Letters in the Cincinnati Reds 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 Cincinnati Reds use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 8/1/1976, vs SDN, 2 (Alcala, Armbrister)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1977, at SFN, 2 (Armbrister, Auerbach)
Contains A on 4/7/1988, vs SLN, 8 (Daniels, Davis, Diaz, Esasky, Jackson, Larkin, Sabo, Treadway)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 8/9/2003, at SDN, 8 (Casey, Castro, Harang, LaRue, Larkin, Larson, Mateo, Pena)
Ends with A on 4/4/2001, vs PIT, 3 (Ochoa, Reitsma, Rivera)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/5/2001, at MIL, 3 (Ochoa, Reitsma, Rivera)
Starts with B on 5/10/1992, at CHN, 4 (Belcher, Benavides, Braggs, Brumfield)
Contains B on 5/10/1992, at CHN, 5 (Belcher, Benavides, Braggs, Brumfield, Sabo)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 7/24/1993, at FLO, 5 (Branson, Brumfield, Luebbers, Roberts, Sabo)
Starts with C on 7/20/1970, at SLN, 5 (Carbo, Chaney, Cloninger, Concepcion, Corrales)
Contains C on 8/9/1970, at LAN, 6 (Bench, Carbo, Chaney, Concepcion, Corrales, McGlothlin)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/10/2001, at CLE, 6 (Casey, Castro, Clark, Cromer, Ochoa, Tucker)
Starts with D on 4/11/1986, at SDN, 4 (Daniels, Davis, Denny, Diaz)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1988, at PHI, 4 (Daniels, Davis, Diaz, Durham)
Contains D on 7/10/1982, at CHN, 5 (Driessen, Householder, Landestoy, Leibrandt, Van Gorder)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 7/24/1994, at CHN, 5 (Brumfield, Dorsett, Fernandez, Howard, Sanders)
Ends with D on 7/6/1968, at LAN, 2 (Whitfield, Woodward)
  on 65 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1996, at LAN, 2 (Howard, Salkeld)
Starts with E on 4/14/1962, at SFN, 2 (Edwards, Ellis)
  on 63 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1967, vs ATL, 2 (Edwards, Ellis)
Contains E on 10/1/1972, vs LAN, 9 (Bench, Concepcion, Geronimo, Gullett, Javier, McRae, Menke, Perez, Rose)
  on 319 occasions, most recently on 8/26/2003, vs MIL, 9 (Casey, Freel, Jimenez, Mateo, Olmedo, Pena, Serafini, Smitherman, Stinnett)
Ends with E on 8/31/1997, at MIN, 6 (Boone, Fordyce, Greene, Reese, Taubensee, White)
Starts with F on 5/5/1963, vs SLN, 2 (Foiles, Freese)
  on 80 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1998, vs SLN, 2 (Fordyce, Frank)
Contains F on 5/18/1975, at MON, 3 (Flynn, Foster, Griffey)
  on 58 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1987, at SFN, 3 (Francona, Hoffman, McGriff)
Ends with F on 7/19/1987, at NYN, 1 (McGriff)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1990, vs SLN, 1 (McGriff)
Starts with G on 4/13/1973, at SFN, 3 (Gagliano, Geronimo, Grimsley)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 7/9/2003, at HOU, 3 (Graves, Griffey, Guillen)
Contains G on 5/28/1972, vs SDN, 4 (Geronimo, Grimsley, Hague, Morgan)
  on 178 occasions, most recently on 10/6/2001, vs PHI, 4 (Gonzalez, Griffey, Guerrero, Jennings)
Ends with G on 8/16/2004, at SLN, 2 (Bragg, Harang)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2004, at CHN, 2 (Bragg, Harang)
Starts with H on 5/29/1994, at NYN, 3 (Hanson, Harris, Howard)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1995, vs PIT, 3 (Harris, Howard, Hunter)
Contains H on 6/23/1964, vs SFN, 5 (Harper, Johnson, Keough, Nuxhall, Smith)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 6/24/1969, vs SDN, 5 (Bench, Chaney, Fisher, Helms, Johnson)
