Letters in the Boston Red Sox 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 Boston Red Sox use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 6/6/1967, at CHA, 2 (Adair, Andrews)
  on 268 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2002, at CHA, 2 (Agbayani, Andrews)
Contains A on 6/30/1995, vs DET, 9 (Alicea, Canseco, Eshelman, Macfarlane, Naehring, O'Leary, Stairs, Valentin, Vaughn)
  on 77 occasions, most recently on 8/26/2003, vs TOR, 9 (Garciaparra, Jackson, Kapler, McCarty, Millar, Mirabelli, Ramirez, Wakefield, Walker)
Ends with A on 4/13/1993, vs CLE, 4 (Pena, Quintana, Rivera, Viola)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1993, at MIN, 4 (Pena, Quintana, Rivera, Viola)
Starts with B on 6/22/1987, vs MIL, 6 (Barrett, Baylor, Benzinger, Boggs, Boyd, Burks)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1987, at SEA, 6 (Barrett, Baylor, Benzinger, Boggs, Boyd, Burks)
Contains B on 6/22/1987, vs MIL, 6 (Barrett, Baylor, Benzinger, Boggs, Boyd, Burks)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1987, at SEA, 6 (Barrett, Baylor, Benzinger, Boggs, Boyd, Burks)
Starts with C on 5/1/1996, vs DET, 4 (Clemens, Cole, Cordero, Cuyler)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1996, vs OAK, 4 (Canseco, Clemens, Cordero, Cuyler)
Contains C on 5/1/1969, at WS2, 6 (Azcue, Conigliaro, Conigliaro, Culp, Petrocelli, Scott)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 7/26/1974, at DET, 6 (Blackwell, Carbo, Cater, Cleveland, McAuliffe, Petrocelli)
Ends with C on 9/13/1991, at NYA, 1 (Zupcic)
  on 177 occasions, most recently on 4/25/1994, at SEA, 1 (Zupcic)
Starts with D on 6/20/1976, at CAL, 3 (Darwin, Dillard, Doyle)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/12/2002, vs COL, 3 (Damon, Daubach, Diaz)
Contains D on 8/13/1981, vs CHA, 5 (Crawford, Gedman, Lansford, Rudi, Valdez)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2002, at BAL, 5 (Damon, Daubach, Floyd, Hillenbrand, Wakefield)
Ends with D on 8/6/2002, vs OAK, 3 (Floyd, Hillenbrand, Wakefield)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2002, at BAL, 3 (Floyd, Hillenbrand, Wakefield)
Starts with E on 4/5/1984, at CAL, 3 (Easler, Eckersley, Evans)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 5/21/1984, vs CLE, 3 (Easler, Eckersley, Evans)
Contains E on 8/3/1974, at NYA, 10 (Blackwell, Burleson, Cooper, Evans, Harper, McAuliffe, Miller, Moret, Petrocelli, Yastrzemski)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 5/16/2001, at MIN, 10 (Bichette, Everett, Hillenbrand, Lewis, Merloni, Offerman, Ramirez, Valentin, Varitek, Wakefield)
Ends with E on 7/2/1975, at MIL, 4 (Doyle, Heise, Lee, Rice)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 8/2/1989, vs BAL, 4 (Cerone, Price, Rice, Romine)
Starts with F on 8/25/1966, vs KC1, 2 (Fischer, Foy)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2002, vs TBA, 2 (Floyd, Fossum)
Contains F on 4/19/1999, vs TBA, 4 (Buford, Frye, Jefferson, Offerman)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/8/1999, at MON, 4 (Buford, Frye, Offerman, Wakefield)
Starts with G on 8/4/1959, vs KC1, 3 (Geiger, Gernert, Green)
  on 33 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1996, vs BAL, 3 (Garciaparra, Gordon, Greenwell)
Contains G on 8/2/1996, vs MIN, 6 (Bragg, Gordon, Greenwell, Naehring, Rodriguez, Vaughn)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 7/25/1998, vs TOR, 6 (Bragg, Cummings, Garciaparra, Hatteberg, Saberhagen, Vaughn)
Ends with G on 4/9/1997, at OAK, 3 (Bragg, Hatteberg, Naehring)
  on 28 occasions, most recently on 6/23/1997, at TOR, 3 (Bragg, Hatteberg, Naehring)
Starts with H on 5/1/1980, at CHA, 3 (Hobson, Hoffman, Hurst)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1987, vs CHA, 3 (Henderson, Horn, Hurst)
