Letters in the Oakland Athletics 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 Oakland Athletics use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 5/23/1977, at TOR, 3 (Alexander, Allen, Armas)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/2/1977, at SEA, 3 (Alexander, Allen, Armas)
Contains A on 6/18/1976, vs MIL, 10 (Bando, Baylor, Bosman, Campaneris, Garner, Haney, Mangual, Tenace, Washington, Williams)
Ends with A on 8/22/1996, at BOS, 4 (Batista, Berroa, Herrera, Molina)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 4/17/2000, at BOS, 4 (Heredia, Jaha, Tejada, Velandia)
Starts with B on 4/17/1992, at TEX, 5 (Baines, Blankenship, Bordick, Briscoe, Brosius)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/15/1996, vs BAL, 5 (Batista, Berroa, Bordick, Bournigal, Brosius)
Contains B on 4/30/1996, vs CAL, 7 (Battle, Berroa, Bordick, Bournigal, Brosius, Giambi, Steinbach)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/31/1996, vs CHA, 7 (Batista, Berroa, Bordick, Bournigal, Brosius, Giambi, Steinbach)
Ends with B on 6/22/1977, at MIL, 1 (Tabb)
  on 33 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1977, at TEX, 1 (Tabb)
Starts with C on 9/29/1962, at DET, 4 (Causey, Charles, Cimoli, Consolo)
  on 66 occasions, most recently on 4/22/1967, at BAL, 4 (Campaneris, Cater, Charles, Chavarria)
Contains C on 9/29/1962, at DET, 7 (Azcue, Causey, Charles, Cimoli, Consolo, Del Greco, Wojcik)
Starts with D on 6/14/1967, vs BAL, 3 (Dobson, Donaldson, Duncan)
  on 39 occasions, most recently on 9/20/2003, vs SEA, 3 (Duchscherer, Durazo, Dye)
Contains D on 7/20/1970, at BOS, 7 (Bando, Davis, Dobson, Driscoll, Fernandez, Monday, Rudi)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1970, vs CAL, 7 (Bando, Davis, Donaldson, Duncan, Monday, Odom, Rudi)
Ends with D on 6/11/1986, at CLE, 3 (Langford, Lansford, Willard)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/13/1987, vs KCA, 3 (Bernazard, Lansford, Willard)
Starts with E on 6/24/1980, vs MIL, 3 (Edwards, Elliott, Essian)
Contains E on 4/20/1990, vs SEA, 10 (Blankenship, Canseco, Gallego, Hassey, Henderson, Javier, McGwire, Steinbach, Weiss, Welch)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1993, at CLE, 10 (Aldrete, Blankenship, Browne, Gates, Hemond, Henderson, Mohler, Neel, Paquette, Sierra)
Ends with E on 5/28/1959, at CLE, 4 (Boone, House, Lumpe, Tuttle)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2002, vs TEX, 4 (Dye, Justice, Lidle, Velarde)
Starts with F on 9/15/1969, at MIN, 2 (Fingers, Francona)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 5/7/1973, at BAL, 2 (Fingers, Fosse)
Contains F on 9/16/1984, vs CLE, 3 (Kiefer, Langford, Lansford)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/1/1986, vs CLE, 3 (Griffin, Langford, Lansford)
Ends with F on 5/23/1966, at WS2, 1 (Roof)
  on 326 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1969, at SE1, 1 (Roof)
Starts with G on 7/27/1980, at DET, 3 (Gonzalez, Gross, Guerrero)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2001, vs MIN, 3 (Gant, Giambi, Giambi)
Contains G on 5/18/1978, at TEX, 6 (Gross, Guerrero, Keough, Page, Revering, Staggs)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/28/1978, at CHA, 6 (Gross, Guerrero, Keough, Page, Revering, Staggs)
Ends with G on 5/25/2002, vs TBA, 3 (Harang, Hatteberg, Long)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 6/30/2003, vs SEA, 3 (Harang, Hatteberg, Long)
Starts with H on 8/27/1983, vs MIL, 5 (Hancock, Heath, Heimueller, Henderson, Hill)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1983, vs CLE, 5 (Hancock, Heath, Heimueller, Henderson, Hill)
Contains H on 6/18/1965, at DET, 7 (Charles, Harrelson, Hershberger, Lachemann, Mathews, O'Donoghue, Stahl)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 6/25/1990, vs DET, 7 (Hassey, Henderson, Henderson, Howard, Randolph, Steinbach, Welch)
