Letters in the Minnesota Twins 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 Minnesota Twins use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 9/14/1963, vs NYA, 3 (Allen, Allison, Arrigo)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/2/1964, vs NYA, 3 (Allen, Allison, Arrigo)
Contains A on 5/21/1979, at TEX, 10 (Castino, Edwards, Hartzell, Jackson, Landreaux, Morales, Randall, Rivera, Smalley, Wynegar)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1980, at KCA, 10 (Butera, Castino, Faedo, Jackson, Jackson, Landreaux, Mackanin, Morales, Rivera, Ward)
Ends with A on 8/1/1982, at OAK, 3 (Butera, Vega, Viola)
Starts with B on 7/2/1975, vs CAL, 6 (Blyleven, Borgmann, Bostock, Braun, Briggs, Brye)
Contains B on 7/2/1975, vs CAL, 6 (Blyleven, Borgmann, Bostock, Braun, Briggs, Brye)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 4/30/1997, vs BAL, 6 (Becker, Brede, Colbrunn, Knoblauch, Steinbach, Tewksbury)
Ends with B on 9/20/2002, at CHA, 1 (Lamb)
Starts with C on 9/4/1959, vs BOS, 3 (Clevenger, Consolo, Courtney)
  on 200 occasions, most recently on 8/7/2000, at TBA, 3 (Canizaro, Coomer, Cummings)
Contains C on 7/6/1994, vs TOR, 7 (Cole, Erickson, Hocking, Knoblauch, Mack, Puckett, Walbeck)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 8/11/1997, vs NYA, 7 (Colbrunn, Coomer, Cordova, Hocking, Jackson, Knoblauch, Steinbach)
Starts with D on 4/16/1972, at OAK, 2 (Darwin, Dempsey)
  on 66 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1994, at KCA, 2 (Deshaies, Dunn)
Contains D on 9/1/1981, vs NYA, 6 (Adams, Faedo, Goodwin, Laudner, Redfern, Ward)
Ends with D on 5/20/1977, at CAL, 3 (Ford, Norwood, Thormodsgard)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/28/1978, vs KCA, 3 (Ford, Norwood, Thormodsgard)
Starts with E on 4/7/1982, vs SEA, 3 (Eisenreich, Engle, Erickson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/13/1982, vs OAK, 3 (Eisenreich, Engle, Erickson)
Contains E on 4/25/1994, at CLE, 10 (Becker, Cole, Deshaies, Hrbek, Leius, Meares, Puckett, Reboulet, Walbeck, Winfield)
Ends with E on 6/30/1976, vs KCA, 4 (Bane, Brye, Cubbage, Hisle)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/29/1976, vs TEX, 4 (Bane, Brye, Cubbage, Hisle)
Starts with F on 5/24/1959, at BOS, 2 (Fischer, Fitz Gerald)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1983, vs TEX, 2 (Faedo, Filson)
Contains F on 5/24/1959, at BOS, 3 (Fischer, Fitz Gerald, Samford)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 9/4/2004, vs KCA, 3 (Ford, Offerman, Tiffee)
Ends with F on 4/17/1963, vs LAA, 1 (Ratliff)
  on 252 occasions, most recently on 6/6/1976, at BAL, 1 (Roof)
Starts with G on 9/25/1989, at CHA, 4 (Gaetti, Gagne, Gladden, Guthrie)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1990, at DET, 4 (Gaetti, Gagne, Gladden, Guthrie)
Contains G on 7/5/1977, at MIL, 5 (Bulling, Goltz, Gomez, Gorinski, Wynegar)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 4/9/1982, vs CAL, 5 (Engle, Gaetti, Vega, Wilfong, Wynegar)
Ends with G on 4/28/1962, at CLE, 1 (Manning)
  on 992 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, at DET, 1 (Hocking)
Starts with H on 4/6/1974, at KCA, 4 (Hands, Hisle, Holt, Hundley)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1993, at BOS, 4 (Hale, Harper, Hocking, Hrbek)
Contains H on 4/19/1982, at OAK, 6 (Eisenreich, Hatcher, Havens, Hrbek, Johnson, Mitchell)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1993, at BOS, 6 (Hale, Harper, Hocking, Hrbek, Knoblauch, Stahoviak)
Ends with H on 9/7/1982, at TEX, 2 (Bush, Smith)
  on 255 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, at CLE, 2 (Knoblauch, Steinbach)
Starts with I on 8/10/1967, vs WS2, 1 (Izquierdo)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 7/27/1995, at TOR, 1 (Ingram)
Contains I on 6/21/1964, vs DET, 8 (Allison, Killebrew, Kindall, Mincher, Oliva, Rollins, Stigman, Zimmerman)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/4/2001, vs KCA, 8 (Hocking, Kielty, Koskie, Mientkiewicz, Milton, Ortiz, Pierzynski, Rivas)
