Letters in the Baltimore Orioles Lineup

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When did the Baltimore Orioles use a starting lineup with the most players whose surname...

Starts with A on 4/26/1996, vs TEX, 3 (Alexander, Alomar, Anderson)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1996, at KCA, 3 (Alexander, Alomar, Anderson)
Contains A on 4/17/1959, vs WS1, 9 (Carrasquel, Finigan, Gardner, Hale, Nieman, Pappas, Pilarcik, Tasby, Triandos)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/11/2008, vs CLE, 9 (Bass, Castro, Fahey, Hernandez, Markakis, Millar, Montanez, Mora, Payton)
Ends with A on 5/6/2002, vs CLE, 4 (Batista, Cordova, Molina, Mora)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/12/2005, vs TOR, 4 (Cabrera, Mora, Sosa, Tejada)
Starts with B on 7/6/1965, at KC1, 5 (Barber, Blefary, Bowens, Brandt, Brown)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1995, vs SEA, 5 (Baines, Barberie, Bonilla, Brown, Brown)
Contains B on 8/16/1967, at NYA, 8 (Belanger, Blair, Blefary, Bowens, Etchebarren, Phoebus, Robinson, Robinson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1968, vs MIN, 8 (Belanger, Blair, Blefary, Buford, Etchebarren, Phoebus, Robinson, Robinson)
Starts with C on 4/17/1954, vs DET, 3 (Coan, Coleman, Courtney)
  on 38 occasions, most recently on 6/25/2006, vs WAS, 3 (Cabrera, Clark, Conine)
Contains C on 9/23/1973, at MIL, 6 (Cabell, Coggins, Crowley, DeCinces, Grich, McNally)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/11/1976, at MIL, 6 (Crowley, DeCinces, Duncan, Garcia, Grich, Jackson)
Starts with D on 4/13/1981, at BOS, 4 (Dauer, DeCinces, Dempsey, Dwyer)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1985, vs DET, 4 (Dauer, Dempsey, Dixon, Dwyer)
Contains D on 5/6/1956, vs DET, 6 (Adams, Boyd, Diering, Gardner, Miranda, Triandos)
  on 46 occasions, most recently on 5/25/2001, vs TEX, 6 (Anderson, Bordick, DeShields, Fordyce, Mercedes, Richard)
Ends with D on 9/25/1968, vs DET, 3 (Buford, Floyd, Rettenmund)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 5/11/1993, vs BOS, 3 (Buford, Leonard, McDonald)
Starts with E on 9/24/1966, at CAL, 2 (Epstein, Etchebarren)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/30/1967, vs DET, 2 (Epstein, Etchebarren)
Contains E on 8/26/1990, vs CLE, 10 (Devereaux, Finley, Gallagher, Hulett, Kittle, Melvin, Mitchell, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1994, vs DET, 10 (Anderson, Baines, Devereaux, Gomez, Hoiles, Hulett, McLemore, Moyer, Palmeiro, Ripken)
Ends with E on 9/27/1959, at NYA, 4 (Burke, Hale, Shetrone, Valentine)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/29/2003, at SEA, 4 (Bigbie, Conine, DuBose, Fordyce)
Starts with F on 6/30/1956, vs BOS, 3 (Ferrarese, Francona, Frazier)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/12/1956, at NYA, 3 (Ferrarese, Francona, Frazier)
Contains F on 6/30/1956, vs BOS, 3 (Ferrarese, Francona, Frazier)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2008, at NYA, 3 (Fahey, Huff, Sarfate)
Ends with F on 4/2/1996, vs KCA, 1 (Surhoff)
  on 1228 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2008, vs TOR, 1 (Huff)
Starts with G on 8/25/1957, at CHA, 4 (Gardner, Ginsberg, Goodman, Green)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1957, at NYA, 4 (Gardner, Ginsberg, Goodman, Green)