Ends with H on 5/16/1990, at CLE, 3 (Randolph, Steinbach, Welch)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1990, vs DET, 3 (Randolph, Steinbach, Welch)
Contains I on 9/27/1992, at MIL, 9 (Baines, Blankenship, Bordick, McGwire, Quirk, Sierra, Weiss, Wilson, Witt)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/21/1996, at BOS, 9 (Bordick, Bournigal, Brosius, Giambi, McGwire, Plantier, Stairs, Steinbach, Wasdin)
Ends with I on 4/11/1959, vs CLE, 2 (Chiti, DeMaestri)
  on 340 occasions, most recently on 10/7/2001, at ANA, 2 (Giambi, Giambi)
Starts with J on 5/6/1973, at CLE, 3 (Jackson, Johnson, Johnstone)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1989, vs TEX, 3 (Javier, Jennings, Jose)
Contains J on 5/6/1973, at CLE, 3 (Jackson, Johnson, Johnstone)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 4/24/2002, vs NYA, 3 (Hiljus, Justice, Tejada)
Starts with K on 9/17/1984, vs TEX, 3 (Kiefer, Kingman, Krueger)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/21/2004, at SEA, 3 (Karros, Kielty, Kotsay)
Contains K on 5/7/1961, vs BAL, 4 (Hankins, Klimchock, Pilarcik, Walker)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 4/21/1992, vs CAL, 4 (Blankenship, Bordick, Kingery, Quirk)
Ends with K on 9/10/1991, vs CHA, 3 (Bordick, Komminsk, Quirk)
Starts with L on 8/23/1963, at DET, 3 (Lau, Lovrich, Lumpe)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1997, vs SEA, 3 (Lennon, Lesher, Ludwick)
Contains L on 8/9/1960, vs WS1, 7 (Daley, Hamlin, Jablonski, Larsen, Lumpe, Tuttle, Williams)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 8/23/2003, at TOR, 7 (Ellis, Guillen, Halama, Long, McMillon, Melhuse, Singleton)
Ends with L on 9/15/1965, at MIN, 2 (Stahl, Tartabull)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 7/30/1998, vs BOS, 2 (Bournigal, Mitchell)
Starts with M on 4/27/1997, vs KCA, 5 (Magadan, Mashore, Mayne, McGwire, Mohler)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/15/1997, vs COL, 5 (Magadan, Mashore, Mayne, McDonald, McGwire)
Contains M on 7/1/2001, at TEX, 7 (Damon, Giambi, Giambi, McMillon, Menechino, Mulder, Myers)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/22/2001, at KCA, 7 (Damon, Giambi, Giambi, McMillon, Menechino, Mulder, Myers)
Ends with M on 4/10/1959, vs CLE, 1 (Grim)
  on 347 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2002, at TEX, 1 (Durham)
Starts with N on 7/8/1976, vs BAL, 3 (Newman, Norris, North)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/15/1977, at SEA, 3 (Newman, Norris, North)
Contains N on 6/4/1971, at WS2, 9 (Bando, Campaneris, Dobson, Epstein, Green, Jackson, Mangual, Monday, Tenace)
  on 39 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1987, at MIN, 9 (Bernazard, Canseco, Griffin, Henderson, Lansford, Polonia, Steinbach, Tettleton, Young)
Ends with N on 7/3/1971, at CAL, 6 (Brown, Dobson, Duncan, Epstein, Green, Jackson)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/1/1984, at CAL, 6 (Almon, Essian, Henderson, Kingman, Morgan, Warren)
Starts with O on 9/29/1963, vs CLE, 1 (O'Donoghue)
  on 461 occasions, most recently on 5/16/2001, vs NYA, 1 (Ortiz)
Contains O on 7/8/1983, at DET, 8 (Almon, Burroughs, Conroy, Gross, Hancock, Henderson, Lansford, Lopes)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1997, at ANA, 8 (Bellhorn, Berroa, Bournigal, Brosius, Canseco, Lennon, Mashore, Oquist)
Ends with O on 4/23/2004, vs ANA, 4 (Durazo, Menechino, Scutaro, Zito)
Starts with P on 5/31/1961, at DET, 3 (Pignatano, Pilarcik, Posada)
  on 104 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1989, vs DET, 3 (Parker, Phillips, Polonia)
Contains P on 6/8/1961, at NYA, 5 (Lumpe, Pignatano, Pilarcik, Posada, Stephens)
Ends with P on 7/6/1987, vs DET, 1 (Lamp)
  on 309 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1993, vs MIN, 1 (Blankenship)
Starts with Q on 5/28/1983, at NYA, 1 (Quinones)