Ends with H on 5/23/1960, vs CHN, 2 (Lynch, McLish)
  on 111 occasions, most recently on 5/31/1980, at SDN, 2 (Auerbach, Bench)
Contains I on 6/29/1989, vs ATL, 9 (Benzinger, Browning, Davis, Diaz, Griffey, Harris, Larkin, O'Neill, Quinones)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/4/1989, at PHI, 9 (Benzinger, Browning, Daniels, Davis, Diaz, Harris, Larkin, O'Neill, Quinones)
Ends with I on 4/22/1982, at ATL, 2 (Berenyi, Krenchicki)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1984, at SDN, 2 (Berenyi, Krenchicki)
Starts with J on 5/9/1965, at PIT, 3 (James, Jay, Johnson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1965, vs PIT, 3 (James, Jay, Johnson)
Contains J on 5/9/1965, at PIT, 3 (James, Jay, Johnson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1965, vs PIT, 3 (James, Jay, Johnson)
Starts with K on 5/20/1962, at PIT, 2 (Kasko, Keough)
  on 235 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1985, vs NYN, 2 (Knicely, Krenchicki)
Contains K on 9/16/1998, vs MIL, 5 (Jackson, Konerko, Larkin, Tomko, Watkins)
Ends with K on 7/29/1960, at SFN, 2 (Cook, Hook)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/23/1998, vs KCA, 2 (Frank, Klingenbeck)
Starts with L on 4/27/2004, at MIL, 4 (LaRue, Larkin, Larson, Lidle)
Contains L on 5/23/1993, at SFN, 7 (Kelly, Larkin, Milligan, Mitchell, Samuel, Smiley, Wilson)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1993, vs PIT, 7 (Belcher, Brumfield, Larkin, Milligan, Mitchell, Oliver, Samuel)
Ends with L on 6/13/1987, vs ATL, 3 (Bell, O'Neill, Stillwell)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/17/2004, vs TEX, 3 (Freel, Hummel, Van Poppel)
Starts with M on 9/28/1996, at SLN, 4 (Mitchell, Morgan, Morris, Mottola)
Contains M on 9/19/1970, at ATL, 5 (Helms, May, McGlothlin, McRae, Plummer)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/13/2003, at CHN, 5 (Hummel, Jimenez, Mateo, Miller, Olmedo)
Ends with M on 4/21/1973, vs ATL, 2 (Billingham, Scheinblum)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/4/1978, at HOU, 2 (Bonham, Lum)
Starts with N on 7/4/1963, at HOU, 2 (Neal, Nuxhall)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1998, vs HOU, 2 (Nieves, Nunnally)
Contains N on 4/17/1998, vs NYN, 9 (Boone, Greene, Larkin, Nunnally, Remlinger, Sanders, Stynes, Taubensee, Young)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1998, vs PIT, 9 (Boone, Boone, Hammonds, Harnisch, Larkin, Petagine, Sanders, Taubensee, Young)
Ends with N on 7/30/1961, at CHN, 6 (Chacon, Coleman, Johnson, Pinson, Robinson, Zimmerman)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1961, at SFN, 6 (Chacon, Coleman, Johnson, Pinson, Robinson, Zimmerman)
Starts with O on 9/7/1989, vs LAN, 3 (O'Neill, Oester, Oliver)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1990, vs HOU, 3 (O'Neill, Oester, Oliver)
Contains O on 6/18/1960, vs CHN, 8 (Chacon, Dotterer, Hook, Jones, Kasko, Pinson, Post, Robinson)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/31/1996, vs ATL, 8 (Anthony, Boone, Howard, Morris, Mottola, Oliver, Sabo, Schourek)
Ends with O on 4/5/1982, vs CHN, 3 (Cedeno, Soto, Trevino)
  on 84 occasions, most recently on 7/23/2004, at PIT, 3 (Acevedo, Castro, Romano)
Starts with P on 5/18/1962, at PIT, 4 (Pavletich, Pinson, Post, Purkey)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 4/10/1968, vs CHN, 4 (Pappas, Pavletich, Perez, Pinson)
Contains P on 6/19/1966, vs NYN, 6 (Harper, Pappas, Pavletich, Perez, Pinson, Simpson)
Ends with P on 7/14/1968, vs HOU, 1 (Beauchamp)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1969, vs HOU, 1 (Beauchamp)
Starts with Q on 5/1/1964, vs NYN, 1 (Queen)
  on 217 occasions, most recently on 10/6/1991, at SDN, 1 (Quinones)
Contains Q on 5/1/1964, vs NYN, 1 (Queen)
  on 217 occasions, most recently on 10/6/1991, at SDN, 1 (Quinones)
Starts with R on 9/16/1989, at HOU, 4 (Reed, Richardson, Robinson, Roomes)
Contains R on 6/29/1977, vs SFN, 9 (Auerbach, Driessen, Foster, Geronimo, Griffey, Morgan, Plummer, Rose, Seaver)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/24/1994, at CHN, 9 (Branson, Brumfield, Dorsett, Fernandez, Howard, Larkin, Morris, Sanders, Schourek)
Ends with R on 7/2/1982, at ATL, 6 (Biittner, Milner, Oester, Seaver, Van Gorder, Walker)
Starts with S on 5/23/1993, at SFN, 4 (Sabo, Samuel, Sanders, Smiley)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2001, at CHN, 4 (Sadler, Sanders, Selby, Stinnett)
Contains S on 4/19/1962, vs LAN, 8 (Cardenas, Drabowsky, Edwards, Kasko, Pinson, Post, Robinson, Rojas)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1993, at NYN, 8 (Branson, Costo, Dorsett, Luebbers, Morris, Sabo, Samuel, Sanders)
Ends with S on 6/16/1964, at SFN, 5 (Boros, Cardenas, Edwards, Klaus, Tsitouris)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 4/9/1997, at COL, 5 (Bones, Harris, Morris, Sanders, Sanders)
Starts with T on 4/28/1999, at PHI, 3 (Taubensee, Tomko, Tucker)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/23/1999, at ATL, 3 (Taubensee, Tomko, Tucker)
Contains T on 8/19/2000, vs PIT, 6 (Bichette, Castro, Hunter, Santiago, Sexton, Stynes)
Ends with T on 5/29/1961, at SFN, 3 (Gernert, Hunt, Post)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1961, at CHN, 3 (Gernert, Hunt, Post)
Starts with U on 4/23/1972, at ATL, 1 (Uhlaender)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1972, at HOU, 1 (Uhlaender)
Contains U on 9/21/1999, at SDN, 5 (Guzman, Taubensee, Tucker, Vaughn, Young)
Ends with U on 6/21/1977, at PHI, 1 (Moskau)
  on 79 occasions, most recently on 8/30/1981, at NYN, 1 (Moskau)
Starts with V on 6/20/1982, vs LAN, 2 (Vail, Van Gorder)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, vs PIT, 2 (Valentin, Van Poppel)
Contains V on 5/4/1982, vs HOU, 3 (Seaver, Trevino, Vail)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1996, at LAN, 3 (Davis, Jarvis, Oliver)
Starts with W on 7/6/1968, at LAN, 2 (Whitfield, Woodward)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 8/9/2001, vs SFN, 2 (Walker, Winchester)
Contains W on 8/28/1995, vs SLN, 4 (Lewis, Lewis, Walton, Wells)
Contains X on 4/17/1960, at PIT, 1 (Nuxhall)
  on 130 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2000, at SLN, 1 (Sexton)
Ends with X on 9/5/1970, vs SDN, 1 (Wilcox)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1971, at ATL, 1 (Wilcox)
Starts with Y on 4/26/1976, at PHI, 1 (Youngblood)
  on 522 occasions, most recently on 10/4/2001, at CHN, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 9/5/1998, at SLN, 5 (Casey, Fordyce, Reyes, Stynes, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/29/2003, at CLE, 5 (Branyan, Casey, Griffey, Haynes, Taylor)
Ends with Y on 8/17/1975, vs PIT, 4 (Chaney, Crowley, Darcy, Griffey)
Starts with Z on 4/22/1961, at LAN, 1 (Zimmerman)
  on 152 occasions, most recently on 6/12/1977, vs MON, 1 (Zachry)
Contains Z on 6/9/2004, at OAK, 3 (Cruz, Jimenez, Lopez)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/13/2004, vs PHI, 3 (Cruz, Jimenez, Lopez)
