Letters in the St. Louis Cardinals Lineup

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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 5/4/1956, vs BRO, 3 (Blasingame, Boyer, Brandt)
  on 126 occasions, most recently on 9/7/1997, at COL, 3 (Bell, Benes, Berblinger)
Contains B on 6/7/1959, at PHI, 4 (Blasingame, Boyer, Brosnan, Jablonski)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 5/5/1996, at SDN, 4 (Bell, Benes, Borders, Mabry)
Ends with B on 5/16/1954, at PHI, 1 (Scheib)
  on 25 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 6/19/1956, at BRO, 3 (Dark, Del Greco, Dickson)
  on 23 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 34 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2005, at CHN, 5 (Diaz, Edmonds, Grudzielanek, Mulder, Sanders)
Ends with D on 6/26/1999, at ARI, 4 (Bottenfield, Howard, Howard, Lankford)
Starts with E on 8/28/2005, at WAS, 3 (Eckstein, Edmonds, Eldred)
  on 101 occasions, most recently on 8/24/2007, vs ATL, 3 (Eckstein, Edmonds, Encarnacion)
Contains E on 9/8/1972, at NYN, 9 (Anderson, Cleveland, Jutze, Melendez, Reitz, Roque, Sizemore, Stein, Torre)
  on 7 occasions, most recently on 6/20/2006, at CHA, 9 (Bennett, Eckstein, Edmonds, Encarnacion, Miles, Mulder, Rodriguez, Rolen, Spiezio)
Ends with E on 9/24/1972, vs CHN, 5 (Jutze, Roque, Sizemore, Torre, Wise)
Starts with F on 9/20/1955, vs CHN, 2 (Flowers, Frazier)
  on 186 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 9/12/1959, at CHN, 3 (Gibson, Grammas, Green)
  on 71 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 9/26/1958, at SFN, 3 (Smith, Smith, Smith)
  on 76 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 382 occasions, most recently on 9/28/2008, vs CIN, 1 (Izturis)
Contains I on 8/14/1953, at CIN, 9 (Bilko, Elliott, Jablonski, Mizell, Musial, Repulski, Rice, Schoendienst, Schofield)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 8/22/1953, vs CIN, 9 (Bilko, Elliott, Jablonski, Miller, Musial, Repulski, Rice, Schoendienst, Schofield)
Ends with I on 6/10/1954, vs BRO, 4 (Jablonski, Raschi, Repulski, Sarni)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 9/21/1954, at CHN, 4 (Jablonski, Raschi, Repulski, Sarni)
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 9/25/1957, at MLN, 2 (Kasko, King)
  on 13 occasions, most recently on 4/26/2007, vs CIN, 2 (Keisler, Kennedy)
Contains K on 7/22/1953, at NY1, 5 (Bilko, Jablonski, Presko, Repulski, Stanky)
  on 6 occasions, most recently 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)
  on 6 occasions, most recently on 9/26/2008, vs CIN, 4 (LaRue, Looper, Lopez, Ludwick)
Contains L on 5/10/1953, at CIN, 7 (Bilko, Fusselman, Jablonski, Mizell, Musial, Repulski, Slaughter)
  on 40 occasions, most recently on 9/17/2008, at CIN, 7 (Glaus, LaRue, Lopez, Ludwick, Miles, Pujols, Wellemeyer)
Ends with L on 4/22/1953, vs CIN, 2 (Mizell, Musial)
  on 398 occasions, most recently on 9/30/2007, at PIT, 2 (Ankiel, Percival)
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 8/27/1958, vs PIT, 2 (Chittum, Cunningham)
  on 40 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 24 occasions, most recently on 8/20/2007, at CHN, 8 (Ankiel, Eckstein, Edmonds, Encarnacion, Molina, Pineiro, Rolen, Ryan)
Ends with N on 10/3/1987, vs NYN, 5 (Driessen, Green, Johnson, Lindeman, Pendleton)
  on 19 occasions, most recently on 8/24/2007, vs ATL, 5 (Duncan, Eckstein, Encarnacion, Rolen, Ryan)
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 51 occasions, most recently on 9/12/2008, at PIT, 4 (Lopez, Phelps, Pineiro, Pujols)
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 9/6/1953, at MLN, 3 (Repulski, Rice, Romonosky)
  on 52 occasions, most recently on 8/23/2007, vs FLO, 3 (Reyes, Rolen, Ryan)
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 7/17/1953, at BRO, 4 (Schoendienst, Sisler, Slaughter, Staley)
  on 18 occasions, most recently on 5/15/1996, at FLO, 4 (Sheaffer, Smith, Stottlemyre, Sweeney)
Contains S on 6/27/1953, vs PHI, 8 (Hemus, Jablonski, Musial, Repulski, Schoendienst, Slaughter, Staley, Yvars)
  on 27 occasions, most recently on 6/26/1954, at BRO, 8 (Alston, Grammas, Jablonski, Musial, Repulski, Sarni, Schoendienst, Staley)
Ends with S on 7/23/2000, at HOU, 5 (Benes, Davis, Edmonds, Tatis, Wilkins)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/31/2008, at HOU, 5 (Glaus, Izturis, Miles, Phelps, Pujols)
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 6/7/1955, at PHI, 3 (Elliott, Schoendienst, Whisenant)
  on 8 occasions, most recently on 5/4/1956, vs BRO, 3 (Brandt, Schmidt, Schoendienst)
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 7/21/2005, vs MIL, 7 (Grudzielanek, Luna, Marquis, Nunez, Pujols, Rodriguez, Taguchi)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/9/2008, at PHI, 7 (Glaus, Izturis, LaRue, Ludwick, Mulder, Pujols, Schumaker)
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 4/12/1955, at CHN, 1 (Virdon)
  on 1139 occasions, most recently on 9/25/2006, vs SDN, 1 (Vizcaino)
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 4/16/1953, vs CHN, 1 (Haddix)
  on 1220 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1988, vs MON, 1 (Cox)
Ends with X on 4/16/1953, vs CHN, 1 (Haddix)
  on 252 occasions, most recently on 8/6/1988, vs MON, 1 (Cox)
Starts with Y on 6/26/1953, vs PHI, 1 (Yvars)
  on 128 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 9/5/1958, vs LAN, 7 (Cunningham, Ennis, Flood, Freese, Green, Mizell, Moon)
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 8/20/2007, at CHN, 4 (Ankiel, Eckstein, Edmonds, Encarnacion)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 8/21/2007, vs FLO, 4 (Ankiel, Eckstein, Edmonds, Encarnacion)
Contains nary an E on 6/2/1957, at MLN, 8 (Cunningham, Dark, Jackson, Kasko, Moon, Musial, Smith, Smith)
  on 16 occasions, most recently on 5/28/2008, vs HOU, 8 (Barton, Glaus, Izturis, Ludwick, Molina, Pujols, Ryan, Wainwright)
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 6/11/1958, vs CIN, 7 (Boyer, Ennis, Flood, Green, Jones, Kasko, Smith)
  on 7 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 6/28/1955, vs CIN, 2 (Stephenson, Wooldridge)
  on 271 occasions, most recently on 7/2/1988, at SDN, 2 (Fitzgerald, McWilliams)
Contains 11 letters on 7/12/1953, vs MLN, 1 (Castiglione)
  on 415 occasions, most recently on 8/30/2007, at HOU, 1 (Encarnacion)
Contains 12 letters on 4/14/1953, at MLN, 1 (Schoendienst)
  on 621 occasions, most recently on 10/2/2005, vs CIN, 1 (Grudzielanek)

