Letters in the St. Louis Cardinals 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 St. Louis Cardinals use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 5/16/1972, at PIT, 2 (Alou, Anderson)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 5/9/1994, vs CHN, 2 (Alicea, Arocha)
Contains A on 7/7/1996, at PIT, 9 (Alicea, Clayton, Gaetti, Gant, Jordan, Lankford, Mabry, Morgan, Sheaffer)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1996, at NYN, 9 (Clayton, Gaetti, Gallego, Gant, Jordan, Lankford, Mabry, Morgan, Sheaffer)
Ends with A on 7/14/1988, vs SDN, 3 (Alicea, Laga, Pena)
  on 38 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2004, at MIL, 3 (Luna, Molina, Renteria)
Starts with B on 4/17/1960, at LAN, 3 (Boyer, Broglio, Burton)
  on 59 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1997, at COL, 3 (Bell, Benes, Berblinger)
Contains B on 7/28/1964, at CHN, 4 (Boyer, Brock, Buchek, Gibson)
  on 39 occasions, most recently on 5/5/1996, at SDN, 4 (Bell, Benes, Borders, Mabry)
Ends with B on 9/18/1962, at CHN, 1 (Kolb)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1963, vs CIN, 1 (Kolb)
Starts with C on 5/12/1972, at CIN, 4 (Clendenon, Cleveland, Crosby, Cruz)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1995, vs HOU, 4 (Caraballo, Coles, Cooper, Cromer)
Contains C on 6/5/1966, at ATL, 6 (Brock, Buchek, Cepeda, Francona, Jackson, McCarver)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/23/1999, vs HOU, 6 (Acevedo, Castillo, McEwing, McGee, McGwire, Polanco)
Starts with D on 4/5/1999, vs MIL, 3 (Davis, Drew, Dunston)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 8/19/2000, vs PHI, 3 (Davis, Drew, Dunston)
Contains D on 6/23/1975, at NYN, 5 (Denny, Howard, McBride, Melendez, Rudolph)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 6/25/2000, vs LAN, 5 (Drew, Dunston, Edmonds, Howard, Lankford)
Ends with D on 6/26/1999, at ARI, 4 (Bottenfield, Howard, Howard, Lankford)
Starts with E on 4/18/1968, at CIN, 1 (Edwards)
  on 736 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2004, vs MIL, 1 (Edmonds)
Contains E on 9/8/1972, at NYN, 9 (Anderson, Cleveland, Jutze, Melendez, Reitz, Roque, Sizemore, Stein, Torre)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 4/15/2003, at MIL, 9 (Delgado, Edmonds, Martinez, Matheny, Palmeiro, Perez, Renteria, Rolen, Stephenson)
Ends with E on 9/24/1972, vs CHN, 5 (Jutze, Roque, Sizemore, Torre, Wise)
Starts with F on 4/21/1965, vs MLN, 2 (Flood, Francona)
  on 142 occasions, most recently on 8/23/1988, vs ATL, 2 (Ford, Forsch)
Contains F on 6/5/1994, vs SFN, 4 (Jefferies, Lankford, McGriff, Sutcliffe)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 5/19/1997, at ATL, 4 (Difelice, Franklin, Lankford, Sheaffer)
Ends with F on 9/11/1981, vs NYN, 1 (Roof)
  on 48 occasions, most recently on 8/7/1994, at PIT, 1 (McGriff)
Starts with G on 4/29/1964, vs NYN, 3 (Gagliano, Gibson, Groat)
  on 70 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1997, at KCA, 3 (Gaetti, Gant, Green)
Contains G on 8/9/1996, vs SFN, 6 (Gaetti, Gallego, Gant, McGee, Morgan, Pagnozzi)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/29/1996, vs FLO, 6 (Gaetti, Gallego, Gant, McGee, Pagnozzi, Young)
Ends with G on 4/8/1999, vs MIL, 2 (Bragg, McEwing)
  on 65 occasions, most recently on 8/2/1999, vs SDN, 2 (Bragg, McEwing)
Starts with H on 5/6/1980, vs SFN, 4 (Hendrick, Hernandez, Herr, Hood)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1980, vs PIT, 4 (Hendrick, Hernandez, Herr, Hood)
Contains H on 7/22/1979, vs HOU, 6 (Forsch, Hendrick, Hernandez, Mumphrey, Phillips, Swisher)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 4/30/1984, at PIT, 6 (Forsch, Hendrick, Herr, Howe, Smith, Smith)
Ends with H on 8/28/1975, at CIN, 3 (Forsch, Rudolph, Smith)
