Letters in the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 Pittsburgh Pirates use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 4/12/1966, at ATL, 2 (Alley, Alou)
  on 494 occasions, most recently on 8/1/2000, vs LAN, 2 (Anderson, Aven)
Contains A on 5/25/1966, at SFN, 8 (Alley, Alou, Bailey, Mazeroski, Mota, Pagliaroni, Schwall, Stargell)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1986, at HOU, 8 (Belliard, Bonilla, Bream, Diaz, Orsulak, Pena, Ray, Walk)
Ends with A on 10/1/1978, vs PHI, 4 (Berra, Macha, Mendoza, Nicosia)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1980, vs NYN, 4 (Berra, Bevacqua, Candelaria, Nicosia)
Starts with B on 6/4/1990, vs CHN, 6 (Backman, Bell, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 7/15/1990, vs SDN, 6 (Backman, Bell, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream)
Contains B on 6/6/1990, vs CHN, 7 (Backman, Belliard, Bilardello, Bonds, Bonilla, Bream, Drabek)
Ends with B on 5/9/1968, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1969, at ATL, 1 (Kolb)
Starts with C on 5/1/1965, at SLN, 4 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/3/1965, at MLN, 4 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall)
Contains C on 5/16/1965, vs SLN, 6 (Cardwell, Clemente, Clendenon, Crandall, Lynch, Schofield)
Starts with D on 9/29/1976, vs CHN, 3 (Demery, Dilone, Dyer)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/17/1988, vs SFN, 3 (Destrade, Diaz, Dunne)
Contains D on 7/17/1988, vs SFN, 6 (Belliard, Destrade, Diaz, Dunne, Lind, Reynolds)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/17/1991, at SDN, 6 (Bonds, Drabek, Lind, McClendon, Redfield, Redus)
Ends with D on 6/18/1963, at MLN, 3 (Brand, Friend, Schofield)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1992, at MON, 3 (Lind, Merced, Wakefield)
Starts with E on 10/2/1977, vs CHN, 2 (Easler, Edwards)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1995, at HOU, 2 (Encarnacion, Ericks)
Contains E on 5/6/1963, vs LAN, 9 (Bailey, Burgess, Clemente, Friend, Mazeroski, Savage, Schofield, Skinner, Stargell)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1978, vs HOU, 9 (Berra, Blyleven, Brye, Dyer, Garner, Moreno, Parker, Sanguillen, Taveras)
Ends with E on 5/16/1964, at LAN, 4 (Clemente, Freese, McFarlane, Veale)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1992, vs HOU, 4 (Buechele, Cole, LaValliere, Van Slyke)
Starts with F on 5/2/1964, at SLN, 2 (Freese, Friend)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/30/1988, at CIN, 2 (Fermin, Fisher)
Contains F on 5/2/1962, at SFN, 3 (Francis, McFarlane, Schofield)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1988, at CHN, 3 (Distefano, Fermin, Oberkfell)
Ends with F on 9/1/1993, vs LAN, 1 (Goff)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1994, vs CIN, 1 (Goff)
Starts with G on 5/15/1999, vs MON, 3 (Garcia, Giles, Guillen)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/22/1999, at PHI, 3 (Garcia, Giles, Guillen)
Contains G on 7/30/1994, vs NYN, 6 (Cummings, Garcia, King, Neagle, Pegues, Slaught)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1995, vs NYN, 6 (Garcia, Garcia, King, Pegues, Slaught, Young)
Ends with G on 4/6/1993, vs SDN, 2 (King, Young)
  on 197 occasions, most recently on 6/22/2003, vs CLE, 2 (Vogelsong, Young)
Starts with H on 9/5/1989, at PHI, 3 (Hall, Hatcher, Heaton)
Contains H on 7/22/1961, vs MLN, 5 (Christopher, Hoak, Schofield, Shantz, Smith)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1997, vs ATL, 5 (Allensworth, Johnson, Polcovich, Schmidt, Smith)
Ends with H on 6/23/1997, at HOU, 3 (Allensworth, Polcovich, Smith)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1998, vs MIL, 3 (Allensworth, Polcovich, Smith)
