Letters in the Cleveland Indians 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 Cleveland Indians use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 9/22/1963, vs LAA, 4 (Adcock, Agee, Alvis, Azcue)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1963, at KC1, 4 (Adcock, Agee, Alvis, Azcue)
Contains A on 7/17/1988, at SEA, 10 (Bando, Candiotti, Carter, Castillo, Franco, Francona, Hall, Jacoby, Upshaw, Washington)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1988, vs BOS, 10 (Allanson, Candiotti, Clark, Francona, Hall, Jacoby, Jordan, Medina, Washington, Zuvella)
Ends with A on 8/7/1994, at BOS, 4 (Baerga, Espinoza, Ogea, Pena)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/5/2001, at TOR, 4 (Burba, Cabrera, Cordova, Garcia)
Starts with B on 5/27/2003, at DET, 6 (Bard, Bere, Blake, Bradley, Broussard, Burks)
Contains B on 8/5/1973, vs MIL, 6 (Ashby, Bell, Bosman, Brohamer, Chambliss, Gamble)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 5/30/2003, vs CHA, 6 (Bard, Blake, Bradley, Broussard, Burks, Sabathia)
Ends with B on 4/27/1971, at CAL, 1 (Lamb)
  on 159 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1978, vs MIL, 1 (Grubb)
Starts with C on 4/29/2001, vs TEX, 4 (Cabrera, Colon, Cordero, Cordova)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/27/2001, at DET, 4 (Cabrera, Colon, Cordero, Cordova)
Contains C on 4/27/1973, at CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Duncan, Hendrick, Lolich, Wilcox)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1988, vs BOS, 6 (Carter, Clark, Franco, Francona, Jacoby, Nichols)
Starts with D on 6/8/1980, at CHA, 4 (Denny, Diaz, Dilone, Dybzinski)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1981, vs NYA, 4 (Denny, Diaz, Dilone, Dybzinski)
Contains D on 7/24/2002, vs NYA, 7 (Bradley, Broussard, Diaz, Drese, Magruder, McDonald, Snyder)
Ends with D on 5/28/1959, vs KC1, 3 (Fitz Gerald, Held, Strickland)
  on 150 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, at MIN, 3 (Bard, Belliard, Broussard)
Starts with E on 5/20/1962, vs DET, 2 (Edwards, Essegian)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1983, at SEA, 2 (Eichelberger, Essian)
Contains E on 9/1/1991, at CHA, 10 (Baerga, Belle, Browne, Fermin, Gonzalez, James, Martinez, Skinner, Swindell, Whiten)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1991, vs NYA, 10 (Baerga, Belle, Browne, Cole, Fermin, Hillegas, Jefferson, Lopez, Martinez, Whiten)
Ends with E on 9/6/1991, vs TOR, 5 (Aldrete, Belle, Cole, Taubensee, Thome)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1991, at DET, 5 (Aldrete, Belle, Cole, Taubensee, Thome)
Starts with F on 4/22/1970, vs DET, 4 (Ford, Fosse, Foster, Fuller)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1971, at BOS, 4 (Farmer, Ford, Fosse, Foster)
Contains F on 4/22/1970, vs DET, 4 (Ford, Fosse, Foster, Fuller)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/3/1972, vs BAL, 4 (Duffy, Fosse, Foster, Hilgendorf)
Ends with F on 7/9/1965, at CAL, 1 (Roof)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1991, at DET, 1 (Huff)
Starts with G on 8/2/1962, vs LAA, 2 (Grant, Green)
  on 159 occasions, most recently on 7/11/2003, vs CHA, 2 (Gerut, Gutierrez)
Contains G on 8/17/1966, vs WS2, 4 (Gentile, Gonzalez, Hargan, Wagner)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/16/1980, at BOS, 4 (Gray, Grimsley, Hargrove, Manning)
Ends with G on 6/7/1982, at TOR, 2 (Craig, Manning)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 9/8/1982, vs BOS, 2 (Manning, Rhomberg)
Starts with H on 9/25/1982, at DET, 5 (Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Hayes, Heaton)
Contains H on 9/21/1983, vs MIL, 8 (Fischlin, Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Heaton, Thomas, Thornton, Vukovich)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1983, at MIL, 8 (Behenna, Fischlin, Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Thomas, Thornton, Vukovich)