  on 75 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1986, vs PHI, 3 (Forsch, Heath, Smith)
Starts with I on 7/17/1977, at MON, 1 (Iorg)
  on 271 occasions, most recently on 4/27/1984, at MON, 1 (Iorg)
Contains I on 7/17/1961, vs CHN, 8 (Cunningham, Javier, Lillis, Musial, Sawatski, Simmons, Taussig, White)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/10/1994, at FLO, 8 (Alicea, Gilkey, Jefferies, Olivares, Pagnozzi, Smith, Whiten, Zeile)
Ends with I on 6/5/1960, at SFN, 2 (Sadecki, Sawatski)
  on 174 occasions, most recently on 7/14/1998, vs CIN, 2 (Gaetti, Pagnozzi)
Starts with J on 9/29/1960, at LAN, 3 (Jackson, James, Javier)
  on 57 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1993, at MON, 3 (Jefferies, Jones, Jordan)
Contains J on 9/29/1960, at LAN, 3 (Jackson, James, Javier)
  on 57 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1993, at MON, 3 (Jefferies, Jones, Jordan)
Starts with K on 5/30/1980, vs MON, 2 (Kaat, Kennedy)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1980, vs HOU, 2 (Kaat, Kennedy)
Contains K on 7/14/1979, at HOU, 5 (Brock, Hendrick, Kennedy, Oberkfell, Vuckovich)
Ends with K on 6/12/1965, vs MLN, 3 (Brock, Buchek, Warwick)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 4/29/1966, at SFN, 3 (Brock, Buchek, Kernek)
Starts with L on 4/16/1987, vs MON, 4 (Laga, Lake, Landrum, Lindeman)
Contains L on 7/30/1992, at PIT, 7 (Alicea, Clark, Galarraga, Gilkey, Hudler, Lankford, Zeile)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/14/1997, at PHI, 7 (Clayton, DeShields, Difelice, Franklin, Gulan, Lankford, Stottlemyre)
Ends with L on 4/13/1960, at SFN, 2 (Mizell, Musial)
  on 207 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1981, at MON, 2 (Littell, Oberkfell)
Starts with M on 4/29/1999, vs COL, 5 (Marrero, McEwing, McGee, McGwire, Mercker)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1999, vs ARI, 5 (Marrero, McEwing, McGee, McGwire, Mercker)
Contains M on 4/29/1975, at PIT, 8 (Brinkman, Martinez, McBride, McGlothen, Melendez, Simmons, Sizemore, Smith)
Ends with M on 9/20/1960, vs LAN, 2 (Cunningham, Landrum)
  on 39 occasions, most recently on 10/5/1980, vs NYN, 2 (Durham, Landrum)
Starts with N on 10/2/1960, at SFN, 2 (Nelson, Nieman)
Contains N on 10/3/1987, vs NYN, 8 (Driessen, Green, Johnson, Lindeman, O'Neal, Oquendo, Pena, Pendleton)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/14/2003, at HOU, 8 (Edmonds, Haren, Martinez, Matheny, Renteria, Robinson, Rolen, Vina)
Ends with N on 10/3/1987, vs NYN, 5 (Driessen, Green, Johnson, Lindeman, Pendleton)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/19/1990, vs HOU, 5 (Coleman, DeLeon, Pendleton, Thompson, Wilson)
Starts with O on 9/18/1995, at PIT, 3 (Oliva, Oquendo, Osborne)
Contains O on 5/12/1965, at NYN, 8 (Boyer, Brock, Flood, Francona, Gagliano, Groat, Shannon, Simmons)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 7/6/2004, vs CIN, 8 (Anderson, Cedeno, Edmonds, Molina, Morris, Pujols, Rolen, Womack)
Ends with O on 5/8/2003, at CIN, 4 (Cairo, Delgado, Marrero, Palmeiro)
Starts with P on 6/25/1994, at CHN, 4 (Pagnozzi, Palacios, Pena, Perry)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/26/1994, vs NYN, 4 (Pagnozzi, Palacios, Pena, Perry)
Contains P on 10/3/1976, at PIT, 4 (Mumphrey, Potter, Rudolph, Templeton)
  on 48 occasions, most recently on 7/17/2003, at LAN, 4 (Palmeiro, Perez, Pujols, Stephenson)
Ends with P on 6/17/1970, at SDN, 1 (Beauchamp)
  on 50 occasions, most recently on 8/9/2001, at MON, 1 (Clapp)
Starts with Q on 5/1/1983, vs SFN, 1 (Quirk)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1983, vs CHN, 1 (Quirk)
Contains Q on 10/5/1986, at CHN, 2 (Manrique, Oquendo)
Starts with R on 7/25/1975, vs PHI, 3 (Reed, Reitz, Rudolph)