Contains G on 6/27/1987, at DET, 6 (Gerhart, Gonzales, Knight, Van Gorder, Wiggins, Young)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/11/1987, vs MIN, 6 (Gerhart, Griffin, Knight, Van Gorder, Washington, Wiggins)
Ends with G on 4/24/1955, vs WS1, 3 (Diering, Woodling, Young)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 5/18/1960, at KC1, 3 (Breeding, Ginsberg, Woodling)
Starts with H on 4/27/1961, at WS2, 3 (Hall, Hansen, Herzog)
  on 103 occasions, most recently on 5/7/2008, at OAK, 3 (Hernandez, Hernandez, Huff)
Contains H on 10/3/1972, at CLE, 5 (Etchebarren, Grich, Harrison, Matchick, Shopay)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/8/1991, at OAK, 5 (Hoiles, Horn, Hulett, McKnight, Worthington)
Ends with H on 4/18/1955, vs NYA, 2 (Marsh, Smith)
  on 63 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1977, vs CLE, 2 (Rudolph, Smith)
Starts with I on 8/30/1996, at SEA, 1 (Incaviglia)
  on 42 occasions, most recently on 7/5/1997, at DET, 1 (Incaviglia)
Contains I on 9/11/1995, vs BOS, 9 (Baines, Barberie, Bonilla, Goodwin, Hoiles, Mussina, Palmeiro, Ripken, Smith)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2002, vs NYA, 9 (Batista, Bigbie, Bordick, Conine, Gibbons, Gil, Hairston, Richard, Singleton)
Ends with I on 5/11/1990, at OAK, 2 (Milacki, Segui)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 6/27/1997, vs TOR, 2 (Dellucci, Kamieniecki)
Starts with J on 5/10/1965, vs DET, 2 (Johnson, Johnson)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 7/3/2000, vs TOR, 2 (Johnson, Johnson)
Contains J on 7/2/1955, vs BOS, 2 (Johnson, Majeski)
  on 57 occasions, most recently on 7/29/2006, vs CHA, 2 (Johnson, Tejada)
Starts with K on 6/12/1954, at WS1, 3 (Kennedy, Kretlow, Kryhoski)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/22/1954, vs DET, 3 (Kennedy, Kretlow, Kryhoski)
Contains K on 9/4/1987, vs OAK, 6 (Boddicker, Kennedy, Knight, Ripken, Ripken, Stanicek)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1988, vs DET, 6 (Kennedy, Milacki, Orsulak, Ripken, Ripken, Stanicek)
Ends with K on 7/17/1955, at CHA, 2 (Dyck, Zuverink)
  on 208 occasions, most recently on 7/26/2000, vs NYA, 2 (Bordick, Clark)
Starts with L on 8/28/2004, at TEX, 4 (Leon, Lopez, Lopez, Lopez)
Contains L on 4/6/1973, vs MIL, 7 (Baylor, Belanger, Blair, Crowley, McNally, Powell, Williams)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 9/1/1996, at SEA, 7 (Alomar, Bonilla, Hoiles, Incaviglia, Palmeiro, Wells, Zeile)
Ends with L on 5/29/1956, vs WS1, 2 (Gastall, Kell)
  on 77 occasions, most recently on 6/18/2003, vs TOR, 2 (Daal, Gil)
Starts with M on 7/24/1977, vs MIL, 5 (Maddox, May, May, Mora, Murray)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/21/2007, at TEX, 5 (Markakis, Millar, Molina, Moore, Mora)
Contains M on 5/12/1977, at CAL, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, May, Murray, Muser, Palmer, Smith)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1977, at DET, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Martinez, May, Mora, Murray, Smith)
Ends with M on 9/10/1954, vs WS1, 1 (Durham)
  on 277 occasions, most recently on 7/13/2008, at BOS, 1 (Bynum)
Starts with N on 5/30/1956, vs BOS, 2 (Nelson, Nieman)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1975, at DET, 2 (Nordbrook, Northrup)
