| 100% | ONTHEDL | 7 | Temporarily unable to play, in baseball lingo (3 wds.) |
| 45% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Snakes on a Plane" actor who wore an eyepatch to play Nick Fury in many Marvel movies: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ROCKYMARCIANO | 13 | Heavyweight boxer, nicknamed "The Brockton Blockbuster", who played baseball in his youth, before shifting to boxing: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BUDFOWLER | 9 | Earliest known African-American to play for a professional baseball team who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 40% | EXTRALIFE | 9 | Another chance to play, in video games: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROUNDERS | 8 | Game played in British schools similar to softball and baseball |
| 39% | DEIONSANDERS | 12 | Only person to play in both the Super Bowl and the World Series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 39% | ICHIROSUZUKI | 12 | First Japanese-born position player to play Major League Baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AKEY | 4 | Play ___ role in (be vital to the outcome) (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ASTROS | 6 | First baseball team to play in a dome |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to swing, in baseball (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Turn to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Eleventh actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2010-2013): 2 wds. |
| 38% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | Tenth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2005-2010): 2 wds. |
| 37% | VINCECARTER | 11 | Atlanta Hawks forward who recently became the first to play in the NBA in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHUCKCONNORS | 12 | Actor who was one of only 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and the MLB (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PETERCAPALDI | 12 | Twelfth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across, starting in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DARYLHANNAH | 11 | "Splash" actress who wore an eyepatch to play Elle Driver in "Kill Bill": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 36% | TAGUP | 5 | Get ready to run, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GEAREDUP | 8 | In uniform and ready to play (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RENEEZELLWEGER | 14 | Actress who returns to play the title character in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LIONELMESSI | 11 | Argentine soccer star who left a French club to play for Inter Miami in 2023: 2 wds. |