| 100% | SAL | 3 | MLB pitcher ___ Maglie |
| 66% | SAL | 3 | Pitcher Maglie |
| 63% | SALS | 4 | Pitcher Maglie and others |
| 63% | SALS | 4 | Pitcher Maglie et al. |
| 63% | ERA | 3 | MLB pitcher's stat |
| 61% | KAAT | 4 | MLB pitcher Jim ___ nicknamed "Kitty" |
| 60% | SAL | 3 | 50's pitcher Maglie |
| 60% | SAL | 3 | 1940s-'50s pitcher Maglie |
| 60% | SAL | 3 | 1940s-1950s pitcher Maglie |
| 60% | KAAT | 4 | Former MLB pitcher Jim |
| 59% | GREGS | 5 | MLB pitcher Maddux and Olympic diver Louganis |
| 58% | TOMGORDON | 9 | *Former MLB pitcher nicknamed "Flash" |
| 57% | ERAS | 4 | Stats for MLB pitchers, for short |
| 56% | ACES | 4 | MLB All-Star pitchers |
| 56% | SAL | 3 | 1950s actor Mineo or 1950s pitcher Maglie |
| 55% | DENNY | 5 | __ McClain, last MLB pitcher with 30+ wins |
| 52% | SAL | 3 | Pitcher Maglie who was outdueled in Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game |
| 51% | TOMMYJOHN | 9 | MLB pitcher who has a surgical procedure named for him (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ELLIS | 5 | MLB pitcher Dock profiled in the 2014 film "No No: A Dockumentary" |
| 51% | LACKEY | 6 | Pitcher John on three different MLB championship teams |
| 48% | NOHIT | 5 | Like two of MLB pitcher Max Scherzer's games in 2015 (Hyph.) |
| 48% | RYAN | 4 | Pitcher Nolan who holds the MLB career record for strikeouts |
| 48% | COLE | 4 | Pitcher Gerrit who was the 2019 MLB leader in strikeouts |
| 46% | STEVECARLTON | 12 | MLB pitcher nicknamed "Lefty" who had 4,136 career strikeouts from 1965 to 1988: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROGERCLEMENS | 12 | MLB pitcher nicknamed "Rocket" who had 4,672 career strikeouts from 1984 to 2007: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DENNYMCLAIN | 11 | Pitcher who led the MLB with 31 wins in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Pitcher who holds the MLB all-time record with 652 saves (2 wds.) |
| 42% | STRASBURG | 9 | Pitcher Stephen who was the #1 MLB draft pick (for the Nationals) in 2009 |
| 42% | NOMO | 4 | Pitcher Hideo who is the only Japanese MLB player to throw two no-hitters |
| 41% | MIKEMUSSINA | 11 | Orioles pitcher inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2019: 2 wds. |