Letters in the Cleveland Indians Lineup

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Starts with A on 9/22/1963, vs LAA, 4 (Adcock, Agee, Alvis, Azcue)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1963, at KC1, 4 (Adcock, Agee, Alvis, Azcue)
Contains A on 7/17/1988, at SEA, 10 (Bando, Candiotti, Carter, Castillo, Franco, Francona, Hall, Jacoby, Upshaw, Washington)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1988, vs BOS, 10 (Allanson, Candiotti, Clark, Francona, Hall, Jacoby, Jordan, Medina, Washington, Zuvella)
Ends with A on 8/7/1994, at BOS, 4 (Baerga, Espinoza, Ogea, Pena)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/5/2001, at TOR, 4 (Burba, Cabrera, Cordova, Garcia)
Starts with B on 5/27/2003, at DET, 6 (Bard, Bere, Blake, Bradley, Broussard, Burks)
Contains B on 8/5/1973, vs MIL, 6 (Ashby, Bell, Bosman, Brohamer, Chambliss, Gamble)
  on 29 occasions, most recently on 7/30/2005, at SEA, 6 (Belliard, Blake, Boone, Broussard, Dubois, Sabathia)
Ends with B on 4/27/1971, at CAL, 1 (Lamb)
  on 159 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1978, vs MIL, 1 (Grubb)
Starts with C on 4/29/2001, vs TEX, 4 (Cabrera, Colon, Cordero, Cordova)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/13/2008, vs KCA, 4 (Cabrera, Carmona, Carroll, Choo)
Contains C on 4/27/1973, at CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Duncan, Hendrick, Lolich, Wilcox)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/27/2008, at CHA, 6 (Cabrera, Carroll, Choo, Dellucci, Francisco, Jackson)
Starts with D on 6/8/1980, at CHA, 4 (Denny, Diaz, Dilone, Dybzinski)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1981, vs NYA, 4 (Denny, Diaz, Dilone, Dybzinski)
Contains D on 7/24/2002, vs NYA, 7 (Bradley, Broussard, Diaz, Drese, Magruder, McDonald, Snyder)
Ends with D on 5/4/2005, at MIN, 4 (Bard, Belliard, Broussard, Millwood)
Starts with E on 5/20/1962, vs DET, 2 (Edwards, Essegian)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1983, at SEA, 2 (Eichelberger, Essian)
Contains E on 9/1/1991, at CHA, 10 (Baerga, Belle, Browne, Fermin, Gonzalez, James, Martinez, Skinner, Swindell, Whiten)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 6/6/2006, vs OAK, 10 (Belliard, Blake, Boone, Hafner, Martinez, Michaels, Peralta, Perez, Sizemore, Westbrook)
Ends with E on 9/6/1991, vs TOR, 5 (Aldrete, Belle, Cole, Taubensee, Thome)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 9/7/2006, at CHA, 5 (Blake, Boone, Lee, Marte, Sizemore)
Starts with F on 4/22/1970, vs DET, 4 (Ford, Fosse, Foster, Fuller)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/5/1971, at BOS, 4 (Farmer, Ford, Fosse, Foster)
Contains F on 9/25/2007, at SEA, 5 (Barfield, Francisco, Hafner, Laffey, Lofton)
Ends with F on 7/9/1965, at CAL, 1 (Roof)
  on 70 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2006, vs TBA, 1 (Kouzmanoff)
Starts with G on 8/3/2008, at MIN, 4 (Garko, Ginter, Gonzalez, Gutierrez)
Contains G on 6/5/1954, at PHA, 4 (Garcia, Glynn, Hegan, Regalado)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/3/2008, at MIN, 4 (Garko, Ginter, Gonzalez, Gutierrez)
Ends with G on 7/3/1955, vs CHA, 2 (Woodling, Young)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 9/8/1982, vs BOS, 2 (Manning, Rhomberg)
Starts with H on 9/25/1982, at DET, 5 (Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Hayes, Heaton)
Contains H on 9/21/1983, vs MIL, 8 (Fischlin, Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Heaton, Thomas, Thornton, Vukovich)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1983, at MIL, 8 (Behenna, Fischlin, Hargrove, Harrah, Hassey, Thomas, Thornton, Vukovich)
Ends with H on 6/7/1956, at BAL, 2 (McLish, Smith)
  on 86 occasions, most recently on 7/2/2006, at CIN, 2 (Hollandsworth, Shoppach)
Starts with I on 6/24/2006, vs CIN, 1 (Inglett)
  on 53 occasions, most recently on 10/1/2006, vs TBA, 1 (Inglett)