Ends with I on 6/19/1969, vs CAL, 2 (Quilici, Tischinski)
  on 372 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1990, vs SEA, 2 (Gaetti, Tapani)
Starts with J on 6/24/1979, at CHA, 2 (Jackson, Jackson)
  on 66 occasions, most recently on 8/16/2001, at CLE, 2 (Johnson, Jones)
Contains J on 6/24/1979, at CHA, 2 (Jackson, Jackson)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2004, at NYA, 2 (Jones, Ojeda)
Starts with K on 8/9/1964, at CLE, 4 (Kaat, Killebrew, Kindall, Kostro)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/27/1965, at BOS, 4 (Kaat, Killebrew, Kindall, Kostro)
Contains K on 7/10/1994, vs CLE, 8 (Becker, Erickson, Hocking, Hrbek, Knoblauch, Mack, Parks, Puckett)
Ends with K on 8/28/1968, at CLE, 3 (Clark, Look, Renick)
  on 48 occasions, most recently on 8/21/1995, at TEX, 3 (Klingenbeck, Stahoviak, Walbeck)
Starts with L on 4/9/1988, vs TOR, 4 (Larkin, Laudner, Lea, Lombardozzi)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1988, vs CAL, 4 (Larkin, Laudner, Lea, Lombardozzi)
Contains L on 4/14/1964, at CLE, 8 (Allen, Allison, Hall, Killebrew, Oliva, Pascual, Rollins, Versalles)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 8/3/1996, at BOS, 8 (Aldred, Hollins, Kelly, Knoblauch, Lawton, Molitor, Reboulet, Walbeck)
Ends with L on 6/30/1963, at WS2, 3 (Goryl, Hall, Pascual)
  on 35 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1965, vs WS2, 3 (Hall, Kindall, Pascual)
Starts with M on 6/20/1993, at NYA, 5 (Mack, Maksudian, McCarty, Meares, Munoz)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/4/1994, at DET, 5 (Mack, Mahomes, McCarty, Meares, Munoz)
Contains M on 9/30/1973, at CAL, 6 (Adams, Borgmann, Mitterwald, Monzon, Soderholm, Thompson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/2/2000, at CLE, 6 (Coomer, Cummings, Guzman, Maxwell, Mays, Moeller)
Ends with M on 9/6/1971, at CHA, 2 (Hamm, Soderholm)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1984, vs TEX, 2 (Putnam, Schrom)
Starts with N on 6/11/1965, at DET, 2 (Nelson, Nossek)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 10/4/1991, vs TOR, 2 (Neagle, Newman)
Contains N on 6/1/2001, at TEX, 9 (Allen, Buchanan, Guzman, Hocking, Hunter, Jones, Mientkiewicz, Pierzynski, Santana)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/31/2002, vs ANA, 9 (Buchanan, Canizaro, Guzman, Hocking, Hunter, Jones, Mientkiewicz, Milton, Pierzynski)
Ends with N on 10/4/1972, vs CHA, 6 (Blyleven, Borgmann, Braun, Darwin, Monzon, Thompson)
Starts with O on 9/18/1966, at NYA, 2 (Oliva, Ollom)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2004, vs BAL, 2 (Offerman, Ojeda)
Contains O on 8/11/1997, vs NYA, 9 (Colbrunn, Coomer, Cordova, Hocking, Jackson, Knoblauch, Lawton, Molitor, Robertson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/3/2000, vs BOS, 9 (Canizaro, Coomer, Hocking, Jones, Koskie, Lawton, Lincoln, Moeller, Ortiz)
Ends with O on 7/16/1961, at CLE, 3 (Cueto, Lepcio, Valdivielso)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 5/14/1983, at CAL, 3 (Castillo, Castino, Faedo)
Starts with P on 5/14/1959, vs DET, 3 (Pearson, Plews, Porter)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 7/17/1994, vs MIL, 3 (Parks, Puckett, Pulido)
Contains P on 4/17/1991, at SEA, 4 (Harper, Pagliarulo, Puckett, Tapani)
  on 34 occasions, most recently on 8/12/1993, at TOR, 4 (Harper, Pagliarulo, Puckett, Tapani)
Ends with P on 4/23/1970, vs CHA, 1 (Zepp)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1970, at CHA, 1 (Zepp)
Starts with Q on 7/18/1965, vs CAL, 1 (Quilici)
  on 180 occasions, most recently on 4/5/1996, vs BAL, 1 (Quinlan)
Contains Q on 5/3/1959, at CLE, 1 (Becquer)
  on 378 occasions, most recently on 4/5/1996, vs BAL, 1 (Quinlan)
Starts with R on 8/27/1968, at WS2, 4 (Reese, Renick, Roland, Rollins)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1968, at DET, 4 (Reese, Renick, Rollins, Roseboro)