  on 34 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2004, vs MIL, 3 (Renteria, Reyes, Rolen)
Contains R on 7/18/1976, at SFN, 9 (Crawford, Cruz, Ferguson, Harris, Hernandez, McBride, Mumphrey, Rasmussen, Richard)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/11/1982, vs NYN, 9 (Andujar, Green, Hendrick, Hernandez, Herr, Iorg, Oberkfell, Porter, Ramsey)
Ends with R on 7/13/1964, at PIT, 5 (Boyer, Cuellar, Javier, McCarver, Skinner)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/23/1964, vs PIT, 5 (Boyer, Cuellar, Javier, McCarver, Skinner)
Starts with S on 4/25/1961, vs MLN, 4 (Schoendienst, Simmons, Smith, Spencer)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 5/15/1996, at FLO, 4 (Sheaffer, Smith, Stottlemyre, Sweeney)
Contains S on 5/22/1976, at PHI, 7 (Anderson, Curtis, Harris, Kessinger, Simmons, Smith, Tyson)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/23/1976, at PHI, 7 (Anderson, Forsch, Harris, Kessinger, Simmons, Smith, Tyson)
Ends with S on 7/23/2000, at HOU, 5 (Benes, Davis, Edmonds, Tatis, Wilkins)
Starts with T on 5/10/1970, at ATL, 3 (Taylor, Torre, Torrez)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1979, at ATL, 3 (Templeton, Thomas, Tyson)
Contains T on 7/21/1962, at HOU, 6 (Gotay, Sawatski, Schoendienst, Smith, White, Whitfield)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 9/16/2000, vs CHN, 6 (Dunston, Matheny, Paquette, Renteria, Stephenson, Tatis)
Ends with T on 7/30/1978, at SDN, 2 (Garrett, Scott)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/9/1998, at CIN, 2 (Gant, Witt)
Starts with U on 4/14/1964, at LAN, 1 (Uecker)
  on 163 occasions, most recently on 4/12/1996, vs PHI, 1 (Urbani)
Contains U on 8/3/1971, vs SDN, 5 (Alou, Burda, Hague, Kubiak, Reuss)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1971, at PIT, 5 (Alou, Cruz, Hague, Kubiak, Reuss)
Ends with U on 4/6/1971, at CHN, 1 (Alou)
  on 240 occasions, most recently on 8/26/1972, vs SDN, 1 (Alou)
Starts with V on 9/4/1972, vs MON, 1 (Voss)
  on 978 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, at ARI, 1 (Vina)
Contains V on 8/20/1966, at LAN, 4 (Javier, Maxvill, McCarver, Savage)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 8/13/1969, at LAN, 4 (Davalillo, Javier, Maxvill, McCarver)
Starts with W on 9/25/1961, at MLN, 3 (Warwick, Washburn, White)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2004, at HOU, 3 (Walker, Williams, Womack)
Contains W on 7/3/1999, vs ARI, 5 (Drew, Howard, Howard, McEwing, McGwire)
Ends with W on 9/7/1963, at PIT, 1 (Withrow)
  on 504 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2003, at ARI, 1 (Drew)
Contains X on 6/16/1962, at SFN, 1 (Maxvill)
  on 1118 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1988, vs MON, 1 (Cox)
Ends with X on 8/6/1983, vs PHI, 1 (Cox)
  on 150 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1988, vs MON, 1 (Cox)
Starts with Y on 4/16/1977, vs PIT, 1 (Youngblood)
  on 103 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, vs CHN, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 4/12/1997, vs HOU, 5 (Clayton, Mabry, Stottlemyre, Sweeney, Young)
Ends with Y on 5/20/1976, vs PIT, 3 (Denny, Fairly, Mumphrey)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 4/7/1996, at ATL, 3 (Busby, Mabry, Sweeney)
Starts with Z on 5/3/1971, at PHI, 1 (Zachary)
  on 731 occasions, most recently on 6/15/1995, vs SDN, 1 (Zeile)
Contains Z on 9/12/1975, vs NYN, 5 (Cruz, Hernandez, Melendez, Reitz, Sizemore)
Ends with Z on 9/12/1975, vs NYN, 4 (Cruz, Hernandez, Melendez, Reitz)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/4/1977, at PIT, 4 (Cruz, Hernandez, Reitz, Schultz)
Contains any double letter on 6/5/1969, at HOU, 6 (Flood, Maxvill, McCarver, Shannon, Torre, Torrez)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/2/1997, at PHI, 6 (Bell, Gaetti, Green, McGee, Sheaffer, Stottlemyre)
