| 100% | JOSE | 4 | Astros second baseman Altuve, the shortest player in the MLB |
| 57% | JOSEALTUVE | 10 | Astros second baseman who led the MLB in batting average, and batted .320 in the 2017 American League Championship Series (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JOSEALTUVE | 10 | Houston Astros second baseman who won the AL Hank Aaron Award in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOSE | 4 | Astros second baseman Altuve |
| 46% | MINUTEBOL | 9 | Shortest player in the NBA? |
| 46% | JOSEALTUVE | 10 | Houston Astros second baseman who was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAVIER | 6 | ___ Baez, baseball utility player who won the National League Second Baseman Silver Slugger in 2018 |
| 43% | ASTROS | 6 | Players in the first domed MLB stadium |
| 42% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | MLB second baseman and 6-time consecutive All-Star, who served in the segregated Army cavalry unit in Kansas during WWII: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SAC | 3 | ___ fly (run-scoring out in the MLB, for short) |
| 40% | CALVINMURPHY | 12 | NBA point guard listed at 5'9" who's the shortest player in the Basketball Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SOX | 3 | Second word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 40% | WEPT | 4 | Second of two words in the shortest Bible verse |
| 39% | MUGGSY | 6 | ___ Bogues, former Charlotte Hornets player who was the shortest player in NBA history at 5ft. 3in |
| 39% | STEVESAX | 8 | Second baseman in both of the Dodgers' 1980s World Series |
| 39% | ISAIAH | 6 | ___ Thomas, Washington Wizards player who is one of the shortest players in NBA history at 5ft. 9in |
| 39% | MUGGSYBOGUES | 12 | NBA point guard listed at 5'3" who is the shortest player in NBA history: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EARL | 4 | ___ Boykins, former Denver Nuggets player who is one of the shortest players in NBA history at 5ft. 5in |
| 38% | CALVIN | 6 | ___ Murphy, former Houston Rockets player who is one of the shortest players in NBA history at 5ft. 9in |
| 38% | MUGGSYBOGUES | 12 | Former point guard who, at 5 feet, 3 inches, is the shortest player in NBA history (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ONEIL | 5 | Former first baseman Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 38% | SOSA | 4 | Last name of the only player in MLB history with three 60-homer seasons |
| 38% | CALVINMURPHY | 12 | Former point guard who, at 5 feet, 9 inches, is the shortest player in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 38% | MEL | 3 | ___ Hirsch, former Boston Celtics player who was one of the shortest players in NBA history at 5 ft. 6in |
| 38% | SYS | 3 | The second "S" in MS-DOS, for short |
| 38% | EARL | 4 | Cager Boykins who's the shortest player to score 30 points in an NBA game |
| 36% | BENZOBRIST | 10 | Cubs second baseman who started the 2016 MLB All-Star Game: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MAYS | 4 | #2 on ESPN's list of the 100 greatest players in MLB history |
| 36% | OBADIAH | 7 | The shortest book in the Old Testament |