Letters in the Colorado Rockies 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 Colorado Rockies use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 6/30/1998, at SEA, 2 (Abbott, Astacio)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1999, at FLO, 2 (Abbott, Astacio)
Contains A on 5/19/1993, at SDN, 7 (Castilla, Clark, Gainer, Girardi, Hayes, Liriano, Painter)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2004, vs ARI, 7 (Atkins, Barmes, Castilla, Clayton, Freeman, Gonzalez, Hawpe)
Ends with A on 7/15/1993, at CHN, 3 (Castilla, Galarraga, Mejia)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1997, at CHN, 3 (Castilla, Echevarria, Galarraga)
Starts with B on 8/5/1993, at CIN, 4 (Benavides, Bichette, Boston, Bottenfield)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1999, vs PHI, 4 (Barry, Bichette, Blanco, Bohanon)
Contains B on 4/7/1996, at MON, 5 (Bates, Bichette, Brito, Burks, Hubbard)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1999, vs LAN, 5 (Abbott, Barry, Bichette, Blanco, Bohanon)
Starts with C on 6/20/1993, vs SDN, 4 (Castellano, Castilla, Clark, Cole)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 6/30/2004, vs MIL, 4 (Castilla, Clayton, Closser, Cook)
Contains C on 6/6/1999, vs MIL, 6 (Astacio, Bichette, Blanco, Castilla, Clemente, Echevarria)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/10/1999, at MIL, 6 (Astacio, Bichette, Blanco, Castilla, Clemente, Echevarria)
Ends with C on 6/27/1993, at SFN, 1 (Leskanic)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1994, vs LAN, 1 (Leskanic)
Starts with D on 9/10/1996, vs ATL, 1 (Decker)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1998, vs LAN, 1 (DeJean)
Contains D on 4/5/1993, at NYN, 3 (Benavides, Girardi, Nied)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/2/2004, at SFN, 3 (Holliday, Kennedy, Piedra)
Ends with D on 7/7/1994, at FLO, 2 (Hubbard, Nied)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 4/30/2003, vs CIN, 2 (Belliard, Richard)
Starts with E on 9/9/2001, vs SFN, 2 (Elarton, Encarnacion)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/29/2003, vs LAN, 2 (Elarton, Estalella)
Contains E on 7/27/2002, at MIL, 9 (Bennett, Helton, Jennings, Little, Petrick, Shumpert, Uribe, Walker, Zeile)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2002, vs LAN, 9 (Bennett, Butler, Helton, Kapler, Neagle, Pierre, Uribe, Walker, Zeile)
Ends with E on 4/13/2002, vs ARI, 5 (Little, Neagle, Pierre, Uribe, Zeile)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/19/2002, vs ATL, 5 (Little, Neagle, Pierre, Uribe, Zeile)
Starts with F on 6/13/2004, at TBA, 2 (Fassero, Freeman)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/16/2004, at ARI, 2 (Francis, Freeman)
Contains F on 4/23/1993, vs FLO, 2 (Ruffin, Sheaffer)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/16/2004, at ARI, 2 (Francis, Freeman)
Starts with G on 6/4/1995, vs PIT, 3 (Galarraga, Girardi, Grahe)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1995, at SFN, 3 (Galarraga, Girardi, Grahe)
Contains G on 7/1/1995, at LAN, 5 (Galarraga, Girardi, Grahe, Kingery, Young)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1995, vs CIN, 5 (Galarraga, Girardi, Kingery, Saberhagen, Young)
Ends with G on 4/15/1993, vs NYN, 2 (Young, Young)
  on 207 occasions, most recently on 7/9/2000, at ANA, 2 (Bragg, Lansing)