Contains I on 6/4/1987, at ATL, 8 (Belliard, Bonilla, Cangelosi, Diaz, Fisher, Morrison, Ortiz, Pedrique)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2001, vs SLN, 8 (Giles, Mackowiak, Morris, Osik, Ramirez, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
Ends with I on 4/12/1960, at MLN, 2 (Cimoli, Mazeroski)
  on 493 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1987, vs CHN, 2 (Bielecki, Cangelosi)
Starts with J on 9/23/1961, at PHI, 1 (Jackson)
  on 330 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1997, at COL, 1 (Johnson)
Contains J on 5/6/2000, at CHN, 2 (Benjamin, Sojo)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/1/2000, vs LAN, 2 (Benjamin, Sojo)
Starts with K on 5/3/1986, at SDN, 3 (Kemp, Khalifa, Kipper)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1996, at SDN, 3 (Kendall, King, Kingery)
Contains K on 8/4/1974, vs CHN, 5 (Brinkman, Kirkpatrick, Kison, Parker, Zisk)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1993, vs NYN, 5 (Clark, Cooke, King, Van Slyke, Womack)
Ends with K on 4/20/1985, at SLN, 3 (Hendrick, Madlock, Orsulak)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1993, vs PHI, 3 (Clark, Walk, Womack)
Starts with L on 6/8/1963, vs MLN, 3 (Law, Logan, Lynch)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1988, at SLN, 3 (LaPoint, LaValliere, Lind)
Contains L on 6/11/1963, vs SLN, 8 (Bailey, Clemente, Clendenon, Lynch, Pagliaroni, Schofield, Schwall, Stargell)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1991, at NYN, 8 (Bell, Bonilla, Buechele, Lind, McClendon, Slaught, Van Slyke, Walk)
Ends with L on 6/29/2001, at MON, 4 (Beimel, Bell, Kendall, Vander Wal)
Starts with M on 8/23/1967, vs CHN, 4 (May, Mazeroski, McBean, Mota)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 10/6/2001, at CHN, 4 (Mackowiak, Matthews, McKnight, Morris)
Contains M on 6/8/1985, at CHN, 6 (Almon, LeMaster, Madlock, McWilliams, Morrison, Thompson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1999, at NYN, 6 (Hermansen, Martin, Meares, Morris, Ramirez, Schmidt)
Ends with M on 9/12/1985, vs CHN, 1 (Bream)
  on 606 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1999, at MIL, 1 (Sveum)
Starts with N on 6/19/1982, vs PHI, 2 (Nicosia, Nordhagen)
Contains N on 5/26/1989, vs HOU, 9 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Lind, Prince, Quinones, Van Slyke, Wilson)
Ends with N on 8/29/1985, at CIN, 5 (Almon, Brown, DeLeon, Morrison, Thompson)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2004, vs NYN, 5 (Redman, Van Benschoten, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
Starts with O on 9/23/1976, at CHN, 2 (Oliver, Ott)
  on 113 occasions, most recently on 6/3/2001, vs ATL, 2 (Olivares, Osik)
Contains O on 4/27/1989, vs SDN, 8 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Oberkfell, Ortiz, Quinones, Reynolds)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/2/1989, at LAN, 8 (Bonds, Bonilla, Distefano, Heaton, Ortiz, Quinones, Reynolds, Wilson)
Ends with O on 6/13/2000, vs ATL, 3 (Arroyo, Cordero, Sojo)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/18/2000, vs FLO, 3 (Arroyo, Cordero, Sojo)
Starts with P on 10/4/1980, vs CHN, 3 (Parker, Pena, Perez)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1995, vs PHI, 3 (Parent, Parris, Pegues)
Contains P on 5/31/1981, at MON, 4 (Parker, Pena, Perez, Thompson)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1983, vs CHN, 4 (Harper, Parker, Pena, Thompson)
Ends with P on 4/21/1985, at SLN, 1 (Kemp)
  on 64 occasions, most recently on 5/3/1986, at SDN, 1 (Kemp)
Starts with Q on 4/22/1989, vs PHI, 1 (Quinones)
  on 62 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1989, vs LAN, 1 (Quinones)
Contains Q on 4/28/1974, vs HOU, 1 (Bevacqua)
  on 182 occasions, most recently on 7/21/1989, vs LAN, 1 (Quinones)
Starts with R on 8/30/1974, at LAN, 3 (Robertson, Rooker, Ryan)
  on 129 occasions, most recently on 7/3/2003, vs CIN, 3 (Ramirez, Reboulet, Rivera)
