| 100% | PHILS | 5 | M.L.B. team named after its city, familiarly |
| 51% | ORIOLES | 7 | Team named after its official state bird |
| 46% | ASTROS | 6 | M.L.B. team with a mascot named Orbit |
| 45% | NYMETS | 6 | M.L.B. team with a bridge in its logo |
| 45% | NATS | 4 | M.L.B. team with a big "W" in its logo |
| 45% | CHI | 3 | City with two M.L.B. teams |
| 43% | ASTROS | 6 | First M.L.B. team to use artificial turf in its stadium |
| 42% | GATORADE | 8 | Drink named after the football team it was originally tested on |
| 42% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that's played in three different stadiums since its inception in 1962 |
| 41% | QUAKER | 6 | __ City, Philly named after its founder's religion |
| 40% | ODESSA | 6 | Stalin named it a "hero city" after W.W. II |
| 40% | GIANTS | 6 | Name shared by an M.L.B. team and an N.F.L. team |
| 39% | STS | 3 | Many are named after M.L.K. |
| 39% | RENO | 4 | Union General Jesse L. ___, after whom a city in Nevada was named |
| 39% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team named after a poem |
| 39% | TARANTO | 7 | Italian city with a dance named after it |
| 39% | LIMA | 4 | Capital city with a bean named after it |
| 38% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds |
| 38% | AMANA | 5 | Company named after its hometown |
| 38% | SILVER | 6 | Argentina was named after it |
| 37% | SHRAPNEL | 8 | Ammo named after its English inventor |
| 37% | OLLIE | 5 | Skateboard trick named after its originator |
| 37% | GAMBIA | 6 | African country named after its river |
| 37% | MOES | 4 | TV tavern named after its proprietor |
| 37% | CHAD | 4 | Country named after its namesake lake |
| 37% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich named after its layers: Abbr. |
| 37% | PACERS | 6 | Basketball team named after racing figures |
| 37% | DINER | 5 | Humble eatery, often named after its owner |
| 37% | GRAFFPINK | 9 | Rosy diamond named after its merchant buyer |
| 37% | ALDO | 4 | Shoe-store chain named after its founder |