Letters in the Chicago Cubs Lineup

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Starts with A on 5/30/1960, at SFN, 4 (Altman, Anderson, Ashburn, Averill)
Contains A on 10/2/1991, at PHI, 9 (Dascenzo, Dawson, Grace, Landrum, Maddux, Salazar, Sanchez, Sandberg, Villanueva)
  on 51 occasions, most recently on 6/27/2004, at CHA, 9 (Alou, Bako, Hollandsworth, Maddux, Martinez, Patterson, Ramirez, Sosa, Walker)
Ends with A on 9/10/2000, vs HOU, 3 (Ojeda, Sosa, Zuleta)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/13/2001, at ARI, 3 (Ojeda, Sosa, Zuleta)
Starts with B on 7/2/1963, vs NYN, 6 (Banks, Bertell, Brock, Buhl, Burke, Burton)
Contains B on 7/2/1963, vs NYN, 6 (Banks, Bertell, Brock, Buhl, Burke, Burton)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/11/1964, vs SLN, 6 (Banks, Bertell, Broglio, Burton, Campbell, Gabrielson)
Ends with B on 8/21/1968, vs ATL, 1 (Bobb)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1976, at PIT, 1 (Tabb)
Starts with C on 9/28/1964, at LAN, 3 (Campbell, Clemens, Cowan)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/11/1978, vs SDN, 3 (Clines, Cox, Cruz)
Contains C on 8/26/1953, at BRO, 5 (Church, Jackson, Jeffcoat, McCullough, Metkovich)
  on 75 occasions, most recently on 6/9/1997, at MON, 5 (Castillo, Clark, Grace, McRae, Sanchez)
Ends with C on 4/12/1981, vs NYN, 1 (Kravec)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/15/1982, at NYN, 1 (Kravec)
Starts with D on 4/7/1987, vs SLN, 6 (Davis, Dawson, Dayett, Dernier, Dunston, Durham)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 6/15/1987, vs PHI, 6 (Davis, Dawson, Dayett, Dernier, Dunston, Durham)
Contains D on 4/12/1987, at PHI, 9 (Davis, Dawson, Dayett, Dernier, Dunston, Durham, Maddux, Moreland, Sandberg)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/30/1987, at ATL, 9 (Davis, Dawson, Dayett, Dernier, Dunston, Durham, Maddux, Moreland, Sandberg)
Ends with D on 9/6/2000, at COL, 4 (Buford, Gload, Reed, Wood)
Starts with E on 9/17/1953, vs PHI, 1 (Elston)
  on 477 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2008, at MIL, 1 (Edmonds)
Contains E on 6/28/1977, at MON, 9 (Biittner, Buckner, De Jesus, Kelleher, Morales, Murcer, Ontiveros, Reuschel, Swisher)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1996, vs PIT, 9 (Gomez, Gonzalez, Grace, Jennings, McRae, Sanchez, Sandberg, Servais, Trachsel)
Ends with E on 4/2/1997, at FLO, 4 (Glanville, Grace, McRae, Orie)
  on 33 occasions, most recently on 8/7/1997, vs SFN, 4 (Glanville, Grace, McRae, Orie)
Starts with F on 9/11/1954, at PHI, 2 (Fanning, Fondy)
  on 94 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2008, at MIL, 2 (Fontenot, Fukudome)
Contains F on 6/19/2008, at TBA, 3 (Fontenot, Fukudome, Hoffpauir)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2008, at MIL, 3 (Fontenot, Fukudome, Hoffpauir)
Ends with F on 7/29/2001, vs SLN, 1 (McGriff)
  on 187 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2002, at PIT, 1 (McGriff)
Starts with G on 8/12/2000, vs CIN, 5 (Garibay, Girardi, Grace, Greene, Gutierrez)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/8/2000, vs HOU, 5 (Girardi, Gload, Grace, Greene, Gutierrez)
