| 100% | ASTROS | 6 | Houston M.L.B. team |
| 73% | STRO | 4 | Houston M.L.B.'er |
| 73% | ASTRO | 5 | Houston M.L.B. player |
| 70% | STRO | 4 | Houston M.L.B. player, in sports shorthand |
| 67% | NATS | 4 | M.L.B. team with a "W" insignia |
| 67% | CUBS | 4 | M.L.B. team supported by Bleacher Bums |
| 67% | NATS | 4 | M.L.B. team with a “W” insignia |
| 67% | EXPOS | 5 | First Canadian M.L.B. team |
| 66% | PHILS | 5 | M.L.B. team named after its city, familiarly |
| 66% | REDS | 4 | M.L.B. team that Barry Larkin played for |
| 66% | ASTROS | 6 | M.L.B. team originally called the Colt .45s |
| 66% | ASTROS | 6 | M.L.B. team with a mascot named Orbit |
| 66% | EXPOS | 5 | M.L.B. team that once drafted Tom Brady |
| 66% | CHI | 3 | Home of two M.L.B. teams |
| 66% | CHI | 3 | City with two M.L.B. teams |
| 65% | NYMETS | 6 | M.L.B. team with a bridge in its logo |
| 65% | THEBREWERS | 10 | M.L.B. team that plays at American Family Field |
| 65% | DBACKS | 6 | Arizona’s M.L.B. team, for short |
| 64% | NATS | 4 | M.L.B. team with a big "W" in its logo |
| 64% | ARI | 3 | M.L.B. team that plays at Chase Field, in brief |
| 64% | TOR | 3 | Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr. |
| 64% | CHI | 3 | Home of more than one M.L.B. team |
| 63% | TOR | 3 | Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team, on scoreboards |
| 63% | TOR | 3 | Non-U.S. M.L.B. team, on sports tickers |
| 62% | YAO | 3 | Ming of the Houston Rockets team |
| 60% | REDS | 4 | Only M.L.B. team that Johnny Bench played for (1967-83) |
| 60% | ASTROS | 6 | First M.L.B. team to use artificial turf in its stadium |
| 59% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds |
| 59% | MARINERS | 8 | Only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 59% | GIANTS | 6 | Name shared by an M.L.B. team and an N.F.L. team |