Contains H on 5/21/1995, vs CLE, 7 (Hanson, Haselman, Mahay, Naehring, Shumpert, Vaughn, Whiten)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/24/1995, at SEA, 7 (Chamberlain, Eshelman, Haselman, Mahay, Naehring, Shumpert, Vaughn)
Ends with H on 4/10/1968, at DET, 2 (Ellsworth, Smith)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1999, vs CHA, 2 (Daubach, Gubanich)
Contains I on 9/15/1963, at KC1, 8 (Clinton, Geiger, Mantilla, Nixon, Schilling, Smith, Williams, Yastrzemski)
  on 59 occasions, most recently on 7/23/2004, vs NYA, 8 (Garciaparra, Gutierrez, Millar, Nixon, Ortiz, Ramirez, Schilling, Varitek)
Ends with I on 5/9/1966, at KC1, 3 (Magrini, Petrocelli, Yastrzemski)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2002, vs TBA, 3 (Agbayani, Merloni, Mirabelli)
Starts with J on 4/28/1969, at NYA, 2 (Jarvis, Jones)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/17/1983, at MIL, 2 (Johnson, Jurak)
Contains J on 5/15/1964, vs MIN, 2 (Jones, Mejias)
  on 88 occasions, most recently on 7/14/1998, at TBA, 2 (Benjamin, Jefferson)
Starts with K on 7/30/1970, at OAK, 2 (Kennedy, Koonce)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1990, vs CLE, 2 (Kiecker, Kutcher)
Contains K on 7/11/2003, at DET, 5 (Burkett, Jackson, Kapler, Varitek, Walker)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, at TBA, 5 (Jackson, Kapler, Varitek, Wakefield, Walker)
Ends with K on 7/28/1978, vs KCA, 2 (Fisk, Hancock)
  on 108 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2002, at CHA, 2 (Clark, Hancock)
Starts with L on 5/17/1998, vs KCA, 4 (Lemke, Lewis, Leyritz, Lowe)
Contains L on 6/7/1995, vs CAL, 8 (Alicea, Chamberlain, Clemens, Greenwell, Haselman, Macfarlane, O'Leary, Valentin)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/29/1996, at OAK, 8 (Beltre, Cuyler, Malave, Mitchell, Selby, Sele, Stanley, Valentin)
Ends with L on 6/8/1967, at CHA, 2 (Bell, Tartabull)
  on 140 occasions, most recently on 7/25/1996, at MIN, 2 (Greenwell, Mitchell)
Starts with M on 9/26/1959, vs WS1, 4 (Mahoney, Mallett, Malzone, Monbouquette)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2004, at BAL, 4 (Mientkiewicz, Millar, Mirabelli, Mueller)
Contains M on 9/10/1964, at CLE, 7 (Lamabe, Malzone, Mantilla, Smith, Thomas, Tillman, Yastrzemski)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/15/2003, vs TBA, 7 (Damon, Fossum, Giambi, Millar, Mirabelli, Mueller, Ramirez)
Ends with M on 8/17/1971, vs CAL, 1 (Tatum)
  on 100 occasions, most recently on 5/10/2004, vs CLE, 1 (Kim)
Starts with N on 9/13/1983, vs BAL, 3 (Newman, Nichols, Nipper)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1994, vs CLE, 3 (Nabholz, Naehring, Nixon)
Contains N on 7/15/1994, at OAK, 9 (Brunansky, Chamberlain, Dawson, Nabholz, Naehring, Nixon, Rowland, Valentin, Vaughn)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 6/21/1995, at CLE, 9 (Canseco, Donnels, Greenwell, Hanson, Macfarlane, Tinsley, Valentin, Vaughn, Whiten)
Ends with N on 4/22/1960, at WS1, 6 (Buddin, Clinton, Green, Jackson, Sullivan, Thomson)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1997, at NYA, 6 (Coleman, Haselman, Jefferson, Saberhagen, Valentin, Vaughn)
Starts with O on 7/23/1999, at DET, 3 (O'Leary, Offerman, Ohka)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 10/6/2001, at BAL, 3 (O'Leary, Offerman, Oliver)
Contains O on 9/25/1964, at DET, 8 (Bressoud, Conigliaro, Guindon, Jones, Malzone, Nixon, Thomas, Wilson)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/24/1965, vs CAL, 8 (Conigliaro, Gosger, Jones, Malzone, Monbouquette, Nixon, Petrocelli, Thomas)
Ends with O on 4/29/1970, vs OAK, 4 (Alvarado, Conigliaro, Conigliaro, Satriano)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1970, at CLE, 4 (Alvarado, Conigliaro, Conigliaro, Satriano)
Starts with P on 4/25/1970, vs MIL, 3 (Pavletich, Peters, Petrocelli)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/26/1971, vs BAL, 3 (Pavletich, Peters, Petrocelli)
