| 100% | PITCHER | 7 | In baseball, one who throws the ball to the batter |
| 58% | PASSED | 6 | Threw the ball to the receiver, in football |
| 58% | PULLHITTER | 10 | One whose batted balls rarely go to the opposite field, in baseball lingo |
| 56% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 56% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate, in basketball |
| 53% | WASTE | 5 | ___ a pitch (throw the ball in the dirt just to see if the batter chases it, say) |
| 53% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 50% | RAT | 3 | One who blabs to the cops, in mafia lingo |
| 50% | BAT | 3 | Used to hit the ball in baseball |
| 49% | MOM | 3 | One who tells you to not roll around in the dirt, maybe |
| 48% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Former NFL player to be named All-Star in both football and baseball who is considered one of the greatest RBs ever: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CATCHER | 7 | Baseball player who receives the ball from the pitcher |
| 48% | BOJACKSON | 9 | American athlete who has also acted in minor roles, and is the only one to have been named "All-Star" in both football and baseball: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HOMERUN | 7 | In baseball, a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases |
| 48% | JIM | 3 | Former baseball pitcher Abbott who threw a no-hitter in the '90s |
| 47% | ICER | 4 | One who takes the cake (in order to decorate it) |
| 47% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate |
| 47% | CARAY | 5 | Harry who led Wrigley crowds in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 47% | UNI | 3 | Magical one-horned animal who is a sidekick to the protagonists in the '80s animated show "Dungeons & Dragons" |
| 47% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate, say |
| 47% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a basketball teammate |
| 47% | HEIR | 4 | One who has the will to succeed |
| 46% | CHITS | 5 | Notes of indebtedness to the one who trounced you in the weekend poker game |
| 46% | CHER | 4 | Star who had at least one Billboard Top Ten hit in every decade from the sixties to the nineties |
| 46% | GOALIE | 6 | One who guards the net in the field |
| 46% | SNOB | 4 | One who believes is superior to the rest |
| 46% | TED | 3 | Slugger Williams who was the last MLB player to bat over .400 in one season |
| 46% | PATHFINDERS | 11 | Explorers ... and ones who can determine what the answers to starred clues have in common? |
| 45% | GOALIE | 6 | One who guards the net in the soccer field |
| 45% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |