Letters in the Chicago White 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 Chicago White Sox use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 4/15/1972, at KCA, 3 (Allen, Alvarado, Andrews)
  on 70 occasions, most recently on 6/30/1973, at OAK, 3 (Allen, Alvarado, Andrews)
Contains A on 6/27/1972, at KCA, 9 (Allen, Alvarado, Andrews, Bahnsen, Egan, May, Morales, Reichardt, Williams)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/16/1996, vs CLE, 9 (Alvarez, Baines, Durham, Martin, Martinez, Slaught, Tartabull, Thomas, Ventura)
Ends with A on 5/31/1991, vs OAK, 5 (Cora, Garcia, Pasqua, Sosa, Ventura)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/21/1991, vs TEX, 5 (Cora, Garcia, Pasqua, Sosa, Ventura)
Starts with B on 6/21/1976, at KCA, 4 (Bannister, Barrios, Bell, Bradford)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1980, vs DET, 4 (Baines, Bell, Borgmann, Burns)
Contains B on 8/11/1978, vs DET, 5 (Bell, Blomberg, Bosley, Burns, Colbern)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/19/1992, vs DET, 5 (Abner, Bell, Beltre, Grebeck, Hibbard)
Ends with B on 4/29/1993, vs MIL, 1 (Stieb)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/22/1993, vs OAK, 1 (Stieb)
Starts with C on 7/24/1986, at BAL, 4 (Calderon, Cangelosi, Cowley, Cruz)
Contains C on 5/18/1994, at CAL, 7 (Cora, Franco, Grebeck, Jackson, Karkovice, McDowell, Zupcic)
Ends with C on 9/4/1975, vs KCA, 1 (Kravec)
  on 135 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1994, at TEX, 1 (Zupcic)
Starts with D on 5/30/1959, vs DET, 2 (Doby, Donovan)
  on 466 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2004, vs OAK, 2 (Davis, Diaz)
Contains D on 9/21/2004, vs MIN, 7 (Borchard, Crede, Davis, Garland, Gload, Rowand, Valdez)
Ends with D on 6/8/1967, vs BOS, 4 (Buford, Howard, Stroud, Ward)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2004, at KCA, 4 (Borchard, Garland, Gload, Rowand)
Starts with E on 9/7/1976, at OAK, 2 (Enright, Ewing)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1976, vs CAL, 2 (Essian, Ewing)
Contains E on 5/15/1973, at OAK, 9 (Allen, Andrews, Bahnsen, Herrmann, Jeter, Kelly, Leon, Melton, Reichardt)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 7/21/2004, at CLE, 9 (Buehrle, Burke, Crede, Everett, Konerko, Lee, Ordonez, Uribe, Valentin)
Ends with E on 6/13/2004, vs ATL, 5 (Buehrle, Burke, Crede, Lee, Uribe)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2004, at KCA, 5 (Buehrle, Burke, Crede, Lee, Uribe)
Starts with F on 5/1/1984, vs NYA, 3 (Fallon, Fisk, Fletcher)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1991, vs MIN, 3 (Fernandez, Fisk, Fletcher)
Contains F on 9/25/1991, at MIN, 4 (Fernandez, Fisk, Fletcher, Huff)
Ends with F on 8/9/1976, at CLE, 1 (Roof)
  on 58 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1993, vs SEA, 1 (Huff)
Starts with G on 7/26/1985, vs BAL, 3 (Gamble, Gilbert, Guillen)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 7/1/1991, at MIN, 3 (Garcia, Grebeck, Guillen)
Contains G on 6/22/1978, vs SEA, 5 (Blomberg, Garr, Kessinger, Nordhagen, Washington)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/23/1979, vs MIN, 5 (Baumgarten, Garr, Gates, Kessinger, Washington)
Ends with G on 9/11/1973, at CAL, 2 (Downing, Ewing)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1976, at KCA, 2 (Downing, Ewing)
Starts with H on 4/18/1963, vs KC1, 3 (Hansen, Herbert, Hershberger)
  on 151 occasions, most recently on 8/29/1987, vs KCA, 3 (Hairston, Hassey, Hill)
Contains H on 4/16/1964, vs BAL, 6 (Cunningham, Hansen, Herbert, Hershberger, Nicholson, Smith)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1979, at CAL, 6 (Johnson, Nahorodny, Nordhagen, Schueler, Soderholm, Washington)