  on 138 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1992, vs MIL, 1 (Quirk)
Contains Q on 4/26/1991, vs CAL, 2 (Manrique, Quirk)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/4/1991, vs CLE, 2 (Manrique, Quirk)
Starts with R on 6/14/1969, at BOS, 3 (Reynolds, Roof, Rudi)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1978, vs KCA, 3 (Renko, Revering, Robinson)
Contains R on 4/28/1966, at DET, 9 (Campaneris, Charles, Chavarria, Green, Harrelson, Hershberger, Hunter, Suarez, Tartabull)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1992, vs TEX, 9 (Bordick, Brosius, Henderson, Henderson, McGwire, Moore, Quirk, Ready, Sierra)
Ends with R on 8/22/1967, at BAL, 5 (Cater, Gosger, Hershberger, Hunter, Webster)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/12/1967, at BOS, 5 (Cater, Gosger, Hershberger, Hunter, Webster)
Starts with S on 6/12/1961, at CLE, 4 (Shaw, Siebern, Stephens, Sullivan)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1998, at CLE, 4 (Spiezio, Sprague, Stairs, Stein)
Contains S on 8/23/1989, at TEX, 9 (Canseco, Hassey, Henderson, Henderson, Lansford, Phillips, Steinbach, Stewart, Weiss)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/25/1993, vs MIN, 9 (Armas, Blankenship, Davis, Gates, Henderson, Henderson, Seitzer, Sierra, Steinbach)
Ends with S on 5/1/1983, vs DET, 6 (Burroughs, Cias, Davis, Gross, Lopes, Phillips)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1983, vs CHA, 6 (Burroughs, Davis, Gross, Lopes, Peters, Quinones)
Starts with T on 5/10/1959, at DET, 3 (Terry, Terwilliger, Tuttle)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/11/1977, at NYA, 3 (Tabb, Torrealba, Tyrone)
Contains T on 5/10/1959, at DET, 6 (Chiti, DeMaestri, Smith, Terry, Terwilliger, Tuttle)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/19/1998, at SEA, 6 (Christenson, Mitchell, Stairs, Stein, Tejada, Voigt)
Ends with T on 5/25/1998, vs TBA, 3 (Abbott, Oquist, Voigt)
Starts with U on 4/10/1977, vs MIN, 1 (Umbarger)
  on 38 occasions, most recently on 7/2/1983, vs TEX, 1 (Underwood)
Contains U on 7/15/1962, vs NYA, 6 (Alusik, Causey, Lumpe, Segui, Sullivan, Tartabull)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/4/1972, at CAL, 6 (Alou, Duncan, Kubiak, Mangual, Marquez, McNulty)
Ends with U on 7/2/1963, at WS2, 1 (Lau)
  on 326 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1974, at CAL, 1 (Alou)
Starts with V on 4/14/1998, at BOS, 2 (Velandia, Voigt)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/3/2000, at TOR, 2 (Valdez, Velarde)
Contains V on 7/31/1999, vs TBA, 4 (Chavez, Grieve, Olivares, Velarde)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2000, at SEA, 4 (Chavez, Grieve, Olivares, Velarde)
Ends with V on 4/10/1959, vs CLE, 1 (Cerv)
  on 140 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1960, vs BAL, 1 (Cerv)
Starts with W on 10/2/1976, vs CAL, 3 (Walling, Washington, Woods)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 10/4/1992, vs MIL, 3 (Weiss, Wilson, Witt)
Contains W on 6/6/1992, at CHA, 6 (Browne, Howitt, McGwire, Stewart, Weiss, Wilson)
Ends with W on 5/19/1961, at MIN, 1 (Rakow)
  on 138 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1991, vs TEX, 1 (Law)
Contains X on 9/25/1975, vs CHA, 2 (Alexander, Maxvill)
Ends with X on 7/1/1980, at MIL, 1 (Cox)
  on 116 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1994, vs KCA, 1 (Fox)
Starts with Y on 6/24/1983, at TEX, 1 (Young)
  on 353 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, at SEA, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 7/6/1960, at DET, 5 (Carey, Daley, Daley, Snyder, Throneberry)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2004, at ANA, 5 (Byrnes, Crosby, Dye, Kielty, Kotsay)
Ends with Y on 7/6/1960, at DET, 4 (Carey, Daley, Daley, Throneberry)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1982, at KCA, 4 (Conroy, Kearney, McKay, Murphy)
Starts with Z on 7/22/2000, vs ANA, 1 (Zito)