Contains N on 5/22/1960, at CLE, 9 (Brandt, Breeding, Brown, Courtney, Gentile, Hansen, Pearson, Robinson, Woodling)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 6/16/1995, at DET, 9 (Alexander, Anderson, Baines, Goodwin, Manto, McDonald, Nokes, Ripken, Van Slyke)
Ends with N on 6/29/1990, at MIN, 8 (Johnson, Melvin, Milligan, Nixon, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton, Worthington)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/1/1990, vs TOR, 8 (Anderson, Horn, Milligan, Ripken, Ripken, Tettleton, Weston, Worthington)
Starts with O on 7/29/1954, vs WS1, 1 (O'Dell)
  on 1047 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, vs TBA, 1 (Olson)
Contains O on 4/11/1996, vs CLE, 9 (Alomar, Anderson, Bonilla, Erickson, Hammonds, Hoiles, Palmeiro, Surhoff, Tarasco)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 7/26/2005, vs TEX, 9 (Lopez, Lopez, Marrero, Matos, Mora, Palmeiro, Roberts, Sosa, Surhoff)
Ends with O on 5/9/1995, at BOS, 3 (Manto, Obando, Palmeiro)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2005, at TBA, 3 (Fasano, Marrero, Palmeiro)
Starts with P on 7/8/1955, at BOS, 3 (Philley, Pillette, Pope)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/24/1998, at BOS, 3 (Palmeiro, Pickering, Ponson)
Contains P on 7/13/1996, vs NYA, 5 (Coppinger, Palmeiro, Polonia, Ripken, Ripken)
Ends with P on 10/2/1974, at DET, 1 (Northrup)
  on 81 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2000, vs TOR, 1 (Rapp)
Starts with Q on 4/21/1962, at WS2, 1 (Quirk)
  on 61 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, vs TBA, 1 (Quiroz)
Contains Q on 4/15/1959, vs NYA, 1 (Carrasquel)
  on 252 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, vs TBA, 1 (Quiroz)
Starts with R on 10/5/2001, vs BOS, 5 (Raines, Raines, Richard, Ripken, Roberts)
Contains R on 7/22/1965, vs KC1, 9 (Adair, Aparicio, Blefary, Brandt, Bunker, Orsino, Robinson, Siebern, Snyder)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 5/11/2001, at NYA, 9 (Anderson, Bordick, Hairston, Lunar, Mora, Myers, Richard, Ripken, Roberts)
Ends with R on 7/17/1974, vs OAK, 6 (Baker, Baylor, Belanger, Blair, Cuellar, Fuller)
Starts with S on 4/17/1977, at TEX, 4 (Shopay, Singleton, Skaggs, Smith)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 8/4/1988, vs CLE, 4 (Schmidt, Schu, Sheets, Stanicek)
Contains S on 9/23/2003, at BOS, 8 (Batista, Cust, DuBose, Gibbons, Hairston, Matos, Roberts, Surhoff)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/7/2005, at TEX, 8 (Byrnes, Fasano, Gibbons, Matos, Ponson, Roberts, Sosa, Surhoff)
Ends with S on 4/5/1993, vs TEX, 5 (Baines, Davis, Hoiles, Mercedes, Reynolds)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2008, vs TOR, 5 (Jones, Markakis, Roberts, Santos, Waters)
Starts with T on 9/14/1958, at CLE, 3 (Tasby, Taylor, Triandos)
  on 20 occasions, most recently on 7/27/2006, at KCA, 3 (Tatis, Tejada, Terrero)
Contains T on 4/21/1954, vs CLE, 7 (Courtney, Hunter, Lenhardt, Stephens, Turley, Waitkus, Wertz)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/22/1954, vs CLE, 7 (Courtney, Hunter, Lenhardt, Pillette, Stephens, Waitkus, Wertz)
Ends with T on 6/9/1987, vs BOS, 3 (Gerhart, Knight, Schmidt)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 6/5/1994, vs CHA, 3 (Oquist, Tackett, Voigt)
Starts with U on 5/12/1984, vs OAK, 1 (Underwood)