Contains G on 9/26/1996, at CIN, 6 (Glanville, Grace, Jennings, Magadan, Sandberg, Swartzbaugh)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/8/2000, vs HOU, 6 (Girardi, Gload, Grace, Greene, Gutierrez, Young)
Ends with G on 6/23/1957, vs NY1, 2 (Fanning, Long)
  on 75 occasions, most recently on 6/7/1994, at PHI, 2 (Sandberg, Young)
Starts with H on 9/12/1969, at SLN, 4 (Hall, Hands, Hickman, Hundley)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1970, vs SLN, 4 (Hall, Hands, Hiatt, Hickman)
Contains H on 6/11/1960, vs PHI, 6 (Ashburn, Bouchee, Ellsworth, Hegan, Johnson, Thomas)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/2/2002, vs MIL, 6 (Bellhorn, Echevarria, Hermansen, Hill, Mahoney, Smyth)
Ends with H on 8/21/1953, at MLN, 3 (Church, McCullough, Metkovich)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/26/1971, vs PHI, 3 (North, Popovich, Rudolph)
Starts with I on 4/17/1956, at MLN, 1 (Irvin)
  on 153 occasions, most recently on 7/14/2007, vs HOU, 1 (Izturis)
Contains I on 7/5/1970, vs PIT, 8 (Callison, Hiatt, Hickman, Jenkins, Kessinger, Popovich, Smith, Williams)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1971, at PIT, 8 (Davis, Hickman, Kessinger, Martin, Pepitone, Pizarro, Popovich, Williams)
Ends with I on 8/25/1998, at CIN, 3 (Gaetti, Morandini, Tapani)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 8/7/1999, vs HOU, 3 (Gaetti, Morandini, Tapani)
Starts with J on 5/10/1953, at MLN, 2 (Jackson, Jeffcoat)
  on 142 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1997, vs SLN, 2 (Jennings, Johnson)
Contains J on 5/10/1953, at MLN, 2 (Jackson, Jeffcoat)
  on 198 occasions, most recently on 9/17/1997, vs SLN, 2 (Jennings, Johnson)
Starts with K on 6/13/1965, vs CIN, 4 (Kessinger, Koonce, Krug, Kuenn)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/17/1965, at LAN, 4 (Kessinger, Koonce, Krug, Kuenn)
Contains K on 6/7/1955, at PIT, 7 (Baker, Banks, Hacker, Jackson, King, Miksis, Speake)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/14/1955, vs MLN, 7 (Baker, Banks, Hacker, Jackson, King, Miksis, Speake)
Ends with K on 9/11/1974, at MON, 3 (LaCock, Madlock, Stelmaszek)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/25/1974, vs MON, 3 (LaCock, Madlock, Stelmaszek)
Starts with L on 6/1/1957, at CIN, 3 (Littlefield, Littrell, Long)
Contains L on 6/12/1976, vs HOU, 8 (Cardenal, LaCock, Madlock, Mitterwald, Morales, Reuschel, Rosello, Trillo)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/10/1976, at PHI, 8 (Cardenal, Kelleher, Madlock, Mitterwald, Morales, Reuschel, Trillo, Wallis)
Ends with L on 6/2/1960, at LAN, 4 (Averill, Cardwell, Kindall, Will)
Starts with M on 6/24/1953, vs PHI, 4 (McCullough, Metkovich, Miksis, Minner)
  on 123 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2006, vs MIL, 4 (Mabry, Marshall, Moore, Murton)
Contains M on 7/8/1987, vs SDN, 7 (Brumley, Durham, Martinez, Moreland, Moyer, Mumphrey, Palmeiro)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/10/1987, vs LAN, 7 (Brumley, Durham, Maddux, Martinez, Moreland, Mumphrey, Palmeiro)
Ends with M on 5/29/1981, at NYN, 2 (Durham, Lum)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1981, vs SLN, 2 (Durham, Lum)
Starts with N on 7/1/1959, vs SLN, 2 (Neeman, Noren)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2000, vs PHI, 2 (Nation, Nieves)