Ends with H on 4/10/1959, at DET, 2 (Cash, Smith)
  on 66 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1962, at BAL, 2 (Smith, Smith)
Contains I on 4/17/1986, vs DET, 9 (Baines, Bonilla, Cangelosi, Davis, Fisk, Guillen, Kittle, Little, Skinner)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/27/1986, at DET, 9 (Baines, Bonilla, Cangelosi, Davis, Fisk, Guillen, Hill, Kittle, Little)
Ends with I on 5/31/1962, at DET, 2 (Sadowski, Zanni)
  on 97 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1984, at CAL, 2 (Dybzinski, Luzinski)
Starts with J on 9/23/1966, at WS2, 2 (John, Josephson)
  on 337 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2002, at MIN, 2 (Jimenez, Johnson)
Contains J on 9/23/1966, at WS2, 2 (John, Josephson)
  on 341 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2002, at MIN, 2 (Jimenez, Johnson)
Starts with K on 4/11/1980, vs BAL, 3 (Kimm, Kravec, Kuntz)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1995, vs MIL, 3 (Karkovice, Keyser, Kruk)
Contains K on 6/27/1983, at SEA, 7 (Dybzinski, Fisk, Kittle, Koosman, Luzinski, Paciorek, Walker)
Ends with K on 9/2/1990, at CAL, 3 (Fisk, Grebeck, Stark)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1990, vs SEA, 3 (Fisk, Grebeck, Stark)
Starts with L on 9/14/1982, vs CAL, 5 (Lamp, Law, Law, Loviglio, Luzinski)
Contains L on 8/8/1985, vs BOS, 9 (Fletcher, Guillen, Hill, Hulett, Kittle, Nelson, Nichols, Salazar, Walker)
Ends with L on 9/30/1962, at NYA, 2 (Maxwell, McCall)
  on 122 occasions, most recently on 7/15/1996, at MIN, 2 (McCaskill, Tartabull)
Starts with M on 9/22/1970, vs KCA, 6 (Magnuson, May, McCraw, McKinney, Melton, Morales)
Contains M on 9/22/1970, vs KCA, 8 (Herrmann, Magnuson, May, McCraw, McKinney, Melton, Morales, Williams)
Ends with M on 9/7/1963, vs MIN, 2 (Cunningham, Wilhelm)
  on 32 occasions, most recently on 8/30/1998, vs TEX, 2 (Durham, Fordham)
Starts with N on 9/18/1977, vs CAL, 2 (Nahorodny, Nordhagen)
  on 89 occasions, most recently on 9/4/1999, at TEX, 2 (Navarro, Norton)
Contains N on 5/18/1974, vs OAK, 9 (Allen, Brinkman, Dent, Downing, Henderson, Johnson, Melton, Moran, Santo)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2000, vs BOS, 9 (Baines, Beirne, Graffanino, Johnson, Konerko, Norton, Ordonez, Singleton, Valentin)
Ends with N on 9/13/1974, vs CAL, 7 (Hairston, Henderson, Johnson, Johnson, Leon, Nyman, Stein)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1981, at NYA, 7 (Almon, Baumgarten, Essian, Johnson, Lemon, Morrison, Nordhagen)
Starts with O on 9/29/1970, at CAL, 2 (O'Brien, Ortiz)
  on 204 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2004, at MIN, 2 (Olivo, Ordonez)
Contains O on 6/4/1978, at KCA, 10 (Bosley, Johnson, Lemon, Moore, Nahorodny, Nordhagen, Orta, Pryor, Soderholm, Wood)
Ends with O on 9/10/1961, at LAA, 4 (Aparicio, Esposito, Minoso, Pizarro)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/2/1998, at TEX, 4 (Caruso, Cordero, Machado, Navarro)
Starts with P on 8/13/1988, at SEA, 3 (Paris, Pasqua, Perez)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/22/2000, at TOR, 3 (Parque, Paul, Perry)
Contains P on 6/13/1969, vs BAL, 5 (Aparicio, Josephson, Knoop, Pavletich, Peters)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/2/1969, at DET, 5 (Aparicio, Hopkins, Knoop, Pavletich, Peters)
Ends with P on 4/15/1982, at BOS, 2 (Kemp, Lamp)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1982, at MIN, 2 (Kemp, Lamp)
Starts with Q on 5/14/1972, vs BAL, 1 (Qualls)
Contains Q on 4/9/1988, vs SEA, 2 (Manrique, Pasqua)
  on 99 occasions, most recently on 7/27/1989, at CAL, 2 (Manrique, Pasqua)
Starts with R on 6/28/1971, at MIL, 3 (Reichardt, Richard, Romo)
Contains R on 6/9/1978, at TEX, 10 (Blomberg, Breazeale, Cruz, Garr, Kessinger, Molinaro, Nahorodny, Orta, Soderholm, Torrealba)
Ends with R on 8/14/1976, at BAL, 5 (Bannister, Brohamer, Forster, Garr, Spencer)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1985, at BOS, 5 (Fletcher, Salazar, Skinner, Spillner, Walker)
Starts with S on 4/16/1977, vs TOR, 4 (Soderholm, Spencer, Stillman, Stone)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1978, vs CLE, 4 (Soderholm, Spencer, Squires, Stone)
Contains S on 7/24/1960, at NYA, 8 (Esposito, Freese, Ginsberg, Hicks, Minoso, Score, Sievers, Smith)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/16/1992, vs NYA, 8 (Fisk, Johnson, McCaskill, Pasqua, Raines, Sax, Sveum, Thomas)
Ends with S on 6/12/1988, vs MIL, 5 (Baines, Davis, Lyons, Redus, Salas)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/18/1996, at MIL, 5 (Baines, Borders, Lewis, Phillips, Thomas)
Starts with T on 4/3/1996, at SEA, 3 (Tapani, Tartabull, Thomas)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1996, vs KCA, 3 (Tapani, Tartabull, Thomas)
Contains T on 9/17/1995, vs SEA, 7 (Martin, Martinez, Mouton, Sirotka, Thomas, Tremie, Ventura)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/17/1996, at MIN, 7 (Kreuter, Martin, Martinez, Mouton, Tapani, Tartabull, Ventura)
Ends with T on 8/26/1973, vs DET, 2 (Dent, Kaat)
  on 136 occasions, most recently on 8/26/2004, at CLE, 2 (Everett, Stewart)
Starts with U on 4/7/2004, at KCA, 1 (Uribe)
  on 121 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, at KCA, 1 (Uribe)
Contains U on 6/23/1991, vs TEX, 6 (Guillen, Hough, Merullo, Pasqua, Ventura, Wakamatsu)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1996, vs MIN, 6 (Durham, Guillen, Mouton, Slaught, Tartabull, Ventura)
Ends with U on 5/22/1991, at CAL, 1 (Wakamatsu)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1991, at SEA, 1 (Wakamatsu)
Starts with V on 8/3/1975, at MIN, 2 (Varney, Vuckovich)
  on 32 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at KCA, 2 (Valdez, Valentin)
Contains V on 9/9/1992, vs DET, 4 (Alvarez, Karkovice, Sveum, Ventura)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1997, at TOR, 4 (Karkovice, Navarro, Valdez, Ventura)
Starts with W on 7/7/1963, at BOS, 3 (Ward, Weis, Wilhelm)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1968, vs DET, 3 (Wagner, Ward, Williams)
Contains W on 6/26/1967, at BAL, 5 (Howard, Kenworthy, McCraw, Ward, Weis)
Ends with W on 8/8/1983, at DET, 3 (Law, Law, Tidrow)
Contains X on 6/29/1962, vs CLE, 2 (Fox, Maxwell)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1963, vs BAL, 2 (Fox, Maxwell)
Ends with X on 4/10/1959, at DET, 1 (Fox)
  on 998 occasions, most recently on 8/23/1995, at DET, 1 (Devereaux)
Starts with Y on 7/5/1972, vs BAL, 1 (Yancy)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/29/1976, at OAK, 1 (Yancy)
Contains Y on 6/19/1968, vs CLE, 5 (Berry, Causey, Kenworthy, McNertney, Priddy)
Ends with Y on 6/19/1968, vs CLE, 5 (Berry, Causey, Kenworthy, McNertney, Priddy)
Starts with Z on 5/31/1962, at DET, 1 (Zanni)
  on 160 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1994, at TEX, 1 (Zupcic)
Contains Z on 5/4/1983, vs MIL, 4 (Bernazard, Dybzinski, Kuntz, Luzinski)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1983, at OAK, 4 (Cruz, Dybzinski, Luzinski, Rodriguez)
Ends with Z on 9/4/1988, at CLE, 3 (Diaz, Martinez, Perez)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 4/13/1996, vs OAK, 3 (Alvarez, Martinez, Munoz)
Contains any double letter on 4/16/1986, vs DET, 7 (Bannister, Bonilla, Hulett, Kittle, Little, Skinner, Tolleson)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1986, at NYA, 7 (Allen, Bonilla, Guillen, Hulett, Kittle, Skinner, Tolleson)