Contains U on 4/15/1954, vs CHA, 5 (Courtney, Hunter, Turley, Waitkus, Young)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/12/1988, at TEX, 5 (Bautista, Hughes, Murray, Orsulak, Schu)
Ends with U on 8/26/1961, at MIN, 1 (Lau)
  on 214 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1988, vs NYA, 1 (Schu)
Starts with V on 6/8/1993, vs OAK, 2 (Valenzuela, Voigt)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1993, vs TOR, 2 (Valenzuela, Voigt)
Contains V on 4/8/1991, vs CHA, 4 (Davis, Devereaux, Evans, Melvin)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 10/6/1991, vs DET, 4 (Davis, Devereaux, Evans, Melvin)
Starts with W on 4/27/1955, at DET, 3 (Waitkus, Wilson, Woodling)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/20/1958, vs NYA, 3 (Wilhelm, Williams, Woodling)
Contains W on 8/3/1982, vs BOS, 4 (Crowley, Dwyer, Lowenstein, Stewart)
Ends with W on 4/25/1954, at CHA, 1 (Kretlow)
  on 162 occasions, most recently on 5/27/1979, at DET, 1 (Harlow)
Contains X on 6/20/1990, at CLE, 2 (Devereaux, Nixon)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 2 (Alexander, Devereaux)
Ends with X on 4/11/1955, at WS1, 1 (Cox)
  on 838 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at TOR, 1 (Devereaux)
Starts with Y on 4/13/1954, at DET, 1 (Young)
  on 606 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2005, at TBA, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1986, at NYA, 7 (Dempsey, Lacy, Lynn, Murray, Rayford, Shelby, Young)
Ends with Y on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
Starts with Z on 7/17/1955, at CHA, 1 (Zuverink)
  on 96 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2007, vs TOR, 1 (Zambrano)
Contains Z on 9/2/2008, at BOS, 4 (Hernandez, Liz, Montanez, Salazar)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2008, vs TBA, 4 (Hernandez, Liz, Montanez, Salazar)
Ends with Z on 6/26/2003, at TOR, 3 (Cruz, Lopez, Mendez)
  on 44 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2008, vs TBA, 3 (Hernandez, Liz, Montanez)
Contains any double letter on 7/5/1985, at KCA, 6 (Boddicker, Gross, Lynn, Murray, Sheets, Wiggins)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 8/20/1987, at CAL, 6 (Bell, Kennedy, Lynn, Murray, Sheets, Wiggins)
Ends with any double letter on 6/1/1991, at BOS, 3 (Bell, Hulett, Whitt)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2008, vs TBA, 3 (Bass, Huff, Scott)
Starts with any vowel on 5/9/1963, vs BOS, 4 (Adair, Aparicio, Estrada, Orsino)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 5/4/1999, vs CHA, 4 (Amaral, Anderson, Erickson, Otanez)
Contains nary an E on 4/20/1955, at NYA, 9 (Abrams, Coan, Cox, Miranda, Palica, Smith, Triandos, Woodling, Young)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2008, at TOR, 9 (Cintron, Huff, Markakis, Millar, Olson, Payton, Salazar, Santos, Scott)
Ends with any vowel on 5/7/1977, vs SEA, 7 (Bumbry, Dempsey, Kelly, May, May, Murray, Shopay)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 7/24/2005, at TBA, 7 (Bigbie, Fasano, Marrero, Mora, Palmeiro, Sosa, Tejada)
Contains 3 letters on 6/18/1976, at TEX, 2 (May, May)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1977, vs DET, 2 (May, May)
Contains 4 letters on 7/27/1955, vs DET, 4 (Dyck, Gray, Hale, Pope)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/9/2003, vs BOS, 4 (Cruz, Cust, Mora, Moss)