Contains P on 4/15/1972, at DET, 5 (Aparicio, Harper, Josephson, Pattin, Petrocelli)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 8/7/1992, at NYA, 5 (Cooper, Dopson, Pena, Plantier, Zupcic)
Ends with P on 4/16/1968, vs DET, 1 (Culp)
  on 283 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1999, at BAL, 1 (Rapp)
Starts with Q on 5/8/1993, at MIL, 2 (Quantrill, Quintana)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1993, at OAK, 2 (Quantrill, Quintana)
Contains Q on 5/8/1993, at MIL, 2 (Quantrill, Quintana)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1993, at OAK, 2 (Quantrill, Quintana)
Starts with R on 5/25/1980, vs CLE, 4 (Rader, Rainey, Remy, Rice)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 7/14/1990, vs KCA, 4 (Reed, Rivera, Robidoux, Romine)
Contains R on 9/21/1988, at TOR, 10 (Barrett, Burks, Cerone, Gardner, Greenwell, Parrish, Reed, Rice, Romero, Romine)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/6/2004, at OAK, 10 (Arroyo, Bellhorn, Cabrera, Kapler, Millar, Mueller, Ortiz, Ramirez, Roberts, Varitek)
Ends with R on 4/22/1974, vs KCA, 4 (Cooper, Didier, Harper, Miller)
  on 43 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2003, at TBA, 4 (Kapler, Millar, Mueller, Walker)
Starts with S on 6/25/1969, vs CLE, 5 (Satriano, Schofield, Scott, Siebert, Smith)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/24/1970, vs BAL, 5 (Satriano, Schofield, Scott, Siebert, Smith)
Contains S on 9/9/1968, at OAK, 8 (Andrews, Ellsworth, Gibson, Harrelson, Jones, Scott, Smith, Yastrzemski)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1982, vs DET, 8 (Allenson, Boggs, Eckersley, Evans, Lansford, Nichols, Stapleton, Yastrzemski)
Ends with S on 5/15/1984, at CLE, 5 (Armas, Boggs, Clemens, Evans, Nichols)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1986, vs CHA, 5 (Armas, Boggs, Clemens, Evans, Quinones)
Starts with T on 7/4/1966, vs WS2, 3 (Tartabull, Thomas, Tillman)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1966, at NYA, 3 (Tartabull, Thomas, Tillman)
Contains T on 7/3/1966, at CHA, 8 (Demeter, Petrocelli, Scott, Smith, Stigman, Thomas, Tillman, Yastrzemski)
Ends with T on 5/9/1959, at BAL, 2 (Gernert, Hoeft)
  on 362 occasions, most recently on 8/15/2001, vs SEA, 2 (Burkhart, Everett)
Contains U on 8/28/1991, at OAK, 6 (Brumley, Brunansky, Burks, Quintana, Vaughn, Young)
Starts with V on 4/6/1994, vs DET, 4 (Valentin, Valle, Vaughn, Viola)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/3/1994, vs SEA, 4 (Valentin, Valle, Vaughn, Viola)
Contains V on 4/28/1993, at OAK, 5 (Melvin, Rivera, Valentin, Vaughn, Viola)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1993, vs TEX, 5 (Melvin, Rivera, Valentin, Vaughn, Viola)
Starts with W on 5/30/1959, vs BAL, 4 (Wertz, White, Williams, Wills)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/4/1959, at BAL, 4 (Wertz, White, Williams, Wills)
Contains W on 5/30/1959, vs BAL, 4 (Wertz, White, Williams, Wills)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/9/1994, vs MIL, 4 (Darwin, Dawson, Greenwell, Rowland)
Contains X on 9/18/1977, at BAL, 2 (Cox, Paxton)
  on 34 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2000, vs BAL, 2 (Alexander, Nixon)
Ends with X on 9/18/1977, at BAL, 1 (Cox)
  on 50 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1996, vs NYA, 1 (Maddux)
Starts with Y on 4/11/1961, vs KC1, 1 (Yastrzemski)
  on 3306 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at BAL, 1 (Youkilis)
Contains Y on 4/30/1979, at OAK, 6 (Dwyer, Eckersley, Lynn, Montgomery, Remy, Yastrzemski)
Ends with Y on 6/14/1996, vs TEX, 4 (O'Leary, Selby, Stanley, Tinsley)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/16/1996, vs TEX, 4 (O'Leary, Selby, Stanley, Tinsley)
Starts with Z on 9/13/1991, at NYA, 1 (Zupcic)
  on 177 occasions, most recently on 4/25/1994, at SEA, 1 (Zupcic)
Contains Z on 4/22/1980, vs CHA, 4 (Perez, Sizemore, Torrez, Yastrzemski)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2004, at TBA, 4 (Martinez, Mientkiewicz, Ortiz, Ramirez)