Ends with any double letter on 6/20/1976, vs NYA, 3 (Bell, Brett, Garr)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 4/12/1993, vs MIN, 3 (Bell, Huff, McCaskill)
Starts with any vowel on 6/29/1972, vs OAK, 5 (Allen, Alvarado, Andrews, Egan, Orta)
Contains nary an E on 4/11/1959, at DET, 9 (Aparicio, Callison, Cash, Fox, Landis, Lollar, Phillips, Smith, Wynn)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 6/9/1962, at MIN, 9 (Aparicio, Cunningham, Fox, Landis, Lollar, Robinson, Smith, Smith, Wynn)
Ends with any vowel on 6/1/1966, vs NYA, 6 (Agee, Berry, Causey, Elia, Pizarro, Romano)
  on 79 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2004, at KCA, 6 (Buehrle, Burke, Crede, Konerko, Lee, Uribe)
Contains 3 letters on 4/17/1982, vs BAL, 2 (Law, Law)
  on 261 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1984, at SEA, 2 (Law, Law)
Contains 4 letters on 7/22/1976, vs DET, 5 (Bell, Dent, Garr, Odom, Orta)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1978, vs NYA, 5 (Bell, Cruz, Garr, Orta, Wood)
Contains 5 letters on 6/7/1973, at BAL, 5 (Allen, Kelly, Muser, Sharp, Stone)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2004, at DET, 5 (Crede, Davis, Gload, Perez, Uribe)
Contains 6 letters on 6/1/1985, vs KCA, 7 (Baines, Gamble, Hulett, Kittle, Little, Lollar, Walker)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1986, at TEX, 7 (Baines, Boston, Cowley, Foster, Hassey, Hulett, Morman)
Contains 7 letters on 6/29/1991, at MIN, 6 (Grebeck, Guillen, Hibbard, Johnson, Merullo, Ventura)
  on 32 occasions, most recently on 10/5/2001, at MIN, 6 (Buehrle, Canseco, Clayton, Johnson, Konerko, Ordonez)
Contains 8 letters on 4/30/1989, at NYA, 6 (Calderon, Manrique, Martinez, Robidoux, Schaefer, Williams)
Contains 9 letters on 5/3/1978, at MIL, 5 (Bannister, Kessinger, Nahorodny, Nordhagen, Soderholm)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 5/23/1979, vs OAK, 5 (Bannister, Kessinger, Nahorodny, Nordhagen, Soderholm)
Contains 10 letters on 8/16/1978, at TEX, 2 (Baumgarten, Washington)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 9/19/1980, at MIN, 2 (Baumgarten, Sutherland)
Contains 11 letters on 6/23/1963, at CLE, 2 (DeBusschere, Hershberger)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1963, vs LAA, 2 (DeBusschere, Hershberger)

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The most distinct letters on 4/30/1989, at NYA, 24 (Calderon, Gallagher, Karkovice, Kittle, Manrique, Martinez, Perez, Robidoux, Schaefer, Williams, all but JY)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1994, vs DET, 24 (Franco, Grebeck, Jackson, Johnson, Martin, McDowell, Thomas, Tingley, Ventura, Zupcic, all but QX)
The fewest distinct letters on 4/7/1974, vs CAL, 13 (Allen, Dent, Henderson, Herrmann, Kaat, Kelly, May, Melton, Orta, Santo, all but BCFGIJPQUVWXZ)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1974, vs BOS, 13 (Allen, Dent, Henderson, Henderson, Herrmann, May, Melton, Orta, Santo, Sharp, all but BCFGIJKQUVWXZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 4/30/1989, at NYA, 158 (22 Karkovice, 19 Manrique, 19 Martinez, 18 Robidoux, 16 Perez, 16 Schaefer, 14 Gallagher, 13 Williams, 11 Calderon, 10 Kittle)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 8/3/1976, vs OAK, 67 (11 Hairston, 11 Spencer, 7 Lemon, 7 Odom, 6 Bell, 6 Essian, 5 Dent, 5 Garr, 5 Stein, 4 Orta)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1976, vs OAK, 67 (11 Hairston, 11 Spencer, 7 Brett, 7 Lemon, 6 Bell, 6 Essian, 5 Dent, 5 Garr, 5 Stein, 4 Orta)

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