Contains 5 letters on 5/13/1984, vs OAK, 5 (Dauer, Davis, Dwyer, Gross, Young)
  on 12 occasions, most recently on 6/29/2000, at BOS, 5 (Belle, Clark, Lewis, Minor, Myers)
Contains 6 letters on 7/16/1988, vs MIN, 7 (Hughes, Murray, Peraza, Ripken, Ripken, Sheets, Traber)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/21/1998, vs TOR, 7 (Alomar, Baines, Becker, Carter, Hoiles, Ponson, Ripken)
Contains 7 letters on 6/30/2002, vs PHI, 7 (Batista, Bordick, Cordova, Fordyce, Gibbons, McGuire, Roberts)
Contains 8 letters on 6/7/1958, vs KC1, 7 (Harshman, Marshall, Pilarcik, Robinson, Triandos, Williams, Woodling)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1958, at CHA, 7 (Harshman, Marshall, Pilarcik, Robinson, Triandos, Williams, Woodling)
Contains 9 letters on 6/17/1968, at OAK, 3 (Brabender, Hendricks, Valentine)
  on 46 occasions, most recently on 8/4/2007, at TBA, 3 (Hernandez, Hernandez, Patterson)
Contains 10 letters on 5/17/1957, vs CHA, 2 (Brideweser, Ceccarelli)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 10/1/1993, vs TOR, 2 (Pagliarulo, Valenzuela)
Contains 11 letters on 6/10/1961, vs MIN, 1 (Throneberry)
  on 1011 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1999, vs BOS, 1 (Kamieniecki)
Contains 12 letters on 5/11/1958, vs BOS, 1 (Portocarrero)
  on 46 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1960, vs BOS, 1 (Portocarrero)

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

The most distinct letters on 9/8/1989, at TEX, 25 (Bradley, Devereaux, Finley, Hulett, Johnson, Melendez, Quirk, Ripken, Sheets, Worthington, all but C)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1990, vs SEA, 25 (Bradley, Brown, Devereaux, Gonzales, Harnisch, Jefferson, Melvin, Milligan, Ripken, Worthington, all but Q)
The fewest distinct letters on 8/12/1964, vs BOS, 13 (Adair, Aparicio, Bowens, Brown, Pappas, Powell, Robinson, Robinson, Siebern, all but FGHJKMQTUVXYZ)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 4/14/1965, vs CHA, 13 (Adair, Aparicio, Blair, Bowens, Orsino, Pappas, Powell, Robinson, Siebern, all but FGHJKMQTUVXYZ)
The most total letters on 4/11/1989, at KCA, 80 (Anderson, Bautista, Bradley, Devereaux, Gonzales, Melvin, Milligan, Ripken, Tettleton, Worthington)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/15/1990, at SEA, 80 (Devereaux, Gallagher, Gonzales, Harnisch, Hoiles, McKnight, Melvin, Ripken, Tettleton, Worthington)
The fewest total letters on 5/4/1955, at KC1, 48 (Byrd, Coan, Cox, Diering, Evers, Miranda, Smith, Triandos, Young)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/7/2005, at PIT, 48 (Fasano, Gibbons, Gomez, Mora, Nivar, Penn, Sosa, Surhoff, Tejada)
The most Scrabble® points on 8/18/1989, vs TOR, 153 (22 Jefferson, 20 Devereaux, 18 Gonzales, 18 Worthington, 17 Johnson, 13 Bradley, 12 Ripken, 11 Melvin, 11 Milligan, 11 Orsulak)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 6/9/1956, vs KC1, 76 (13 Francona, 10 Miranda, 9 Triandos, 8 Adams, 8 Kell, 8 Nieman, 7 Hale, 7 Moore, 6 Nelson)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/24/2003, at TEX, 76 (12 Gibbons, 10 Morban, 9 Batista, 9 Roberts, 8 Conine, 7 Matos, 6 Mora, 6 Segui, 5 Daal, 4 Gil)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1954-2008.
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