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Doug Mientkiewicz and Mark Grudzielanek agreed this December to one-year contracts with the Royals. Presuming they start at first and second at least one game, will they set the record for most last name letters for two players sharing the same side of the infield? How about simply the most last name letters to play on the field at the same time?
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B. NoBuck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball -
Since 1900 these are the teammates with 24 or more combined letters:Originally posted by eJules
2004 Cubs had Hollandsworth (13), Grudzielanek (12), and Garciaparra (11).
2003 Marlins had Spooneybarger (13), Hollandsworth (13), and Encarnacion (11).
2002 Rangers had Hallandsworth (13), and Catalanotto (12).
2002 Cardinals had Stechschulte (12), and Isringhausen (12).
2001 Rockies had Hollandsworth (13), and Encarnacion (11).
2000-01 Cardinals had Stechschulte (12), and Christiansen (12).
1998-2000 Dodgers had Hollandsworth (13) and Grudzielanek (12).
1995 A's had Wojciechowski (13) and Stottlemyre (11).
1994 Giants had Van Landingham (13), and Bottenfield (11).
1991 A's had Dressendorfer (13) and Blankenship (11).
1947 Phillies had Raffensberger (13) and Heintzelman (11).
1946 White Sox had Hollingsworth (13) and Maltzberger (11).
1945 Cardinals had Schoendienst (12) and Partenheimer (12).
1942-43 St. Louis Browns had Hollingsworth (13) and Ostermueller (12).
1942,1947 A's had Knickerbocker (13) and Christopher (11).
1940-41 Cubs had Raffensberger (13) and Dallessandro (12).
1939 Dodgers had Hollingsworth (13), Poffenberger (12), and Fitzsimmons (11).
1938 Reds had Hollingsworth (13), Hershberger (11) and Bongiovanni (11).
1937 Red Sox had Osermueller (12) and Dallessandro (12).
1923 Senators had Hollingsworth (13) and Peckinpaugh (11).
1922 Pirates had Hollingsworth (13) and Yellowhorse (11).
1908 A's had Schreckengost (13) and Shaughnessy (11).
1906,1908 Cardinals had Hoelskoetter (12) and Higginbotham (12).
1904 St. Louis Browns had DeMontreville (13) and Vahrenhorst (11).Comment
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