Ends with H on 4/4/1983, at OAK, 2 (Harrah, Vukovich)
  on 78 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1985, vs MIN, 2 (Smith, Vukovich)
Contains I on 4/15/1959, vs DET, 7 (Colavito, Martin, McLish, Minoso, Nixon, Piersall, Strickland)
  on 70 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2004, vs KCA, 7 (Belliard, Crisp, Durbin, Martinez, Merloni, Sizemore, Vizquel)
Ends with I on 4/16/1961, at WS2, 1 (Antonelli)
  on 493 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2004, vs DET, 1 (Merloni)
Starts with J on 6/2/1990, vs BOS, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1990, at DET, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
Contains J on 6/2/1990, vs BOS, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1990, at DET, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
Starts with K on 7/31/1962, vs LAA, 3 (Kindall, Kirkland, Kubiszyn)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/25/1963, vs BOS, 3 (Kindall, Kirkland, Kralick)
Contains K on 7/2/1975, vs NYA, 5 (Eckersley, Hendrick, Kuiper, Spikes, Sudakis)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/23/1977, at BOS, 5 (Blanks, Eckersley, Kendall, Kuiper, Spikes)
Ends with K on 5/8/1963, at WS2, 2 (Adcock, Kralick)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, at MIN, 2 (Ludwick, Westbrook)
Starts with L on 8/4/1971, vs NYA, 3 (Lamb, Leon, Lowenstein)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2004, vs KCA, 3 (Lawton, Lee, Ludwick)
Contains L on 5/25/1966, at DET, 8 (Alvis, Colavito, Crandall, Davalillo, Gonzalez, McDowell, Salmon, Whitfield)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2004, vs DET, 8 (Belliard, Blake, Elarton, Lawton, Ludwick, McDonald, Merloni, Phelps)
Ends with L on 5/30/1968, at MIN, 3 (Cardenal, McDowell, Vidal)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 4/13/1997, vs ANA, 3 (McDowell, Mitchell, Vizquel)
Starts with M on 4/15/1959, vs DET, 3 (Martin, McLish, Minoso)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2004, vs DET, 3 (Martinez, McDonald, Merloni)
Contains M on 4/13/1997, vs ANA, 7 (Alomar, Grissom, McDowell, Mitchell, Ramirez, Thome, Williams)
Ends with M on 9/8/1967, vs KC1, 1 (Scheinblum)
  on 294 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, vs MIN, 1 (Grissom)
Starts with N on 4/9/1970, vs BAL, 2 (Nagelson, Nettles)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 7/31/1987, at TOR, 2 (Niekro, Noboa)
Contains N on 10/3/1981, vs BOS, 9 (Bando, Bannister, Brennan, Charboneau, Dilone, Dybzinski, Fischlin, Manning, Thornton)
Ends with N on 7/29/1969, vs CHA, 7 (Hargan, Harrelson, Hinton, Horton, Leon, Nelson, Peterson)
Starts with O on 4/15/1980, at TEX, 2 (Orta, Owchinko)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1993, at TEX, 2 (Ojeda, Ortiz)
Contains O on 8/5/1970, vs NYA, 8 (Bradford, Brown, Fosse, Foster, Horton, Leon, McDowell, Pinson)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 4/14/1999, vs KCA, 8 (Alomar, Alomar, Colon, Cordero, Lofton, Sexson, Thome, Wilson)
Ends with O on 9/1/1984, vs BOS, 4 (Bando, Castillo, Franco, Moronko)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1987, vs MIL, 4 (Bando, Castillo, Franco, Hinzo)
Starts with P on 4/20/1960, vs DET, 4 (Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1961, at BAL, 4 (Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power)
Contains P on 8/1/1960, at WS1, 6 (Aspromonte, Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power, Temple)
Ends with P on 8/15/2002, at TBA, 1 (Crisp)
  on 251 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, at MIN, 1 (Crisp)
Contains Q on 6/22/1971, at BOS, 1 (Bevacqua)
  on 1484 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2004, at MIN, 1 (Vizquel)
Starts with R on 8/11/1999, at ANA, 3 (Ramirez, Ramirez, Roberts)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1999, at BAL, 3 (Ramirez, Ramirez, Roberts)
Contains R on 6/24/1969, at BOS, 9 (Brown, Cardenal, Ellsworth, Fuller, Harrelson, Horton, Peterson, Suarez, Versalles)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2003, vs KCA, 9 (Broussard, Crisp, Escobar, Gerut, Hafner, LaRocca, Martinez, Peralta, Westbrook)
Ends with R on 9/21/1980, at DET, 5 (Alexander, Bannister, Brohamer, Spillner, Veryzer)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1986, at DET, 5 (Butcher, Butler, Carter, Snyder, Tabler)
Starts with S on 6/16/1968, vs BOS, 4 (Siebert, Sims, Smith, Snyder)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/30/1989, vs OAK, 4 (Salas, Skinner, Snyder, Swindell)
Contains S on 5/30/1971, at CHA, 8 (Chambliss, Fosse, Foster, Foster, Harrelson, Nettles, Pinson, Stanley)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1971, vs MIN, 8 (Chambliss, Fosse, Foster, Foster, Lowenstein, Nettles, Pinson, Stanley)
Ends with S on 7/7/1973, vs CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Ellis, Spikes, Torres, Williams)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1973, vs CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Ellis, Spikes, Torres, Williams)
Starts with T on 6/16/1983, vs NYA, 4 (Tabler, Thomas, Thornton, Trillo)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1983, at BAL, 4 (Tabler, Thomas, Thornton, Trillo)
Contains T on 4/29/1985, at KCA, 7 (Benton, Butler, Carter, Castillo, Heaton, Tabler, Thornton)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/1/1992, vs CHA, 7 (Armstrong, Lofton, Martinez, Ortiz, Sorrento, Thome, Whiten)
Ends with T on 5/7/1964, vs BAL, 2 (Grant, Post)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/21/2003, at CHA, 2 (Gerut, Tallet)
Starts with U on 4/7/1970, vs BAL, 1 (Uhlaender)
  on 457 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1988, vs DET, 1 (Upshaw)
Contains U on 5/18/2001, at ANA, 5 (Burba, Burks, Cruz, Taubensee, Vizquel)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2003, at BOS, 5 (Broussard, Burks, Gerut, Rodriguez, Vizquel)
Ends with U on 4/11/1980, at CAL, 1 (Charboneau)
  on 167 occasions, most recently on 6/1/1982, vs MIN, 1 (Charboneau)
Starts with V on 5/18/1978, vs NYA, 2 (Vail, Veryzer)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at KCA, 2 (Vizcaino, Vizquel)
Contains V on 4/17/1965, at MIN, 4 (Alvis, Colavito, Davalillo, Donovan)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1966, at MIN, 4 (Alvis, Davalillo, Davis, Vidal)
Starts with W on 6/27/1965, vs KC1, 3 (Wagner, Weaver, Whitfield)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1998, vs KCA, 3 (Whiten, Wilson, Wright)
Contains W on 7/17/1963, at LAA, 5 (Brown, Howser, Luplow, Walker, Whitfield)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1966, vs BAL, 5 (Brown, Howser, McDowell, Wagner, Whitfield)
Ends with W on 4/18/1972, at BOS, 2 (McCraw, Tidrow)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1972, vs BAL, 2 (McCraw, Tidrow)
Contains X on 6/24/1978, vs TOR, 3 (Alexander, Cox, Paxton)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1979, vs NYA, 3 (Alexander, Cox, Paxton)
Ends with X on 4/17/1972, at BOS, 1 (Wilcox)
  on 160 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1979, at BAL, 1 (Cox)
Starts with Y on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 2 (Yett, Young)
Contains Y on 5/26/1975, at CAL, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Carty, Crosby, Duffy)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 5 (Aguayo, Jacoby, Snyder, Yett, Young)
Ends with Y on 5/26/1975, at CAL, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Carty, Crosby, Duffy)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/31/1975, at OAK, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Crosby, Duffy, Eckersley)
Starts with Z on 7/15/1988, at SEA, 1 (Zuvella)
  on 56 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1989, at CHA, 1 (Zuvella)
Contains Z on 8/20/1996, vs TEX, 5 (Burnitz, Lopez, Ramirez, Vizcaino, Vizquel)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/30/1999, vs CHA, 5 (Cruz, Diaz, Ramirez, Ramirez, Vizquel)