Contains N on 7/5/1957, at MLN, 8 (Banks, Elston, Kindall, Long, Morgan, Moryn, Neeman, Tanner)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 7/6/1992, vs CIN, 8 (Daniels, Dascenzo, Dawson, Morgan, Sanchez, Sandberg, Vizcaino, Wilkins)
Ends with N on 6/29/1980, vs SLN, 6 (Henderson, Johnson, Kingman, Martin, McGlothen, Tyson)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/8/1990, vs ATL, 6 (Dawson, Dunston, McClendon, Walton, Wilkerson, Wilson)
Starts with O on 8/10/2003, at LAN, 2 (O'Leary, Ojeda)
Contains O on 9/15/1971, at NYN, 8 (Bourque, Fanzone, Hooton, North, Popovich, Rudolph, Santo, Torres)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 8/15/2008, at FLO, 8 (DeRosa, Edmonds, Fontenot, Johnson, Soriano, Soto, Theriot, Zambrano)
Ends with O on 9/17/2006, vs CIN, 4 (Blanco, Cedeno, Soto, Zambrano)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2008, at NYN, 4 (Blanco, Cedeno, Soriano, Zambrano)
Starts with P on 7/31/2006, vs ARI, 4 (Pagan, Perez, Pierre, Prior)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/10/2006, at MIL, 4 (Pagan, Perez, Pierre, Prior)
Contains P on 4/11/2005, vs SDN, 4 (Dempster, Garciaparra, Patterson, Perez)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/10/2006, at MIL, 4 (Pagan, Perez, Pierre, Prior)
Ends with P on 4/15/1967, at PIT, 1 (Culp)
  on 133 occasions, most recently on 6/3/1990, at SLN, 1 (Blankenship)
Starts with Q on 4/17/1969, at SLN, 1 (Qualls)
  on 64 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2000, at PIT, 1 (Quevedo)
Contains Q on 5/21/1954, vs MLN, 1 (Marquez)
  on 193 occasions, most recently on 9/22/2008, at NYN, 1 (Marquis)
Starts with R on 10/2/1972, vs PHI, 3 (Reuschel, Rosello, Rudolph)
Contains R on 9/16/1975, vs PIT, 9 (Cardenal, Kessinger, Mitterwald, Morales, Reuschel, Rosello, Thornton, Trillo, Tyrone)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/10/1998, at MIN, 9 (Alexander, Blauser, Brown, Grace, Hernandez, Morandini, Rodriguez, Servais, Trachsel)
Ends with R on 6/27/1954, at NY1, 5 (Baker, Cooper, Hacker, Kiner, Sauer)
  on 28 occasions, most recently on 7/18/1978, vs SFN, 5 (Biittner, Buckner, Kelleher, Murcer, Rader)
Starts with S on 5/12/1992, at HOU, 5 (Salazar, Sandberg, Smith, Sosa, Strange)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 4/22/1997, at MON, 5 (Sanchez, Sandberg, Servais, Sosa, Swartzbaugh)
Contains S on 8/16/1964, vs PIT, 9 (Banks, Clemens, Gabrielson, Rodgers, Roznovsky, Santo, Slaughter, Stewart, Williams)
Ends with S on 9/19/1962, at PHI, 6 (Banks, Hubbs, Mathews, Rodgers, Steevens, Williams)
Starts with T on 7/13/1958, vs PHI, 4 (Tanner, Taylor, Taylor, Thomson)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1958, vs PHI, 4 (Tanner, Taylor, Taylor, Thomson)
Contains T on 7/17/1960, at SLN, 6 (Altman, Ellsworth, Heist, Santo, Tappe, Thomas)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 5/9/2005, vs NYN, 6 (Barrett, Burnitz, Hairston, Hollandsworth, Leicester, Patterson)
Ends with T on 8/22/1965, vs HOU, 3 (Beckert, Hoeft, Stewart)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/19/2007, at TEX, 3 (Barrett, Fontenot, Theriot)
Starts with U on 8/18/1968, vs CIN, 1 (Upham)