Ends with Z on 6/16/2003, at CHA, 4 (Martinez, Ortiz, Ramirez, Sanchez)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2004, at TBA, 4 (Martinez, Mientkiewicz, Ortiz, Ramirez)
Starts with any double letter on 7/26/1977, vs MIL, 1 (Aase)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1977, vs TOR, 1 (Aase)
Contains any double letter on 6/8/1960, vs CLE, 6 (Boone, Buddin, Green, Hillman, Runnels, Sullivan)
  on 59 occasions, most recently on 7/11/2004, vs TEX, 6 (Bellhorn, Garciaparra, McCarty, Millar, Mirabelli, Mueller)
Ends with any double letter on 7/20/1966, vs CAL, 3 (Bennett, Scott, Tartabull)
  on 58 occasions, most recently on 7/28/1995, at TEX, 3 (Bell, Greenwell, McGee)
Starts with any vowel on 6/17/1983, at BAL, 5 (Allenson, Armas, Evans, Ojeda, Yastrzemski)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 9/11/2000, at NYA, 5 (Alexander, Arrojo, Everett, O'Leary, Offerman)
Contains nary an E on 8/15/1966, vs BAL, 8 (Conigliaro, Foy, Kasko, Lonborg, Scott, Smith, Thomas, Tillman)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 4/24/1991, vs TOR, 8 (Boggs, Brunansky, Burks, Clark, Lyons, Marzano, Quintana, Young)
Ends with any vowel on 8/22/1971, at OAK, 8 (Aparicio, Conigliaro, Fiore, Gagliano, Kennedy, Montgomery, Petrocelli, Yastrzemski)
Contains 3 letters on 9/23/1977, at DET, 2 (Cox, Lee)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1977, vs TOR, 2 (Cox, Lee)
Contains 4 letters on 5/27/1979, at TOR, 5 (Fisk, Lynn, Papi, Remy, Rice)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1979, at TEX, 5 (Fisk, Lynn, Papi, Remy, Rice)
Contains 5 letters on 8/20/1960, vs BAL, 5 (Green, Hardy, Nixon, Tasby, Wertz)
  on 46 occasions, most recently on 4/24/1991, vs TOR, 5 (Boggs, Burks, Clark, Lyons, Young)
Contains 6 letters on 6/14/1993, at NYA, 7 (Cooper, Darwin, Dawson, Melvin, Rivera, Vaughn, Zupcic)
Contains 7 letters on 6/17/1962, at DET, 6 (Gardner, Malzone, Philley, Runnels, Schwall, Tillman)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/18/2002, at MIN, 6 (Burkett, Daubach, Merloni, Ramirez, Sanchez, Varitek)
Contains 8 letters on 5/24/1995, at SEA, 5 (Eshelman, Haselman, Naehring, Shumpert, Valentin)
Contains 9 letters on 5/12/1994, vs MIL, 4 (Berryhill, Greenwell, Rodriguez, Tomberlin)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 8/10/1996, at MIL, 4 (Greenwell, Jefferson, Rodriguez, Wakefield)
Contains 10 letters on 9/7/1970, at CLE, 4 (Conigliaro, Conigliaro, Montgomery, Petrocelli)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1970, at WS2, 4 (Conigliaro, Conigliaro, Montgomery, Petrocelli)
Contains 11 letters on 6/3/1966, vs NYA, 2 (Christopher, Yastrzemski)
  on 205 occasions, most recently on 5/28/2003, at NYA, 2 (Garciaparra, Hillenbrand)
Contains 12 letters on 5/29/1959, at WS1, 1 (Monbouquette)
  on 247 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at BAL, 1 (Mientkiewicz)

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

The most distinct letters on 9/27/1975, vs CLE, 25 (Beniquez, Burleson, Doyle, Evans, Fisk, Johnson, Lynn, Montgomery, Petrocelli, Wise, all but X)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1999, at CLE, 25 (Daubach, Garciaparra, Jefferson, Lewis, Martinez, Nixon, O'Leary, Offerman, Varitek, Veras, all but Q)
The fewest distinct letters on 8/9/1964, at CHA, 15 (Horton, Jones, Malzone, Mantilla, Mejias, Smith, Stuart, Tillman, Wilson, all but BCDFGKPQVXY)
The most Scrabble® points on 9/14/1974, at MIL, 170 (29 Yastrzemski, 28 Beniquez, 19 McAuliffe, 18 Montgomery, 17 Johnson, 15 Cleveland, 14 Petrocelli, 11 Harper, 10 Burleson, 9 Carbo)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 7/31/1977, at CAL, 81 (11 Fisk, 11 Hobson, 10 Burleson, 9 Dillard, 8 Evans, 8 Miller, 7 Lynn, 7 Scott, 6 Rice, 4 Aase)

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