Contains R on 5/9/1967, vs WS2, 9 (Carew, Clark, Grant, Killebrew, Reese, Tovar, Uhlaender, Versalles, Zimmerman)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/8/1997, vs OAK, 9 (Becker, Brede, Coomer, Cordova, Meares, Miller, Ortiz, Serafini, Walker)
Ends with R on 9/13/1996, vs SEA, 5 (Becker, Coomer, Miller, Molitor, Walker)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1997, vs MIL, 5 (Becker, Miller, Miller, Molitor, Walker)
Starts with S on 5/8/1985, vs NYA, 4 (Salas, Smalley, Smithson, Stenhouse)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1985, vs TEX, 4 (Salas, Schrom, Smalley, Stenhouse)
Contains S on 4/11/1981, vs OAK, 8 (Adams, Castino, Jackson, Johnston, Smalley, Smith, Sofield, Williams)
Ends with S on 4/21/1994, vs CLE, 4 (Leius, Mahomes, Meares, Parks)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 4/29/2003, vs TBA, 4 (Jones, Rivas, Rogers, Sears)
Starts with T on 8/8/1970, vs OAK, 4 (Thompson, Tiant, Tischinski, Tovar)
Contains T on 6/18/1983, at TEX, 7 (Castillo, Castino, Gaetti, Hatcher, Mitchell, Smith, Washington)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1998, vs BAL, 7 (Gates, Latham, Lawton, Molitor, Steinbach, Tewksbury, Valentin)
Ends with T on 6/3/1992, vs TOR, 3 (Bruett, Puckett, Reboulet)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1993, vs CAL, 3 (Brummett, Puckett, Reboulet)
Starts with U on 9/18/1965, vs WS2, 1 (Uhlaender)
  on 476 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1983, at KCA, 1 (Ullger)
Contains U on 7/6/1992, at NYA, 7 (Bruett, Bush, Knoblauch, Krueger, Leius, Munoz, Puckett)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1995, at CAL, 7 (Knoblauch, Leius, Merullo, Munoz, Munoz, Puckett, Reboulet)
Ends with U on 6/10/2003, vs COL, 1 (Morneau)
  on 94 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, vs CLE, 1 (Morneau)
Starts with V on 7/17/1960, at CLE, 2 (Valdivielso, Valo)
  on 79 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1982, at OAK, 2 (Vega, Viola)
Contains V on 5/29/1966, at CLE, 4 (Oliva, Tovar, Valdespino, Versalles)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1998, vs SLN, 4 (Cordova, Shave, Stahoviak, Valentin)
Starts with W on 9/25/1981, vs TEX, 5 (Ward, Washington, Wilfong, Williams, Wynegar)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1981, vs KCA, 5 (Ward, Washington, Wilfong, Williams, Wynegar)
Contains W on 7/2/1978, vs CHA, 6 (Carew, Norwood, Powell, Wilfong, Wolfe, Wynegar)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1981, vs KCA, 6 (Powell, Ward, Washington, Wilfong, Williams, Wynegar)
Ends with W on 4/11/1967, at BAL, 2 (Carew, Killebrew)
  on 706 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1974, vs TEX, 2 (Carew, Killebrew)
Contains X on 6/30/1966, vs CLE, 1 (Nixon)
  on 476 occasions, most recently on 9/6/2001, at TEX, 1 (Maxwell)
Ends with X on 4/6/1979, at OAK, 1 (Landreaux)
  on 260 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1980, at KCA, 1 (Landreaux)
Starts with Y on 4/13/1985, at SEA, 1 (Yett)
Contains Y on 9/18/2002, at DET, 5 (Cuddyer, Kielty, LeCroy, Mays, Pierzynski)
Ends with Y on 7/27/1959, at KC1, 3 (Courtney, Romonosky, Throneberry)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/2/2002, vs TBA, 3 (Kielty, Kinney, LeCroy)
Starts with Z on 4/9/1959, vs BAL, 1 (Zauchin)
  on 399 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1980, at TEX, 1 (Zahn)
Contains Z on 4/10/2002, at CLE, 5 (Canizaro, Guzman, Mientkiewicz, Ortiz, Pierzynski)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/14/2002, at KCA, 5 (Canizaro, Guzman, Mientkiewicz, Ortiz, Pierzynski)
Ends with Z on 5/13/1974, at CHA, 2 (Goltz, Gomez)
  on 273 occasions, most recently on 9/9/2003, at CHA, 2 (Gomez, Mientkiewicz)
Contains any double letter on 8/24/1961, at CHA, 8 (Allison, Altobelli, Battey, Green, Kaat, Killebrew, Tuttle, Versalles)
