| 100% | AARON | 5 | Hank ---, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 100% | AARON | 5 | Hank —, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 44% | SOSA | 4 | Baseball player Sammy who had a home run rivalry with Mark McGwire in 1998 |
| 44% | SOSA | 4 | Baseball player Sammy who was in a home run rivalry with Mark McGwire in 1998 |
| 40% | RUTH | 4 | Babe —, US baseball player who hit 714 home runs in his career from 1914-35 |
| 38% | HANKAARON | 9 | Hall of Fame Braves slugger with 755 home runs who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TONYOLIVA | 9 | Twins' player who, on June 9, 1966, participated in hitting one of a record 5 home runs in the 7th inning |
| 33% | SOSA | 4 | Sammy —, Chicago Cubs baseball player who hit 179 home runs in the three seasons between 1998-2000 |
| 32% | OTT | 3 | Baseball great who led his team in home runs 18 years in a row |
| 31% | CATCHER | 7 | Baseball player who plays behind a home plate |
| 31% | SLUGGER | 7 | Baseball player who hits a lot of homers |
| 30% | MARIS | 5 | Roger ___ (baseball player who broke the single-season home run record in 1961) |
| 30% | ALLSTAR | 7 | Baseball player who participates in a special midseason game: Hyph. |
| 30% | JAMAL | 5 | With 40-Across, Ravens running back who gained 295 total yards in a 2003 NFL game, the second-most ever |
| 30% | AARON | 5 | Hank with 755 home runs |
| 29% | CASEY | 5 | "Mighty" baseball player who struck out, in a classic poem |
| 29% | SOSA | 4 | Baseball player Sammy who hit 609 home runs |
| 29% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 29% | SOSA | 4 | Former baseball player Sammy who was known for his home-run hitting skills in the '90s |
| 28% | STEVENASH | 9 | 8-time NBA All-Star who retired with LA Lakers in 2015, and played a variety of sports before shifting to basketball in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who retired with a perfect record in 2007 |
| 28% | ICHIRO | 6 | With 41-Across, Japanese baseball player who was named both AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in 2001 |
| 28% | GEHRIG | 6 | Player with the first retired number in baseball |
| 28% | JOE | 3 | ___ DiMaggio, former professional baseball player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 |
| 28% | RIVERA | 6 | Mariano ___, former Panamian-American baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 |
| 28% | SOUNDOFMUSIC | 12 | Musical drama of 1965 starring Julie Andrews who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children: 3 wds. |
| 27% | HENRY | 5 | With 44-Across, hitter of 755 home runs |
| 27% | NINE | 4 | Number of players on a side in baseball |
| 27% | ALUNSERSR | 9 | Race driver who retired in 1994 days shy of his 55th birthday after a 30 year career |
| 27% | RUSTY | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who hit his first home run at age 19 (Colt .45s, 1963) and his last at age 41 (Mets, 1985) |