Contains R on 9/24/1975, vs PHI, 9 (Demery, Dyer, Hebner, Kirkpatrick, Moreno, Oliver, Parker, Randolph, Reynolds)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1982, vs MON, 9 (Easler, Hebner, Moreno, Morrison, Norman, Ortiz, Ray, Robinson, Stargell)
Ends with R on 8/5/1975, at SLN, 5 (Dyer, Hebner, Oliver, Parker, Rooker)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 7/30/1978, at LAN, 5 (Dyer, Garner, Milner, Parker, Rooker)
Starts with S on 5/4/1963, vs LAN, 5 (Savage, Schofield, Schwall, Skinner, Stargell)
Contains S on 7/5/1974, at HOU, 8 (Clines, Ellis, Robertson, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett, Taveras, Zisk)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1976, at MON, 8 (Helms, Reuss, Robertson, Robinson, Sanguillen, Stennett, Taveras, Zisk)
Ends with S on 10/3/1987, vs PHI, 4 (Bonds, Coles, Palacios, Reynolds)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2003, at MIL, 4 (Davis, Giles, Sanders, Wells)
Starts with T on 6/12/1977, vs SDN, 2 (Taveras, Tolan)
  on 93 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1985, at HOU, 2 (Thompson, Tunnell)
Contains T on 7/27/1960, at SLN, 6 (Christopher, Clemente, Groat, Smith, Stuart, Witt)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/27/1974, at PHI, 6 (Brett, Kirkpatrick, Robertson, Stargell, Stennett, Taveras)
Ends with T on 8/18/1961, at CHN, 4 (Groat, Leppert, Stuart, Sturdivant)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1962, at SLN, 4 (Groat, Leppert, Stuart, Sturdivant)
Starts with U on 4/16/1960, vs CIN, 1 (Umbricht)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/25/1960, vs LAN, 1 (Umbricht)
Contains U on 6/19/1995, vs SFN, 5 (Aude, Brumfield, Pegues, Slaught, Young)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1999, vs ATL, 5 (Nunez, Schourek, Sprague, Sveum, Young)
Ends with U on 4/12/1966, at ATL, 1 (Alou)
  on 765 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2003, vs SDN, 1 (Hyzdu)
Starts with V on 5/16/1965, vs SLN, 3 (Veale, Virdon, Virgil)
Contains V on 9/22/1963, at LAN, 3 (Savage, Veale, Virdon)
  on 79 occasions, most recently on 7/20/2000, at MIL, 3 (Aven, Silva, Vander Wal)
Starts with W on 9/5/2004, at HOU, 5 (Ward, Wells, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2004, vs CIN, 5 (Ward, Wigginton, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
Contains W on 9/5/2004, at HOU, 6 (Mackowiak, Ward, Wells, Wigginton, Wilson, Wilson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2004, vs CIN, 6 (Mackowiak, Ward, Wigginton, Williams, Wilson, Wilson)
Ends with W on 8/5/1967, vs LAN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1967, at CHN, 2 (Law, Luplow)
Contains X on 4/19/1960, vs PHI, 1 (Haddix)
  on 167 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1981, vs CHN, 1 (Alexander)
Ends with X on 4/19/1960, vs PHI, 1 (Haddix)
  on 71 occasions, most recently on 6/29/1963, vs NYN, 1 (Haddix)
Starts with Y on 8/17/1990, at CIN, 1 (York)
  on 977 occasions, most recently on 6/22/2003, vs CLE, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 8/18/1966, at NYN, 4 (Alley, Bailey, Fryman, May)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1987, vs CIN, 4 (Ray, Reynolds, Taylor, Van Slyke)
Ends with Y on 9/25/1964, vs SLN, 3 (Alley, Bailey, May)
  on 34 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1984, at PHI, 3 (Lacy, May, Ray)
Starts with Z on 9/12/1971, at MON, 1 (Zisk)
  on 518 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1976, vs SLN, 1 (Zisk)
Contains Z on 5/27/1973, vs HOU, 3 (Gonzalez, Hernandez, Zisk)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 9/10/2003, at CIN, 3 (Hernandez, Nunez, Perez)
Ends with Z on 4/21/1987, vs NYN, 3 (Diaz, Gonzalez, Ortiz)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/10/2003, at CIN, 3 (Hernandez, Nunez, Perez)
Contains any double letter on 7/10/1971, vs ATL, 6 (Alley, Blass, Davalillo, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/20/1973, vs SDN, 6 (Alley, Maxvill, Rooker, Sanguillen, Stargell, Stennett)