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 8/6/1958, vs SFN, 15 (Blasingame, Boyer, Ennis, Flood, Freese, Green, Mabe, Moon, Musial, all but CHJKPQTVWXZ)
  on 43 occasions, most recently on 6/16/2006, vs COL, 15 (Duncan, Edmonds, Encarnacion, Luna, Marquis, Miles, Molina, Rodriguez, Rolen, all but BFHJKPTVWXY)
The most total letters on 7/12/1953, vs MLN, 74 (Anderson, Bilko, Castiglione, Jablonski, Mizell, Musial, Repulski, Schoendienst, Slaughter)
  on 2 occasions, most recently on 7/3/1955, at CHN, 74 (Boyer, Burbrink, Musial, Repulski, Schoendienst, Stephenson, Virdon, Whisenant, Wooldridge)
The fewest total letters on 9/24/1958, at LAN, 45 (Boyer, Burton, Green, Kasko, Mabe, Musial, Noren, Smith, Tate)
  on 5 occasions, most recently on 7/9/1987, vs SFN, 45 (Clark, Cox, Ford, Herr, McGee, Morris, Pena, Pendleton, Smith)
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 9/24/1958, at LAN, 72 (13 Kasko, 10 Boyer, 10 Smith, 8 Burton, 8 Mabe, 8 Musial, 6 Green, 5 Noren, 4 Tate)

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