Starts with H on 7/18/2000, vs OAK, 4 (Hammonds, Helton, Hunter, Huskey)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/20/2004, at CIN, 4 (Hawpe, Helton, Hocking, Holliday)
Contains H on 8/17/2000, at NYN, 6 (Hammonds, Helton, Hollandsworth, Huskey, Shumpert, Yoshii)
Ends with H on 4/9/1993, vs MON, 1 (Smith)
  on 155 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2002, at PIT, 1 (Hollandsworth)
Contains I on 6/10/1994, at CIN, 7 (Bichette, Castilla, Girardi, Harris, Kingery, Liriano, Weiss)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 4/21/2002, at ARI, 7 (Agbayani, Little, Ortiz, Petrick, Pierre, Uribe, Zeile)
Ends with I on 4/5/1993, at NYN, 1 (Girardi)
  on 346 occasions, most recently on 6/29/2002, at SEA, 1 (Agbayani)
Starts with J on 6/3/1994, vs PIT, 2 (Johnson, Jones)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 8/11/2004, at PHI, 2 (Jennings, Johnson)
Contains J on 7/16/1993, at CHN, 2 (Jones, Mejia)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 8/11/2004, at PHI, 2 (Jennings, Johnson)
Starts with K on 4/7/1994, vs PHI, 1 (Kingery)
  on 298 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2004, at HOU, 1 (Kennedy)
Contains K on 7/24/1995, at PHI, 4 (Burks, Kingery, Rekar, Walker)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/13/2003, at MON, 4 (Atkins, Stark, Walker, Womack)
Ends with K on 7/15/2002, at SDN, 2 (Petrick, Stark)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/13/2003, at MON, 2 (Stark, Womack)
Starts with L on 7/6/1994, at CHN, 2 (Leskanic, Liriano)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/17/2000, at NYN, 2 (Lansing, Ledesma)
Contains L on 4/9/2004, at LAN, 7 (Castilla, Clayton, Elarton, Gonzalez, Helton, Pellow, Wilson)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2004, vs SLN, 7 (Castilla, Clayton, Closser, Gissell, Gonzalez, Helton, Miles)
Ends with L on 5/14/1994, at HOU, 1 (Vander Wal)
  on 82 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2004, vs SLN, 1 (Gissell)
Starts with M on 4/2/1997, at CIN, 2 (Manwaring, McCracken)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1999, at FLO, 2 (Manwaring, McRae)
Contains M on 9/25/1998, vs SFN, 4 (Clemente, Hamilton, Manwaring, Thomson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/15/1999, vs MON, 4 (Clemente, Manwaring, Shumpert, Thomson)
Ends with M on 5/10/1993, vs SFN, 1 (Tatum)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, vs LAN, 1 (Pulliam)
Starts with N on 5/1/2001, at PHI, 2 (Neagle, Norton)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 6/17/2003, vs SDN, 2 (Neagle, Norton)
Contains N on 5/17/2003, vs MON, 8 (Helton, Hernandez, Johnson, Payton, Stynes, Sweeney, Wilson, Young)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/10/2004, at NYA, 8 (Burnitz, Clayton, Freeman, Gonzalez, Helton, Jennings, Johnson, Sweeney)
Ends with N on 4/10/2003, vs SLN, 6 (Chacon, Helton, Johnson, Norton, Payton, Wilson)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 7/19/2003, at SFN, 6 (Chacon, Helton, Johnson, Norton, Payton, Wilson)
Starts with O on 7/26/2001, at LAN, 2 (Ochoa, Ortiz)
  on 32 occasions, most recently on 10/4/2001, at ARI, 2 (Ochoa, Ortiz)
Contains O on 4/24/2004, vs HOU, 8 (Clayton, Fassero, Gonzalez, Helton, Hocking, Holliday, Johnson, Pellow)
Ends with O on 4/5/1996, at MON, 3 (Brito, Castellano, Reynoso)
Starts with P on 9/19/1999, vs LAN, 3 (Perez, Petrick, Phillips)
  on 64 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2001, vs SFN, 3 (Perez, Petrick, Pierre)