Contains I on 8/28/1955, vs WS1, 8 (Avila, Fain, Foiles, Garcia, Kiner, Smith, Strickland, Woodling)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1957, at DET, 8 (Avila, Colavito, Garcia, Maris, Nixon, Strickland, Williams, Woodling)
Ends with I on 6/16/1954, vs WS1, 2 (Majeski, Mossi)
  on 10 occasions, most recently on 8/24/1957, vs NYA, 2 (Altobelli, Mossi)
Starts with J on 6/2/1990, vs BOS, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1990, at DET, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
Contains J on 6/2/1990, vs BOS, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 6/13/1990, at DET, 4 (Jacoby, James, James, Jefferson)
Starts with K on 7/31/1962, vs LAA, 3 (Kindall, Kirkland, Kubiszyn)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 8/25/1963, vs BOS, 3 (Kindall, Kirkland, Kralick)
Contains K on 7/2/1975, vs NYA, 5 (Eckersley, Hendrick, Kuiper, Spikes, Sudakis)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/23/1977, at BOS, 5 (Blanks, Eckersley, Kendall, Kuiper, Spikes)
Ends with K on 5/8/1963, at WS2, 2 (Adcock, Kralick)
  on 58 occasions, most recently on 5/13/2005, vs TOR, 2 (Ludwick, Westbrook)
Starts with L on 8/4/1971, vs NYA, 3 (Lamb, Leon, Lowenstein)
  on 26 occasions, most recently on 9/18/2004, vs KCA, 3 (Lawton, Lee, Ludwick)
Contains L on 5/25/1966, at DET, 8 (Alvis, Colavito, Crandall, Davalillo, Gonzalez, McDowell, Salmon, Whitfield)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 9/15/2004, vs DET, 8 (Belliard, Blake, Elarton, Lawton, Ludwick, McDonald, Merloni, Phelps)
Ends with L on 6/5/1958, at BOS, 3 (Bell, Carrasquel, Harrell)
  on 33 occasions, most recently on 4/13/1997, vs ANA, 3 (McDowell, Mitchell, Vizquel)
Starts with M on 4/19/1958, at DET, 4 (Maris, Minoso, Moran, Mossi)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 6/14/1958, at WS1, 4 (Maris, McLish, Minoso, Moran)
Contains M on 4/13/1997, vs ANA, 7 (Alomar, Grissom, McDowell, Mitchell, Ramirez, Thome, Williams)
Ends with M on 5/4/1958, at BOS, 1 (Wilhelm)
  on 302 occasions, most recently on 9/29/2006, vs TBA, 1 (Slocum)
Starts with N on 8/30/1954, at BOS, 2 (Naragon, Narleski)
  on 31 occasions, most recently on 7/31/1987, at TOR, 2 (Niekro, Noboa)
Contains N on 10/3/1981, vs BOS, 9 (Bando, Bannister, Brennan, Charboneau, Dilone, Dybzinski, Fischlin, Manning, Thornton)
Ends with N on 7/29/1969, vs CHA, 7 (Hargan, Harrelson, Hinton, Horton, Leon, Nelson, Peterson)
Starts with O on 4/15/1980, at TEX, 2 (Orta, Owchinko)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1993, at TEX, 2 (Ojeda, Ortiz)
Contains O on 8/29/1958, at KC1, 9 (Colavito, Doby, Jackson, Minoso, Moran, Porter, Power, Vernon, Woodeshick)
Ends with O on 9/1/1984, vs BOS, 4 (Bando, Castillo, Franco, Moronko)
  on 30 occasions, most recently on 9/3/2008, vs CHA, 4 (Choo, Fasano, Francisco, Garko)
Starts with P on 4/20/1960, vs DET, 4 (Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power)
  on 36 occasions, most recently on 9/2/1961, at BAL, 4 (Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power)
Contains P on 8/1/1960, at WS1, 6 (Aspromonte, Perry, Phillips, Piersall, Power, Temple)
Ends with P on 8/15/2002, at TBA, 1 (Crisp)
  on 394 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2005, vs CHA, 1 (Crisp)
Contains Q on 4/17/1956, at CHA, 1 (Carrasquel)
  on 1801 occasions, most recently on 8/11/2006, vs KCA, 1 (Vazquez)
Starts with R on 8/11/1999, at ANA, 3 (Ramirez, Ramirez, Roberts)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/6/1999, at BAL, 3 (Ramirez, Ramirez, Roberts)
Contains R on 7/4/2005, vs DET, 10 (Bard, Belliard, Broussard, Crisp, Elarton, Gerut, Hafner, Hernandez, Peralta, Sizemore)
Ends with R on 9/21/1980, at DET, 5 (Alexander, Bannister, Brohamer, Spillner, Veryzer)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 8/5/1986, at DET, 5 (Butcher, Butler, Carter, Snyder, Tabler)
