Van Landingham was widely considered to have set the record for longest surname in the history of Major League Baseball, at 13 or 14 characters (depending on whether one counts the space), though his record has since been tied or broken (again, depending on the reckoning of the space) by Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Jarrod Molloy | Jarrod Emick | Jarrod Shoemaker | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Jarrod McCracken | Jarrod Kenny | Jarrod Harbrow |