Contains P on 5/20/2001, at FLO, 5 (Hampton, Perez, Petrick, Pierre, Shumpert)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/3/2002, at SFN, 5 (Hampton, Kapler, Payton, Pierre, Shumpert)
Starts with R on 4/8/1996, vs CHN, 2 (Reed, Ritz)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 8/24/2003, vs ATL, 2 (Reyes, Romero)
Contains R on 7/14/2001, at TEX, 9 (Bartee, Brumbaugh, Butler, Cirillo, Norton, Perez, Petrick, Pierre, Walker)
Ends with R on 8/7/2002, vs CIN, 4 (Alomar, Butler, Kapler, Walker)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2002, vs SLN, 4 (Alomar, Butler, Kapler, Walker)
Starts with S on 6/1/1993, vs PIT, 2 (Sheaffer, Smith)
  on 43 occasions, most recently on 4/16/2004, at SLN, 2 (Stark, Sweeney)
Contains S on 9/14/2003, at ARI, 7 (Atkins, Barmes, Jennings, Johnson, Reyes, Stynes, Wilson)
Ends with S on 9/21/1996, at SFN, 5 (Bates, Burks, Jones, Owens, Weiss)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/14/2003, at ARI, 5 (Atkins, Barmes, Jennings, Reyes, Stynes)
Starts with T on 5/10/1993, vs SFN, 1 (Tatum)
  on 177 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2004, vs ARI, 1 (Tracy)
Contains T on 9/14/1999, vs NYN, 8 (Abbott, Bichette, Castilla, Clemente, Helton, Petrick, Shumpert, Wright)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1999, at FLO, 8 (Abbott, Astacio, Bichette, Castilla, Clemente, Helton, Petrick, Shumpert)
Ends with T on 8/8/1999, at FLO, 3 (Abbott, Shumpert, Wright)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/28/2002, vs SFN, 3 (Bennett, Cust, Shumpert)
Starts with U on 4/9/2001, at SLN, 1 (Uribe)
  on 297 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, at SDN, 1 (Uribe)
Contains U on 8/6/2002, vs CIN, 4 (Butler, Cust, Shumpert, Uribe)
Starts with V on 5/14/1994, at HOU, 1 (Vander Wal)
  on 87 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2003, at SDN, 1 (Vance)
Contains V on 5/30/1995, at SLN, 2 (Olivares, Vander Wal)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/12/2003, at MIN, 2 (Oliver, Vaughn)
Starts with W on 8/15/1996, at FLO, 3 (Walker, Weiss, Wright)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2004, at ARI, 3 (Walker, Wilson, Wright)
Contains W on 6/21/1995, vs FLO, 4 (Swift, Vander Wal, Walker, Weiss)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 8/16/1998, vs PHI, 4 (Goodwin, Manwaring, Walker, Wright)
Ends with W on 9/11/2003, at SLN, 1 (Pellow)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2004, vs MON, 1 (Pellow)
Contains X on 5/5/1999, at CHN, 1 (Sexton)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1999, at CIN, 1 (Sexton)
Starts with Y on 4/15/1993, vs NYN, 2 (Young, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/24/1993, vs FLO, 2 (Young, Young)
Contains Y on 4/22/1993, at SLN, 4 (Hayes, Henry, Murphy, Young)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 6/15/2004, vs BOS, 4 (Clayton, Holliday, Kennedy, Sweeney)
Ends with Y on 4/25/2004, vs HOU, 3 (Holliday, Kennedy, Sweeney)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/21/2004, vs MON, 3 (Holliday, Kennedy, Sweeney)
Starts with Z on 4/1/2002, at SLN, 1 (Zeile)
  on 150 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2003, at SDN, 1 (Zaun)
Contains Z on 8/27/2003, vs SFN, 3 (Jimenez, Ozuna, Zaun)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/2/2003, at SFN, 3 (Jimenez, Ozuna, Zaun)
Ends with Z on 9/19/1996, at SFN, 2 (Perez, Ritz)
  on 103 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2004, at LAN, 2 (Burnitz, Gonzalez)
Contains any double letter on 4/12/1996, vs NYN, 7 (Bichette, Castellano, Castilla, Freeman, Galarraga, Reed, Weiss)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1996, at SDN, 7 (Bichette, Castilla, Freeman, Galarraga, McCracken, Reed, Weiss)
Ends with any double letter on 6/17/1998, at SFN, 2 (Abbott, Colbrunn)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 7/9/2000, at ANA, 2 (Bragg, Yoshii)
Starts with any vowel on 7/27/2001, at LAN, 4 (Astacio, Ochoa, Ortiz, Uribe)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/19/2003, vs SDN, 4 (Atkins, Elarton, Ozuna, Uribe)
Contains nary an E on 6/30/1998, at SEA, 8 (Abbott, Astacio, Barry, Burks, Castilla, Colbrunn, Lansing, Manwaring)
Ends with any vowel on 6/28/1994, vs SDN, 7 (Bichette, Castilla, Galarraga, Girardi, Harkey, Kingery, Liriano)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/30/1995, at HOU, 7 (Acevedo, Bichette, Brito, Castilla, Galarraga, Kingery, Mejia)
Contains 4 letters on 4/5/1993, at NYN, 2 (Cole, Nied)
  on 68 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2003, vs SDN, 2 (Tsao, Zaun)
Contains 5 letters on 6/25/1993, at SFN, 6 (Clark, Hayes, Henry, Jones, Owens, Young)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/30/1995, at PIT, 6 (Bates, Burks, Owens, Rekar, Weiss, Young)
Contains 6 letters on 9/10/2002, at HOU, 8 (Alomar, Butler, Helton, Neagle, Norton, Payton, Pierre, Walker)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/12/2003, at MIN, 8 (Butler, Helton, Oliver, Payton, Stynes, Vaughn, Walker, Wilson)
Contains 7 letters on 6/13/2004, at TBA, 6 (Burnitz, Fassero, Freeman, Hocking, Johnson, Sweeney)
Contains 8 letters on 9/20/1998, at SDN, 5 (Bichette, Castilla, Clemente, Hamilton, Shumpert)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1999, vs SFN, 5 (Bichette, Castilla, Clemente, Phillips, Shumpert)
Contains 9 letters on 6/15/1997, at OAK, 4 (Galarraga, Manwaring, McCracken, Vander Wal)
Contains 10 letters on 6/1/1993, vs PIT, 1 (Castellano)
  on 78 occasions, most recently on 7/13/2001, at TEX, 1 (Kieschnick)
Contains 11 letters on 7/19/1993, at FLO, 1 (Bottenfield)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 10/7/2001, at SDN, 1 (Encarnacion)
Contains 12 letters on 9/3/1998, at MIL, 1 (Strittmatter)
Contains 13 letters on 8/2/2000, at CHN, 1 (Hollandsworth)
  on 142 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2002, at PIT, 1 (Hollandsworth)

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

The most distinct letters on 7/28/1993, vs ATL, 22 (Benavides, Bichette, Clark, Hayes, Jones, Mejia, Parrett, Sheaffer, Young, all but QWXZ)
on 19 occasions, most recently on 6/13/2004, at TBA, 22 (Burnitz, Fassero, Freeman, Gonzalez, Helton, Hocking, Holliday, Johnson, Miles, Sweeney, all but PQVX)
The fewest distinct letters on 10/6/2001, at SDN, 13 (Bennett, Butler, Cirillo, Elarton, Encarnacion, Helton, Norton, Pierre, Uribe, all but DFGJKMQSVWXYZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 6/10/2004, at NYA, 146 (27 Gonzalez, 18 Burnitz, 17 Johnson, 16 Jennings, 15 Holliday, 13 Sweeney, 12 Clayton, 12 Freeman, 9 Helton, 7 Miles)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 9/22/2002, vs ARI, 77 (13 Walker, 11 Payton, 9 Bennett, 9 Helton, 8 Butler, 8 Pierre, 7 Uribe, 6 Norton, 6 Santos)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1993-2004.
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