Starts with S on 6/16/1968, vs BOS, 4 (Siebert, Sims, Smith, Snyder)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 6/30/1989, vs OAK, 4 (Salas, Skinner, Snyder, Swindell)
Contains S on 5/30/1971, at CHA, 8 (Chambliss, Fosse, Foster, Foster, Harrelson, Nettles, Pinson, Stanley)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/28/1971, vs MIN, 8 (Chambliss, Fosse, Foster, Foster, Lowenstein, Nettles, Pinson, Stanley)
Ends with S on 7/7/1973, vs CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Ellis, Spikes, Torres, Williams)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/8/1973, vs CAL, 6 (Cardenas, Chambliss, Ellis, Spikes, Torres, Williams)
Starts with T on 6/16/1983, vs NYA, 4 (Tabler, Thomas, Thornton, Trillo)
  on 23 occasions, most recently on 8/8/1983, at BAL, 4 (Tabler, Thomas, Thornton, Trillo)
Contains T on 4/29/1985, at KCA, 7 (Benton, Butler, Carter, Castillo, Heaton, Tabler, Thornton)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/1/1992, vs CHA, 7 (Armstrong, Lofton, Martinez, Ortiz, Sorrento, Thome, Whiten)
Ends with T on 5/7/1964, vs BAL, 2 (Grant, Post)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/21/2003, at CHA, 2 (Gerut, Tallet)
Starts with U on 4/7/1970, vs BAL, 1 (Uhlaender)
  on 457 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1988, vs DET, 1 (Upshaw)
Contains U on 5/18/2001, at ANA, 5 (Burba, Burks, Cruz, Taubensee, Vizquel)
  on 15 occasions, most recently on 5/23/2003, at BOS, 5 (Broussard, Burks, Gerut, Rodriguez, Vizquel)
Ends with U on 4/11/1980, at CAL, 1 (Charboneau)
  on 167 occasions, most recently on 6/1/1982, vs MIN, 1 (Charboneau)
Starts with V on 5/18/1978, vs NYA, 2 (Vail, Veryzer)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 9/29/1996, at KCA, 2 (Vizcaino, Vizquel)
Contains V on 7/22/1958, vs WS1, 4 (Averill, Avila, Colavito, Vernon)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 9/27/1966, at MIN, 4 (Alvis, Davalillo, Davis, Vidal)
Starts with W on 7/1/1957, vs KC1, 4 (Wertz, Williams, Woodling, Wynn)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 9/15/1957, at BAL, 4 (Wertz, Williams, Woodling, Wynn)
Contains W on 7/1/1957, vs KC1, 5 (Brown, Wertz, Williams, Woodling, Wynn)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1966, vs BAL, 5 (Brown, Howser, McDowell, Wagner, Whitfield)
Ends with W on 4/18/1972, at BOS, 2 (McCraw, Tidrow)
  on 24 occasions, most recently on 10/3/1972, vs BAL, 2 (McCraw, Tidrow)
Contains X on 6/24/1978, vs TOR, 3 (Alexander, Cox, Paxton)
  on 22 occasions, most recently on 9/18/1979, vs NYA, 3 (Alexander, Cox, Paxton)
Ends with X on 4/17/1972, at BOS, 1 (Wilcox)
  on 160 occasions, most recently on 9/23/1979, at BAL, 1 (Cox)
Starts with Y on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 2 (Yett, Young)
Contains Y on 5/26/1975, at CAL, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Carty, Crosby, Duffy)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 5 (Aguayo, Jacoby, Snyder, Yett, Young)
Ends with Y on 5/26/1975, at CAL, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Carty, Crosby, Duffy)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 5/31/1975, at OAK, 5 (Ashby, Berry, Crosby, Duffy, Eckersley)
Starts with Z on 7/15/1988, at SEA, 1 (Zuvella)
  on 56 occasions, most recently on 9/30/1989, at CHA, 1 (Zuvella)
Contains Z on 8/20/1996, vs TEX, 5 (Burnitz, Lopez, Ramirez, Vizcaino, Vizquel)
  on 4 occasions, most recently on 7/30/1999, vs CHA, 5 (Cruz, Diaz, Ramirez, Ramirez, Vizquel)
Ends with Z on 7/30/1999, vs CHA, 4 (Cruz, Diaz, Ramirez, Ramirez)
Contains any double letter on 7/16/1972, at TEX, 7 (Bell, Chambliss, Duffy, Fosse, Kilkenny, McCraw, Nettles)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 4/28/1977, vs TOR, 7 (Bell, Duffy, Fitzmorris, Grubb, Kendall, Manning, Norris)
Ends with any double letter on 4/23/1954, at DET, 3 (Glynn, Mitchell, Wynn)
  on 182 occasions, most recently on 9/23/2008, at BOS, 3 (Carroll, Choo, Lee)
Starts with any vowel on 5/26/1989, vs BAL, 5 (Aguayo, Allanson, O'Brien, Yett, Young)
Contains nary an E on 8/3/1962, vs KC1, 9 (Donovan, Francona, Kindall, Kirkland, Kubiszyn, Luplow, Phillips, Romano, Tasby)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 8/27/2002, vs DET, 9 (Bard, Burks, Crisp, Fryman, Garcia, LaRocca, Lawton, McDonald, Phillips)
Ends with any vowel on 7/23/2008, at ANA, 10 (Cabrera, Choo, Dellucci, Fasano, Francisco, Garko, Laffey, Marte, Peralta, Sizemore)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/11/2008, vs BAL, 10 (Cabrera, Carmona, Choo, Dellucci, Fasano, Francisco, Garko, Marte, Peralta, Sizemore)
Contains 3 letters on 6/7/1974, at KCA, 2 (Lee, Lis)
  on 9 occasions, most recently on 8/22/1974, vs KCA, 2 (Lee, Lis)
Contains 4 letters on 6/24/1968, vs DET, 4 (Hall, Maye, Paul, Sims)
  on 14 occasions, most recently on 9/28/1978, at BAL, 4 (Bell, Cage, Diaz, Hood)
Contains 5 letters on 5/26/1955, vs CHA, 8 (Avila, Dente, Hegan, Kiner, Lemon, Rosen, Smith, Wertz)
Contains 6 letters on 5/27/1987, at BOS, 8 (Butler, Carter, Franco, Frobel, Jacoby, Niekro, Snyder, Tabler)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 6/28/1989, vs CAL, 8 (Aguayo, Bailes, Browne, Carter, Fermin, Jacoby, O'Brien, Snyder)
Contains 7 letters on 9/21/1997, at KCA, 7 (Borders, Branson, Grissom, Justice, Ramirez, Roberts, Vizquel)
Contains 8 letters on 10/1/1983, at BOS, 7 (Fischlin, Hargrove, Perconte, Rhomberg, Sorensen, Thornton, Vukovich)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1983, at BOS, 7 (Anderson, Fischlin, Hargrove, Perconte, Rhomberg, Thornton, Vukovich)
Contains 9 letters on 5/28/1969, at CAL, 4 (Ellsworth, Harrelson, Klimchock, Versalles)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 10/2/1982, vs DET, 4 (Bannister, Dybzinski, Milbourne, Nahorodny)
Contains 10 letters on 6/12/1956, at BOS, 2 (Carrasquel, Strickland)
  on 117 occasions, most recently on 7/31/1977, vs MIN, 2 (Fitzmorris, Lowenstein)
Contains 11 letters on 5/1/1992, vs CAL, 1 (Worthington)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 5/16/1992, vs MIN, 1 (Worthington)
Contains 12 letters on 9/2/1957, vs KC1, 1 (Valentinetti)
  on 17 occasions, most recently on 8/27/1983, at SEA, 1 (Eichelberger)
Contains 13 letters on 4/15/2006, at DET, 1 (Hollandsworth)
  on 34 occasions, most recently on 8/3/2006, at BOS, 1 (Hollandsworth)

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The most distinct letters on 7/29/1979, at CHA, 24 (Alexander, Bonds, Cox, Hargrove, Johnson, Kuiper, Manning, Thornton, Veryzer, Wise, all but FQ)
  on 25 occasions, most recently on 9/14/2004, vs DET, 24 (Belliard, Blake, Broussard, Crisp, Denney, Gerut, Hafner, Lawton, Martinez, Vizquel, all but JX)
The fewest distinct letters on 5/21/1971, vs NYA, 13 (Ford, Fosse, Foster, Hand, Harrelson, Hinton, Leon, Nettles, Stanley, all but BCGJKMPQUVWXZ)
The most total letters on 6/21/2006, vs CHN, 83 (Belliard, Broussard, Gutierrez, Hafner, Hollandsworth, Martinez, Peralta, Sabathia, Sizemore, Vazquez)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/17/2006, at ANA, 83 (Belliard, Broussard, Hafner, Hollandsworth, Martinez, Michaels, Peralta, Sizemore, Vazquez, Westbrook)
The fewest total letters on 8/10/1954, at DET, 42 (Avila, Dente, Doby, Hegan, Pope, Rosen, Smith, Wertz, Wynn)
  on 3 occasions, most recently on 8/31/1954, at NYA, 42 (Avila, Dente, Doby, Hegan, Pope, Rosen, Smith, Wertz, Wynn)
The most Scrabble® points on 7/17/2006, at ANA, 175 (37 Vazquez, 23 Hollandsworth, 19 Martinez, 19 Sizemore, 18 Westbrook, 15 Michaels, 12 Broussard, 12 Hafner, 11 Belliard, 9 Peralta)
The fewest Scrabble® points on 5/15/1955, at BAL, 71 (10 Doby, 10 Smith, 9 Kiner, 8 Avila, 8 Naragon, 8 Pope, 7 Lemon, 6 Dente, 5 Rosen)

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