Ends with any double letter on 8/1/1973, at NYN, 4 (Blass, Maxvill, Stargell, Stennett)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1977, vs PHI, 4 (Ott, Reuss, Stargell, Stennett)
Starts with any vowel on 5/9/1969, vs LAN, 4 (Alley, Alou, Ellis, Oliver)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1970, vs NYN, 4 (Alley, Alou, Ellis, Oliver)
Contains nary an E on 8/8/1985, at PHI, 8 (Almon, Brown, Madlock, Orsulak, Ortiz, Ray, Robinson, Thompson)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/9/2004, vs HOU, 8 (Bay, Castillo, Cota, Fogg, Mackowiak, Ward, Wilson, Wilson)
Ends with any vowel on 7/18/1964, at MLN, 8 (Alley, Bailey, Clemente, Freese, Mazeroski, Mota, Pagliaroni, Veale)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 5/28/1984, at HOU, 8 (Berra, Candelaria, Distefano, Lacy, Mazzilli, Pena, Ray, Wynne)
Contains 3 letters on 6/13/1966, vs CIN, 2 (Law, May)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1984, at PHI, 2 (May, Ray)
Contains 4 letters on 8/11/1992, at NYN, 5 (Bell, Cole, Espy, King, Lind)
Contains 5 letters on 6/20/1997, at NYN, 6 (Brown, Cooke, Randa, Smith, Sveum, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1999, at MIL, 6 (Brown, Brown, Brown, Laker, Nunez, Sveum)
Contains 6 letters on 7/2/1980, vs SLN, 6 (Easler, Garner, Milner, Moreno, Parker, Rhoden)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/19/2003, vs CHN, 6 (Redman, Rivera, Stairs, Torres, Wilson, Wilson)
Contains 7 letters on 9/1/1996, vs HOU, 5 (Johnson, Kendall, Kingery, Liriano, Schmidt)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1998, vs HOU, 5 (Collier, Dessens, Guillen, Kendall, Ramirez)
Contains 8 letters on 6/6/1985, at CHN, 5 (Hendrick, LeMaster, Mazzilli, Reuschel, Thompson)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/22/1987, at SFN, 5 (Morrison, Pedrique, Reuschel, Reynolds, Van Slyke)
Contains 9 letters on 4/26/1964, vs NYN, 4 (Clendenon, Mazeroski, McFarlane, Schofield)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1988, at CHN, 4 (Cangelosi, Distefano, Oberkfell, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 6/8/1975, vs SFN, 2 (Candelaria, Sanguillen)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 9/13/1987, at PHI, 2 (LaValliere, Washington)
Contains 11 letters on 7/24/1996, vs MON, 2 (Allensworth, Encarnacion)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/9/1996, vs SDN, 2 (Allensworth, Encarnacion)
Contains 12 letters on 6/28/1992, at MON, 1 (Pennyfeather)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 7/2/1993, at CIN, 1 (Pennyfeather)
Contains 13 letters on 8/18/2004, at ARI, 1 (Van Benschoten)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2004, vs NYN, 1 (Van Benschoten)

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

The most distinct letters on 6/29/1987, at PHI, 23 (Bonilla, Cangelosi, Diaz, Fisher, Harper, Morrison, Ortiz, Pedrique, Van Slyke, all but JWX)
on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/17/1997, at MIN, 23 (Brown, Guillen, Johnson, Kendall, Loaiza, Polcovich, Randa, Smith, Womack, Young, all but FQX)
The fewest distinct letters on 4/30/1977, vs HOU, 14 (Garner, Moreno, Oliver, Ott, Parker, Rooker, Stargell, Stennett, Taveras, all but BCDFHJQUWXYZ)
on 52 occasions, most recently on 5/28/2004, vs CHN, 14 (Hill, Kendall, Mackowiak, Redman, Simon, Ward, Wells, Wilson, Wilson, all but BFGJPQTUVXYZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 7/6/2001, at CHA, 138 (24 Mackowiak, 21 Hyzdu, 18 Ramirez, 16 Vander Wal, 14 Nunez, 12 Kendall, 9 Anderson, 9 Wilson, 9 Young, 6 Giles)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 6/18/1980, at ATL, 65 (10 Rhoden, 9 Stargell, 8 Milner, 8 Moreno, 7 Berra, 7 Foli, 7 Garner, 6 Easler, 3 Ott)

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