Contains U on 4/13/2001, vs PIT, 6 (Buford, Gutierrez, Hundley, Mueller, Young, Zuleta)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2001, at ATL, 6 (Cruz, Gutierrez, Hundley, Mueller, Tucker, Young)
Ends with U on 4/18/1983, at PHI, 1 (Moskau)
  on 437 occasions, most recently on 5/28/2006, vs ATL, 1 (Ryu)
Starts with V on 5/5/1991, at ATL, 2 (Villanueva, Vizcaino)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 6/20/1992, at PHI, 2 (Villanueva, Vizcaino)
Contains V on 6/24/1983, at MON, 3 (Davis, Ruthven, Veryzer)
  on 11 occasions, most recently on 9/14/1996, vs PHI, 3 (Glanville, Navarro, Servais)
Starts with W on 4/9/1989, vs PIT, 4 (Walton, Webster, Wilkerson, Wrona)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1990, at LAN, 4 (Walton, Wilkerson, Wilson, Wynne)
Contains W on 4/9/1989, vs PIT, 5 (Dawson, Walton, Webster, Wilkerson, Wrona)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1990, at LAN, 5 (Dawson, Walton, Wilkerson, Wilson, Wynne)
Ends with W on 4/27/1963, vs PHI, 1 (Ranew)
  on 445 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1989, at SLN, 1 (Law)
Contains X on 9/6/1973, at MON, 1 (Alexander)
  on 477 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2007, at SFN, 1 (Fox)
Ends with X on 4/26/1978, at PHI, 1 (Cox)
  on 343 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2007, at SFN, 1 (Fox)
Starts with Y on 9/9/1965, at LAN, 1 (Young)
  on 432 occasions, most recently on 10/7/2001, vs PIT, 1 (Young)
Contains Y on 5/9/1958, at SLN, 5 (Drabowsky, Goryl, Moryn, Taylor, Taylor)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/21/1958, vs PIT, 5 (Drabowsky, Goryl, Moryn, Taylor, Taylor)
Ends with Y on 5/2/1972, vs ATL, 3 (Hundley, Monday, Shamsky)
  on 35 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1986, at ATL, 3 (Cey, Eckersley, Mumphrey)
Starts with Z on 4/12/1960, at LAN, 1 (Zimmer)
  on 571 occasions, most recently on 9/24/2008, at NYN, 1 (Zambrano)
Contains Z on 6/10/1992, at SLN, 4 (Dascenzo, Salazar, Sanchez, Vizcaino)
  on 68 occasions, most recently on 8/22/2005, vs ATL, 4 (Burnitz, Perez, Ramirez, Zambrano)
Ends with Z on 5/27/1998, vs PHI, 4 (Gonzalez, Hernandez, Martinez, Rodriguez)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2003, vs MIL, 4 (Cruz, Gonzalez, Martinez, Ramirez)
Contains any double letter on 7/25/1976, at SLN, 7 (Biittner, Kelleher, Mitterwald, Rosello, Summers, Trillo, Wallis)
Ends with any double letter on 5/30/1960, at SFN, 5 (Averill, Bouchee, Drott, Kindall, Will)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 6/2/1960, at LAN, 5 (Averill, Bouchee, Cardwell, Kindall, Will)
Starts with any vowel on 5/28/1960, vs LAN, 4 (Altman, Ashburn, Averill, Ellsworth)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1960, at SFN, 4 (Altman, Ashburn, Averill, Ellsworth)
Contains nary an E on 4/27/1958, at SFN, 9 (Banks, Drott, Goryl, Long, Moryn, Taylor, Taylor, Thomson, Walls)
  on 85 occasions, most recently on 6/17/1970, at SFN, 9 (Banks, Callison, Gagliano, Hiatt, Hickman, Holtzman, Popovich, Santo, Williams)
Ends with any vowel on 5/4/1992, vs ATL, 7 (Castillo, Dascenzo, Girardi, Grace, May, Sosa, Strange)
  on 21 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, at NYN, 7 (Blanco, Cedeno, DeRosa, Fukudome, Lee, McGehee, Soriano)
Contains 3 letters on 4/17/2007, vs SDN, 2 (Lee, Pie)
