| 100% | MANNY | 5 | ___ Machado, baseball third baseman and shortstop who signed a 10-year contract worth $300 million in 2019 |
| 54% | ARENADO | 7 | Nolan ___, baseball third baseman who signed an eight-year contract worth $260 million in 2019 |
| 50% | GERRIT | 6 | ___ Cole, baseball pitcher who signed a 9-year contract worth $324 million in 2019 |
| 48% | TROUT | 5 | Mike ___, baseball center fielder who signed a 12-year contract worth $426.5 million in 2019 |
| 44% | GREINKE | 7 | Zack ___, baseball pitcher who signed a six-year contract worth $206.5 million in 2016 |
| 43% | PRICE | 5 | David ___, baseball pitcher who signed a 7-year contract worth $217 million in 2015 |
| 42% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Third baseman who signed a $275 million contract with the Yankees in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GERRITCOLE | 10 | Pitcher who signed a $324 million contract with the Yankees in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SOTO | 4 | Juan ___, baseball superstar who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets in December 2024 |
| 35% | OHTANI | 6 | Shohei ___, baseball player who signed the biggest contract in pro sports history (10 years, $700 million) |
| 33% | UPTON | 5 | Center fielder B.J. who signed a 5-year, $75.25 million contract with the Braves in November 2012 |
| 33% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | Right fielder who signed a $360 million contract with the Yankees in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SAL | 3 | Third baseman Bando who played for the A's in the 1960s and 1970s |
| 31% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a Yankee with a 10-year, $275 million contract signed in 2007: Hyph. |
| 29% | ROBINSONCANO | 12 | Seattle Mariners second baseman who signed a $240,000,000 contract in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MIGUELCABRERA | 13 | Detroit Tigers first baseman who signed a $248,000,000 contract in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHASEHEADLEY | 12 | Yankees third baseman who, in 2012, won a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger Award and was also the NL RBI leader, playing for the Padres : 2 wds. |
| 26% | SNEE | 4 | 10 year Giants lineman Chris who earned two Super Bowl rings and retired in 2014 |
| 26% | ALBERTPUJOLS | 12 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman who signed a $254,000,000 contract in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 25% | OTT | 3 | Baseball great who led his team in home runs 18 years in a row |
| 25% | TREA | 4 | Shortstop Turner of the Nationals who hit for the cycle in both 2017 and 2019 |
| 25% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| 24% | RYANZIMMERMAN | 13 | Third baseman who won both the Gold Glove and the Silver Slugger awards in 2009 while on the Washington Nationals: 2 wds. |
| 24% | DAVID | 5 | Former NY Mets' third baseman Wright who was nicknamed "Captain America" after his performance in the 2013 World Baseball Classic |
| 24% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROBERTO | 7 | ___ Alomar, former second baseman who has 10 Gold Gloves and was a 12-time All-Star |
| 24% | TRIPLECROWN | 11 | It comprises the 10-Down, 34-Across and a third part found elsewhere in the grid |
| 23% | RON | 3 | Son who was 28 years old when his dad signed the "Immigration Reform and Control Act" in '86 |
| 23% | FOSSE | 5 | Director Bob who won a Tony, Oscar and Emmy all in the same year |
| 23% | OZZIESMITH | 10 | Baseball Hall of Famer born in Mobile, Alabama, who holds the all-time record for assists by a shortstop (2 wds.) |