  on 110 occasions, most recently on 5/25/1966, at BOS, 8 (Allen, Allison, Battey, Hall, Kaat, Killebrew, Rollins, Versalles)
Ends with any double letter on 5/2/1965, at CHA, 3 (Boswell, Hall, Kindall)
  on 56 occasions, most recently on 7/7/1992, at NYA, 3 (Bruett, Hill, Puckett)
Starts with any vowel on 5/14/1964, vs CHA, 4 (Allen, Allison, Arrigo, Oliva)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/8/1967, at BAL, 4 (Allison, Izquierdo, Oliva, Uhlaender)
Contains nary an E on 4/8/1973, at OAK, 8 (Adams, Braun, Darwin, Kaat, Lis, Roof, Thompson, Walton)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1991, vs TOR, 8 (Bush, Davis, Knoblauch, Mack, Munoz, Ortiz, Pagliarulo, Tapani)
Ends with any vowel on 7/27/1982, at SEA, 7 (Brunansky, Castino, Engle, Faedo, Gaetti, Vega, Viola)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1987, vs BOS, 7 (Brunansky, Butera, Gaetti, Gagne, Lombardozzi, Niekro, Smalley)
Contains 3 letters on 4/21/1960, at BAL, 1 (Lee)
  on 149 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1993, vs BAL, 1 (Lee)
Contains 4 letters on 5/8/1994, at TEX, 4 (Cole, Dunn, Hale, Mack)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/29/1994, vs DET, 4 (Cole, Dunn, Hale, Mack)
Contains 5 letters on 5/13/1967, vs KC1, 6 (Carew, Clark, Grant, Oliva, Reese, Tovar)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1992, vs CLE, 6 (Banks, Davis, Gagne, Hrbek, Leius, Munoz)
Contains 6 letters on 4/9/2000, at KCA, 9 (Coomer, Guzman, Hunter, Huskey, Koskie, Lawton, LeCroy, Milton, Walker)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/24/2000, at NYA, 9 (Coomer, Guzman, Hunter, Huskey, Koskie, Lawton, LeCroy, Milton, Walker)
Contains 7 letters on 6/17/1979, vs BAL, 9 (Castino, Edwards, Jackson, Koosman, Morales, Norwood, Randall, Smalley, Wynegar)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/3/1980, at BAL, 9 (Castino, Edwards, Goodwin, Jackson, Jackson, Smalley, Sofield, Wilfong, Wynegar)
Contains 8 letters on 6/27/1970, at CHA, 3 (Blyleven, Cardenas, Thompson)
  on 126 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2000, vs ANA, 3 (Buchanan, Canizaro, Cummings)
Contains 9 letters on 6/26/1966, at DET, 4 (Killebrew, Uhlaender, Versalles, Zimmerman)
  on 102 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, at CLE, 4 (Knoblauch, Stahoviak, Steinbach, Tewksbury)
Contains 10 letters on 4/16/1959, at BOS, 2 (Aspromonte, Fitz Gerald)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 4/6/1983, vs DET, 2 (Eisenreich, Washington)
Contains 11 letters on 6/9/1959, vs CHA, 2 (Throneberry, Valdivielso)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1988, vs CHA, 2 (Christensen, Lombardozzi)
Contains 12 letters on 4/24/1959, vs BOS, 1 (Valentinetti)
  on 641 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2004, vs BOS, 1 (Mientkiewicz)

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

The most distinct letters on 8/1/1979, at OAK, 25 (Cubbage, Goodwin, Hartzell, Jackson, Landreaux, Powell, Rivera, Smalley, Wilfong, Wynegar, all but Q)
The fewest distinct letters on 5/30/1962, vs NYA, 14 (Allen, Banks, Bonikowski, Green, Killebrew, Naragon, Power, Rollins, Versalles, all but CDFHJMQTUXYZ)
on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1968, at OAK, 14 (Allison, Boswell, Carew, Kelly, Killebrew, Nettles, Reese, Renick, Roseboro, all but DFGHJMPQUVXZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 5/14/2002, at KCA, 177 (32 Mientkiewicz, 28 Pierzynski, 19 Canizaro, 18 Guzman, 17 Hocking, 15 Buchanan, 14 Ortiz, 13 Kinney, 12 Jones, 9 Hunter)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 4/21/1963, at CHA, 72 (12 Versalles, 11 Battey, 10 Power, 7 Allison, 7 Hall, 7 Roland, 7 Rollins, 6 Green, 5 Allen)
on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1968, at WS2, 72 (12 Renick, 10 Carew, 8 Look, 8 Oliva, 8 Tovar, 7 Holt, 7 Roland, 7 Rollins, 5 Reese)

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