  on 54 occasions, most recently on 9/10/2008, at SLN, 2 (Lee, Pie)
Contains 4 letters on 9/8/2002, at SLN, 6 (Alou, Choi, Hill, Orie, Sosa, Wood)
Contains 5 letters on 7/26/1956, at PIT, 8 (Baker, Banks, Chiti, Drake, Fondy, Irvin, Jones, Moryn)
Contains 6 letters on 5/30/2006, vs CIN, 7 (Blanco, Cedeno, Maddux, Murton, Pierre, Walker, Womack)
Contains 7 letters on 6/5/1960, at LAN, 6 (Ashburn, Bouchee, Freeman, Gernert, Kindall, Thacker)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 5/2/2007, at PIT, 6 (Barrett, Izturis, Marquis, Ramirez, Soriano, Theriot)
Contains 8 letters on 8/8/1987, at NYN, 7 (Martinez, Moreland, Mumphrey, Palmeiro, Quinones, Sandberg, Sundberg)
Contains 9 letters on 7/22/1979, vs CIN, 4 (Blackwell, Henderson, McGlothen, Ontiveros)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 7/1/1999, vs MIL, 4 (Alexander, Hernandez, Morandini, Rodriguez)
Contains 10 letters on 5/4/1953, at PHI, 2 (Klippstein, Ramazzotti)
  on 70 occasions, most recently on 5/13/1997, vs LAN, 2 (Kieschnick, Mulholland)
Contains 11 letters on 6/1/1957, at CIN, 1 (Littlefield)
  on 115 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2005, at HOU, 1 (Garciaparra)
Contains 12 letters on 7/5/1956, at MLN, 1 (Valentinetti)
  on 211 occasions, most recently on 10/3/2004, vs ATL, 1 (Grudzielanek)
Contains 13 letters on 4/10/2004, at ATL, 1 (Hollandsworth)
  on 97 occasions, most recently on 8/29/2005, vs LAN, 1 (Hollandsworth)

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

The most distinct letters on 6/25/1953, vs PHI, 24 (Baumholtz, Brown, Fondy, Garagiola, Jackson, Kiner, Metkovich, Miksis, Pollet, all but QX)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/23/1973, at SLN, 24 (Beckert, Bourque, Cardenal, Fanzone, Jenkins, Kessinger, Monday, Rudolph, Williams, all but VX)
The fewest distinct letters on 5/26/1957, vs MLN, 14 (Banks, Bolger, Ernaga, Littrell, Long, Morgan, Neeman, Singleton, Walls, all but CDFHJPQUVXYZ)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 8/24/2008, vs WAS, 14 (DeRosa, Edmonds, Fontenot, Harden, Ramirez, Soriano, Soto, Theriot, Ward, all but BCGJKLPQUVXY)
The most total letters on 7/30/1974, vs MON, 75 (Grabarkewitz, Kessinger, Madlock, Monday, Morales, Reuschel, Stelmaszek, Thornton, Williams)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/26/2004, at CHA, 75 (Alou, Barrett, Grudzielanek, Hollandsworth, Lee, Martinez, Patterson, Ramirez, Sosa, Zambrano)
The fewest total letters on 7/29/1956, at BRO, 43 (Baker, Banks, Chiti, Davis, Drake, Fondy, Hoak, King, Moryn)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/21/2000, at ATL, 43 (Buford, Grace, Hill, Nieves, Ojeda, Reed, Sosa, Wood, Young)
The most Scrabble® points on 8/15/1953, vs MLN, 167 (30 Ramazzotti, 25 Baumholtz, 23 Jeffcoat, 20 Jackson, 20 McCullough, 16 Church, 12 Fondy, 12 Miksis, 9 Kiner)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 6/27/1957, vs PIT, 70 (11 Banks, 10 Moryn, 9 Morgan, 8 Littrell, 8 Neeman, 7 Will, 6 Drott, 6 Tanner, 5 Long)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2007, at SLN, 70 (12 Jones, 11 Fontenot, 10 Theriot, 8 Lilly, 8 Ward, 7 DeRosa, 7 Soriano, 4 Soto, 3 Lee)

Unique occurrences in bold.
Includes all games played 1953-2008.
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