylor, Triandos)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 6/21/1989, at SEA, 3 (Tettleton, Tibbs, Traber)
Contains T on 6/7/1988, vs DET, 6 (Gerhart, Sheets, Stanicek, Tettleton, Tibbs, Traber)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1988, at NYA, 6 (Bautista, Stanicek, Stone, Tettleton, Traber, Worthington)
Ends with T on 6/9/1987, vs BOS, 3 (Gerhart, Knight, Schmidt)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/5/1994, vs CHA, 3 (Oquist, Tackett, Voigt)
Starts with U on 5/12/1984, vs OAK, 1 (Underwood)
Contains U on 5/12/1984, vs OAK, 5 (Cruz, Dauer, Murray, Underwood, Young)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/12/1988, at TEX, 5 (Bautista, Hughes, Murray, Orsulak, Schu)
Ends with U on 8/26/1961, at MIN, 1 (Lau)
  on 214 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1988, vs NYA, 1 (Schu)
Starts with V on 6/8/1993, vs OAK, 2 (Valenzuela, Voigt)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1993, vs TOR, 2 (Valenzuela, Voigt)
Contains V on 4/8/1991, vs CHA, 4 (Davis, Devereaux, Evans, Melvin)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 10/6/1991, vs DET, 4 (Davis, Devereaux, Evans, Melvin)
Starts with W on 4/26/1959, at NYA, 2 (Wilhelm, Woodling)
  on 97 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1997, at TOR, 2 (Walton, Webster)
Contains W on 8/3/1982, vs BOS, 4 (Crowley, Dwyer, Lowenstein, Stewart)
Ends with W on 9/28/1975, at NYA, 1 (Harlow)
  on 137 occasions, most recently on 5/27/1979, at DET, 1 (Harlow)
Contains X on 6/20/1990, at CLE, 2 (Devereaux, Nixon)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 2 (Alexander, Devereaux)
Ends with X on 7/15/1977, at MIL, 1 (Maddox)
  on 792 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 1 (Devereaux)
Starts with Y on 6/29/1983, at NYA, 1 (Young)
  on 425 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1997, vs CLE, 1 (Yan)
Contains Y on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1986, at NYA, 7 (Dempsey, Lacy, Lynn, Murray, Rayford, Shelby, Young)
Ends with Y on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
Starts with Z on 6/25/1995, vs BOS, 1 (Zaun)
  on 88 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 1 (Zeile)
Contains Z on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 3 (Devarez, Rodriguez, Zeile)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2004, at BOS, 3 (Lopez, Lopez, Lopez)
Ends with Z on 6/26/2003, at TOR, 3 (Cruz, Lopez, Mendez)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2004, at BOS, 3 (Lopez, Lopez, Lopez)
Contains any double letter on 7/5/1985, at KCA, 6 (Boddicker, Gross, Lynn, Murray, Sheets, Wiggins)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/20/1987, at CAL, 6 (Bell, Kennedy, Lynn, Murray, Sheets, Wiggins)
Ends with any double letter on 6/1/1991, at BOS, 3 (Bell, Hulett, Whitt)
Starts with any vowel on 5/9/1963, vs BOS, 4 (Adair, Aparicio, Estrada, Orsino)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 5/4/1999, vs CHA, 4 (Amaral, Anderson, Erickson, Otanez)
Contains nary an E on 5/11/1975, vs MIN, 9 (Baylor, Blair, Bumbry, Davis, Duncan, Grich, May, Nordbrook, Robinson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/30/2002, at ANA, 9 (Batista, Bordick, Cordova, Gibbons, Gil, Hairston, Johnson, Mora, Richard)
Ends with any vowel on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
  on 45 occasions, most recently on 8/15/2004, at TOR, 7 (Bigbie, Cabrera, Garcia, Machado, Mora, Palmeiro, Tejada)
Contains 3 letters on 6/18/1976, at TEX, 2 (May, May)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1977, vs DET, 2 (May, May)
Contains 4 letters on 9/20/1987, vs BOS, 4 (Hart, Lacy, Lynn, Mesa)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/9/2003, vs BOS, 4 (Cruz, Cust, Mora, Moss)
Contains 5 letters on 5/13/1984, vs OAK, 5 (Dauer, Davis, Dwyer, Gross, Young)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 6/29/2000, at BOS, 5 (Belle, Clark, Lewis, Minor, Myers)
Contains 6 letters on 7/16/1988, vs MIN, 7 (Hughes, Murray, Peraza, Ripken, Ripken, Sheets, Traber)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/21/1998, vs TOR, 7 (Alomar, Baines, Becker, Carter, Hoiles, Ponson, Ripken)
Contains 7 letters on 6/30/2002, vs PHI, 7 (Batista, Bordick, Cordova, Fordyce, Gibbons, McGuire, Roberts)
Contains 8 letters on 6/12/1960, vs KC1, 6 (Breeding, Courtney, Pilarcik, Robinson, Stephens, Woodling)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 4/27/1995, at MIN, 6 (Anderson, Barberie, Hammonds, McDonald, Palmeiro, Van Slyke)
Contains 9 letters on 6/17/1968, at OAK, 3 (Brabender, Hendricks, Valentine)
  on 38 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 3 (Alexander, Devereaux, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 6/15/1979, at MIN, 2 (Krenchicki, Lowenstein)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1993, vs TOR, 2 (Pagliarulo, Valenzuela)
Contains 11 letters on 6/10/1961, vs MIN, 1 (Throneberry)
  on 1011 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1999, vs BOS, 1 (Kamieniecki)
Contains 12 letters on 4/14/1959, vs NYA, 1 (Portocarrero)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1960, vs BOS, 1 (Portocarrero)

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

The most distinct letters on 9/8/1989, at TEX, 25 (Bradley, Devereaux, Finley, Hulett, Johnson, Melendez, Quirk, Ripken, Sheets, Worthington, all but C)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1990, vs SEA, 25 (Bradley, Brown, Devereaux, Gonzales, Harnisch, Jefferson, Melvin, Milligan, Ripken, Worthington, all but Q)
The fewest distinct letters on 8/12/1964, vs BOS, 13 (Adair, Aparicio, Bowens, Brown, Pappas, Powell, Robinson, Robinson, Siebern, all but FGHJKMQTUVXYZ)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 4/14/1965, vs CHA, 13 (Adair, Aparicio, Blair, Bowens, Orsino, Pappas, Powell, Robinson, Siebern, all but FGHJKMQTUVXYZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 8/18/1989, vs TOR, 153 (22 Jefferson, 20 Devereaux, 18 Gonzales, 18 Worthington, 17 Johnson, 13 Bradley, 12 Ripken, 11 Melvin, 11 Milligan, 11 Orsulak)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 9/26/1962, vs KC1, 76 (11 Saverine, 11 Shetrone, 10 Robinson, 10 Snyder, 9 Roberts, 8 Gentile, 8 Ward, 6 Adair, 3 Lau)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 5/24/2003, at TEX, 76 (12 Gibbons, 10 Morban, 9 Batista, 9 Roberts, 8 Conine, 7 Matos, 6 Mora, 6 Segui, 5 Daal, 4 Gil)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1959-2004.
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