| 100% | AROD | 4 | Ex-Yankee with 696 career HRs |
| 56% | AROD | 4 | Yankee with 696 homers, familiarly |
| 44% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a longtime Yankee with nearly 700 career home runs: Hyph. |
| 42% | AROD | 4 | Yankee slugger with the most M.L.B. career grand slams, informally |
| 41% | LOU | 3 | Baseball legend Gehrig who spent his whole career with the Yankees |
| 41% | AROD | 4 | Former Yankee slugger with an MLB-record 25 career grand slams (Hyph.) |
| 39% | DEREK | 5 | With 34-Across, former Yankee who is fourth on Major League Baseball's career earnings list |
| 36% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Former Yankee with 69 |
| 36% | AROD | 4 | Yank with 696 homers |
| 35% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Yankees relief pitcher with a record 652 career saves inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LOUGEHRIG | 9 | First baseman who spent his entire 17-year Major League career with the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the former Yankee with the career grand slam record, at 25: Hyph. |
| 35% | AROD | 4 | MLBer with 696 home runs |
| 34% | DEREKJETER | 10 | American baseball shortstop nicknamed "Captain Clutch" who spent his entire MLB career with the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TORRE | 5 | Yankees ex-manager Joe |
| 34% | BABE | 4 | Immortal Yankee, with "The" |
| 33% | EDT | 3 | Hrs. in a Yankee schedule |
| 33% | BRONX | 5 | Yankee Stadium locale, with "the" |
| 32% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who once was in a relationship with J.Lo: Hyph. |
| 31% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a Yankee with a $275 million contract |
| 31% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who hit a record 25 grand slams in his career: Hyph. |
| 31% | ROSE | 4 | With 32-Down, followed a career ladder |
| 31% | CSA | 3 | Ex-president Tyler sided with it: Abbr. |
| 31% | PATAKI | 6 | Ex-governor with a 2015 presidential run |
| 31% | MILITARY | 8 | Common career choice, with "the" |
| 31% | ORIENTED | 8 | Word with career or goal |
| 31% | RETIRED | 7 | Finished with one's career |
| 31% | GREATBAMBINO | 12 | Legendary Yankee nickname, with "the" |
| 31% | BABE | 4 | Bygone Yankee great, with "the" |
| 31% | DIVORCEE | 8 | Person with an ex-spouse |