| 100% | AVG | 3 | Baseball stat that takes a hit when the hitter gets no hits (Abbr.) |
| 40% | BAT | 3 | Baseball equipment, and a verb that means "to take the role of hitting the ball" |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | Baseball stat that goes down after a shutout: Abbr. |
| 37% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 37% | LOB | 3 | Tennis shot that takes a while to hit the court |
| 37% | LOB | 3 | Tennis shot that takes a long time to hit the court |
| 36% | RBI | 3 | Stat that a baseball slugger wants to be high: Abbr. |
| 36% | ERA | 3 | Stat that a baseball pitcher wants to be low: Abbr. |
| 36% | ERA | 3 | Stat that a baseball pitcher wants to keep low: Abbr. |
| 36% | FLYBALL | 7 | A baseball hit that goes high up into the air |
| 36% | ESL | 3 | Course that a newcomer to the US might take: Abbr. |
| 36% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is expected to get to the airport: Abbr. |
| 36% | RBI | 3 | Hitting stat on a baseball card: Abbr. |
| 35% | DAYTRIPPER | 10 | 1965 Beatles hit that begins "Got a good reason for taking the easy way out" |
| 35% | TRIPLE | 6 | Baseball hit that gets the batter to third base |
| 35% | APR | 3 | When the IRS gets a lot of mail (Abbr.) |
| 35% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | Baseball team that 15-Across was facing when he got his 3,000th hit: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 34% | SCAPEGOAT | 9 | He takes the fall when a space got ruined |
| 34% | HOMERUN | 7 | In baseball, a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases |
| 33% | AWAYTEAM | 8 | Club that may get heckled when they take the field |
| 33% | GPA | 3 | Number that goes up when you get an A+: Abbr. |
| 33% | APR | 3 | Month when the IRS gets a lot of mail (Abbr.) |
| 33% | BURN | 4 | "We'll ___ that bridge when we get to it," example of 50a that predicts a mess in the future |
| 33% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HIT | 3 | Baseball statistic for when a batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into the field |
| 33% | SNAPBACK | 8 | Adjustable baseball cap that's also the title of a 2016 Old Dominion country hit |
| 33% | RBI | 3 | What a hitter is credited with when someone else scores, in baseball: Abbr. |
| 33% | ALOU | 4 | Name of the baseball family with a combined 7,228 hits |
| 32% | ERAS | 4 | Baseball stats that are better when lower |