| 100% | BALTILESSORIOLE | 15 | 1966 World Series-winning team member, to a 58-Across? |
| 47% | MARLINS | 7 | First MLB team to win two World Series titles as a wild card team |
| 44% | INDIAN | 6 | ← Member of the only team to win this many games in a season |
| 44% | MARINER | 7 | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 44% | ROYAL | 5 | Any player on the 2015 World Series winning team |
| 42% | GIANTS | 6 | Team that last won a World Series in 1954 |
| 42% | MARLINS | 7 | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| 41% | YANKEES | 7 | Team that has won the World Series a record 27 times |
| 40% | THREE | 5 | Number of World Series wins for each of Chicago's teams |
| 40% | REDS | 4 | Winning team in the "Black Sox Scandal" World Series |
| 40% | TROPHY | 6 | Award given to a winning sports team |
| 40% | ALEE | 4 | Downwind, to a 58-Across |
| 39% | YANK | 4 | One of the players on the winning team that played the Braves in the '58 World Series |
| 38% | MARINERS | 8 | Only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 38% | DUSTYBAKER | 10 | 33-Across World Series-winning manager who also won the 1981 World Series as a player (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GIL | 3 | Hodges who managed the Mets to a World Series title |
| 38% | LIONELBARRYLESS | 15 | 1930-31 Best Actor Oscar winner, to a 58-Across? |
| 38% | UNDERDOG | 8 | A team or athlete not expected to win |
| 38% | MILLARDFILLLESS | 15 | President nicknamed His Accidency, to a 58-Across? |
| 38% | BRAVES | 6 | Only MLB team to win three World Series titles for three different cities |
| 38% | CUBS | 4 | Team whose last World Series win was in 1908 |
| 37% | YOST | 4 | Coach of the 2015 World Series-winning team |
| 37% | LARUSSA | 7 | Tony who managed three World Series-winning teams |
| 37% | REDSOX | 6 | Only MLB team to win four World Series titles in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 36% | REDS | 4 | Cincinnati team with five World Series wins |
| 36% | SUNS | 4 | Arizona NBA team that has yet to win a championship |
| 36% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the 2017 World Series championship team |
| 36% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the 2017 World Series champion team |
| 36% | INDOORCAT | 9 | Family member with a window to the world |
| 35% | STAR | 4 | It is added to a country's official soccer badge after winning a World Cup |