Ends with Z on 6/9/2004, at OAK, 3 (Cruz, Jimenez, Lopez)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/13/2004, vs PHI, 3 (Cruz, Jimenez, Lopez)
Contains any double letter on 9/6/1996, vs SFN, 7 (Boone, Goodwin, Greene, Harris, Mitchell, Morris, Taubensee)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/24/2000, at LAN, 7 (Bichette, Boone, Griffey, Morris, Parris, Reese, Taubensee)
Ends with any double letter on 7/19/1987, at NYN, 4 (Bell, McGriff, O'Neill, Stillwell)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 10/4/1987, at HOU, 4 (Bell, McGriff, O'Neill, Stillwell)
Starts with any vowel on 7/24/1988, vs MON, 4 (Armstrong, Esasky, O'Neill, Oester)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1990, at PHI, 4 (Armstrong, O'Neill, Oester, Oliver)
Contains nary an E on 9/10/1995, at COL, 8 (Anthony, Branson, Burba, Duncan, Gant, Larkin, Morris, Santiago)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/26/1996, vs PHI, 8 (Branson, Burba, Davis, Howard, Larkin, Morris, Mottola, Sabo)
Ends with any vowel on 5/10/2000, vs SDN, 9 (Bichette, Boone, Casey, Castro, Griffey, Ochoa, Reese, Santiago, Villone)
Contains 3 letters on 9/12/1967, vs PIT, 2 (Lee, May)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1968, vs CHN, 2 (Lee, May)
Contains 4 letters on 8/7/1960, at SLN, 4 (Bell, Cook, Hook, Post)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1986, at ATL, 4 (Bell, Diaz, Rose, Soto)
Contains 5 letters on 6/29/2001, vs CHN, 8 (Boone, Casey, LaRue, Ochoa, Reese, Reith, Selby, Young)
Contains 6 letters on 6/14/1984, at ATL, 7 (Cedeno, Esasky, Gulden, Milner, Oester, Parker, Walker)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2000, at SLN, 7 (Castro, Cromer, Hunter, Parris, Sexton, Stynes, Tucker)
Contains 7 letters on 5/25/1963, vs PHI, 5 (Coleman, Edwards, Nuxhall, Skinner, Spencer)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1974, at ATL, 5 (Carroll, Crowley, Griffey, Kennedy, Plummer)
Contains 8 letters on 5/15/1960, vs PHI, 5 (Dotterer, Gonzalez, McMillan, Newcombe, Robinson)
Contains 9 letters on 7/21/1968, vs PHI, 3 (Beauchamp, Cloninger, Pavletich)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 6/18/1997, at CLE, 3 (Pendleton, Remlinger, Taubensee)
Contains 10 letters on 5/26/1975, vs MON, 4 (Armbrister, Billingham, Concepcion, Rettenmund)
Contains 11 letters on 8/26/1980, vs CHN, 1 (Householder)
  on 306 occasions, most recently on 7/7/2002, vs MIL, 1 (Encarnacion)

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

The most distinct letters on 5/30/1962, at MLN, 24 (Cardenas, Drabowsky, Foiles, Keough, Pavletich, Post, Robinson, Rojas, Zimmer, all but QX)
The fewest distinct letters on 9/24/1997, at SLN, 13 (Boone, Boone, Burba, Greene, Nunnally, Reese, Sanders, Stynes, Taubensee, all but CFHIJKMPQVWXZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 6/30/1982, at SFN, 130 (25 Krenchicki, 18 Concepcion, 18 Householder, 14 Van Gorder, 13 Landestoy, 13 Walker, 12 Berenyi, 9 Driessen, 8 Milner)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 7/21/1986, vs NYN, 67 (12 Parker, 10 Rowdon, 9 Davis, 8 Butera, 8 Daniels, 6 Bell, 6 Oester, 4 Rose, 4 Soto)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/26/2003, vs SDN, 67 (10 Casey, 10 Graves, 8 Castro, 8 Freel, 8 Guillen, 7 Boone, 6 Pena, 5 Dunn, 5 LaRue)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1960-2004.
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