Ends with any double letter on 7/20/1970, vs CIN, 3 (Lee, Maxvill, Reuss)
  on 250 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1988, at PIT, 3 (Hill, Lawless, McGee)
Starts with any vowel on 9/21/1978, vs NYN, 3 (Iorg, Oberkfell, Urrea)
  on 48 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1997, vs CHN, 3 (Aybar, Ordaz, Young)
Contains nary an E on 4/26/1967, at HOU, 8 (Brock, Carlton, Flood, Johnson, Maxvill, Romano, Shannon, Tolan)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 5/17/1976, vs PIT, 8 (Brock, Crawford, Curtis, Fairly, Harris, Simmons, Smith, Tyson)
Ends with any vowel on 7/14/1991, at ATL, 8 (Gilkey, Jose, Oquendo, Pagnozzi, Pena, Perry, Tewksbury, Zeile)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1991, vs MON, 8 (Gilkey, Jose, Oquendo, Pagnozzi, Pena, Perry, Tewksbury, Zeile)
Contains 3 letters on 9/5/1969, vs MON, 1 (Lee)
  on 218 occasions, most recently on 4/26/1995, vs PHI, 1 (Lee)
Contains 4 letters on 9/25/1981, vs PIT, 4 (Herr, Iorg, Kaat, Roof)
Contains 5 letters on 4/25/1964, vs HOU, 7 (Boyer, Craig, Flood, Groat, James, Lewis, White)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/5/1973, at LAN, 7 (Bibby, Brock, Busse, Reitz, Stein, Torre, Tyson)
Contains 6 letters on 6/29/1993, vs PHI, 6 (Alicea, Arocha, Gilkey, Jordan, Pappas, Whiten)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1995, vs COL, 6 (Cooper, Cromer, Gilkey, Hemond, Jordan, Watson)
Contains 7 letters on 4/18/1999, at HOU, 6 (Dunston, Marrero, McEwing, McGwire, Osborne, Polanco)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/22/2000, vs SFN, 6 (Dunston, Edmonds, Hentgen, Matheny, McGwire, Polanco)
Contains 8 letters on 9/8/1990, at CHN, 5 (Guerrero, Lankford, Olivares, Pagnozzi, Thompson)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/21/2003, vs PIT, 5 (Martinez, Palmeiro, Renteria, Robinson, Williams)
Contains 9 letters on 6/20/1971, at CHN, 4 (Beauchamp, McNertney, Santorini, Schofield)
  on 55 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1980, at MON, 4 (Hernandez, Oberkfell, Templeton, Vuckovich)
Contains 10 letters on 4/23/1960, vs LAN, 2 (Cannizzaro, Cunningham)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/2/1988, at SDN, 2 (Fitzgerald, McWilliams)
Contains 11 letters on 8/17/1973, vs SDN, 1 (Heintzelman)
  on 197 occasions, most recently on 9/2/2003, at CHN, 1 (Simontacchi)
Contains 12 letters on 4/19/1961, at LAN, 1 (Schoendienst)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/12/1962, vs PHI, 1 (Schoendienst)

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

The most distinct letters on 9/3/1990, vs NYN, 24 (Coleman, Jose, Lankford, Oquendo, Pagnozzi, Pendleton, Smith, Tewksbury, Zeile, all but VX)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/8/2001, at CLE, 24 (Edmonds, Hermanson, Lankford, Matheny, McGwire, Paquette, Pujols, Renteria, Robinson, Vina, all but XZ)
The fewest distinct letters on 8/13/1972, at PIT, 15 (Allen, Anderson, Brock, Carbo, Melendez, Santorini, Simmons, Sizemore, Torre, all but FGHJPQUVWXY)
  on 39 occasions, most recently on 6/4/2004, vs HOU, 15 (Anderson, Cedeno, Edmonds, Molina, Morris, Pujols, Renteria, Rolen, Sanders, all but BFGHKQVWXYZ)
The most Scrabble® points on 8/8/1978, vs PHI, 155 (26 Vuckovich, 22 Hernandez, 20 Mumphrey, 18 Hendrick, 18 Oberkfell, 14 Reitz, 13 Brock, 13 Templeton, 11 Simmons)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1994, vs CIN, 155 (29 Pagnozzi, 22 Jefferies, 21 Tewksbury, 17 Oquendo, 16 Lankford, 14 Jordan, 14 Zeile, 12 Whiten, 10 Smith)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 9/16/1987, at PIT, 75 (12 Pendleton, 11 Coleman, 10 McGee, 10 Smith, 8 Morris, 7 Herr, 6 Pena, 6 Tudor, 5 Laga)

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