Ends with Z on 7/30/1999, vs CHA, 4 (Cruz, Diaz, Ramirez, Ramirez)
Contains any double letter on 7/16/1972, at TEX, 7 (Bell, Chambliss, Duffy, Fosse, Kilkenny, McCraw, Nettles)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1977, vs TOR, 7 (Bell, Duffy, Fitzmorris, Grubb, Kendall, Manning, Norris)
Ends with any double letter on 4/28/1960, at CHA, 3 (Bell, Kuenn, Piersall)
  on 156 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1988, vs DET, 3 (Bell, Farrell, Hall)
Starts with any vowel on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 5 (Aguayo, Allanson, O'Brien, Yett, Young)
Contains nary an E on 8/3/1962, vs KC1, 9 (Donovan, Francona, Kindall, Kirkland, Kubiszyn, Luplow, Phillips, Romano, Tasby)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/27/2002, vs DET, 9 (Bard, Burks, Crisp, Fryman, Garcia, LaRocca, Lawton, McDonald, Phillips)
Ends with any vowel on 8/25/1993, at TOR, 8 (Baerga, Belle, Espinoza, Maldonado, Mesa, Sorrento, Thome, Treadway)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 4/17/1996, at MIN, 8 (Baerga, Belle, Espinoza, Franco, Murray, Nagy, Pena, Thome)
Contains 3 letters on 6/7/1974, at KCA, 2 (Lee, Lis)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/22/1974, vs KCA, 2 (Lee, Lis)
Contains 4 letters on 6/24/1968, vs DET, 4 (Hall, Maye, Paul, Sims)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1978, at BAL, 4 (Bell, Cage, Diaz, Hood)
Contains 5 letters on 9/25/1993, vs MIL, 6 (Belle, Clark, Kirby, Lewis, Ortiz, Thome)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/16/1995, vs BOS, 6 (Belle, Clark, Giles, Levis, Perry, Thome)
Contains 6 letters on 5/27/1987, at BOS, 8 (Butler, Carter, Franco, Frobel, Jacoby, Niekro, Snyder, Tabler)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1989, vs CAL, 8 (Aguayo, Bailes, Browne, Carter, Fermin, Jacoby, O'Brien, Snyder)
Contains 7 letters on 9/21/1997, at KCA, 7 (Borders, Branson, Grissom, Justice, Ramirez, Roberts, Vizquel)
Contains 8 letters on 10/1/1983, at BOS, 7 (Fischlin, Hargrove, Perconte, Rhomberg, Sorensen, Thornton, Vukovich)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1983, at BOS, 7 (Anderson, Fischlin, Hargrove, Perconte, Rhomberg, Thornton, Vukovich)
Contains 9 letters on 5/28/1969, at CAL, 4 (Ellsworth, Harrelson, Klimchock, Versalles)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1982, vs DET, 4 (Bannister, Dybzinski, Milbourne, Nahorodny)
Contains 10 letters on 5/28/1959, vs KC1, 2 (Fitz Gerald, Strickland)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 7/31/1977, vs MIN, 2 (Fitzmorris, Lowenstein)
Contains 11 letters on 5/1/1992, vs CAL, 1 (Worthington)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/16/1992, vs MIN, 1 (Worthington)
Contains 12 letters on 5/7/1983, at CHA, 1 (Eichelberger)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1983, at SEA, 1 (Eichelberger)

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

The most distinct letters on 7/29/1979, at CHA, 24 (Alexander, Bonds, Cox, Hargrove, Johnson, Kuiper, Manning, Thornton, Veryzer, Wise, all but FQ)
on 25 occasions, most recently on 9/14/2004, vs DET, 24 (Belliard, Blake, Broussard, Crisp, Denney, Gerut, Hafner, Lawton, Martinez, Vizquel, all but JX)
The fewest distinct letters on 5/21/1971, vs NYA, 13 (Ford, Fosse, Foster, Hand, Harrelson, Hinton, Leon, Nettles, Stanley, all but BCGJKMPQUVWXZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 5/22/1997, vs KCA, 157 (28 Vizquel, 22 Fernandez, 18 Ramirez, 16 Justice, 16 Lopez, 16 Seitzer, 11 Franco, 10 Borders, 10 Grissom, 10 Thome)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 7/5/1970, at BOS, 72 (15 Heidemann, 9 Foster, 9 Horton, 8 Fosse, 8 Pinson, 7 Nettles, 6 Austin, 6 Sims, 4 Leon)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1970, vs WS2, 72 (15 Heidemann, 9 Foster, 9 Horton, 8 Fosse, 8 Pinson, 7 Nettles, 6 Austin, 6 Sims, 4 Leon)

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