  on 153 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, vs ANA, 1 (Zito)
Contains Z on 4/3/2001, at SEA, 5 (Chavez, Hernandez, Ortiz, Saenz, Zito)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/14/2001, vs TEX, 5 (Chavez, Hernandez, Ortiz, Saenz, Zito)
Ends with Z on 4/2/2001, at SEA, 4 (Chavez, Hernandez, Ortiz, Saenz)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 4/14/2001, vs TEX, 4 (Chavez, Hernandez, Ortiz, Saenz)
Contains any double letter on 4/24/1977, vs CHA, 8 (Allen, Gross, Mallory, Picciolo, Sanguillen, Scott, Torrez, Williams)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1977, at CHA, 8 (Gross, Mallory, Murray, Picciolo, Sanguillen, Scott, Tabb, Torrealba)
Ends with any double letter on 9/17/1977, at MIL, 4 (Gross, Mitchell, Scott, Tabb)
Starts with any vowel on 5/25/1977, at TOR, 4 (Alexander, Allen, Armas, Umbarger)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 6/24/1980, vs MIL, 4 (Armas, Edwards, Elliott, Essian)
Contains nary an E on 6/16/1983, at TOR, 9 (Almon, Burroughs, Davis, Gross, Hancock, Lansford, McCatty, Murphy, Phillips)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/10/1986, vs MIN, 9 (Davis, Griffin, Hill, Kingman, Lansford, Murphy, Rijo, Tillman, Willard)
Ends with any vowel on 4/15/1997, at BOS, 9 (Batista, Berroa, Canseco, Giambi, Karsay, Mashore, McGwire, Molina, Spiezio)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/9/1997, at CHA, 9 (Batista, Berroa, Canseco, Giambi, Mashore, Mayne, McGwire, Prieto, Spiezio)
Contains 3 letters on 7/2/1963, at WS2, 1 (Lau)
  on 653 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, vs ANA, 1 (Dye)
Contains 4 letters on 5/6/1959, vs NYA, 3 (Cerv, Grim, Ward)
  on 88 occasions, most recently on 5/16/2002, at BOS, 3 (Long, Pena, Zito)
Contains 5 letters on 9/12/1982, vs CHA, 7 (Armas, Davis, Gross, Heath, Lopes, Meyer, Moore)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1982, at TOR, 7 (Armas, Davis, Gross, Heath, Lopes, Meyer, Moore)
Contains 6 letters on 4/9/2000, vs CHA, 9 (Appier, Becker, Chavez, Fasano, Giambi, Giambi, Grieve, Stairs, Tejada)
Contains 7 letters on 7/23/1997, at BOS, 8 (Batista, Brosius, Canseco, Magadan, Mashore, McGwire, Spiezio, Wengert)
Contains 8 letters on 7/9/1977, at KCA, 5 (Crawford, Langford, McKinney, Picciolo, Williams)
Contains 9 letters on 9/11/1959, at BOS, 4 (DeMaestri, Jablonski, Klimchock, Tsitouris)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2003, vs TBA, 4 (Hatteberg, Hernandez, Menechino, Singleton)
Contains 10 letters on 8/17/1966, at CHA, 2 (Blasingame, Campaneris)
  on 374 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1976, vs CAL, 2 (Campaneris, Washington)
Contains 11 letters on 5/9/1959, at DET, 1 (Terwilliger)
  on 1167 occasions, most recently on 9/20/2003, vs SEA, 1 (Duchscherer)
Contains 13 letters on 4/13/1991, vs SEA, 1 (Dressendorfer)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/18/1997, vs MIN, 1 (Wojciechowski)

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

The most distinct letters on 8/16/1987, at CAL, 24 (Bernazard, Canseco, Davis, Griffin, Jackson, Lansford, McGwire, Murphy, Ontiveros, Steinbach, all but QX)
on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1995, at BAL, 24 (Berroa, Bordick, Gates, Giambi, Helfand, Herrera, Javier, McGwire, Paquette, Stottlemyre, all but XZ)
The fewest distinct letters on 4/12/1966, at MIN, 14 (Bryan, Causey, Charles, Green, Harrelson, Hershberger, Hunter, Stahl, Tartabull, all but DFIJKMPQVWXZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 9/2/1995, at NYA, 153 (37 Wojciechowski, 19 Paquette, 16 Bordick, 16 Javier, 15 McGwire, 14 Helfand, 13 Henderson, 9 Brosius, 8 Berroa, 6 Gates)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 8/4/1970, vs CAL, 71 (12 Monday, 11 Donaldson, 9 Davis, 9 Duncan, 8 Bando, 7 Odom, 6 Green, 5 Rudi, 4 Alou)

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