| 100% | NATL | 4 | The older of baseball's two leagues: Abbr. |
| 94% | NATL | 4 | The older of baseball's two leagues (Abbr.) |
| 51% | DAD | 3 | The older of two catch players |
| 50% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two American League baseball teams |
| 49% | LONGISLAND | 10 | Home of the Ducks of baseball's Atlantic League |
| 46% | SOC | 3 | The S of ASPCA: Abbr. |
| 46% | SCI | 3 | The S of STEM: Abbr. |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | League of the Knicks and the Nets: Abbr. |
| 44% | ALROSEN | 7 | The Hebrew Hammer of Major League Baseball |
| 44% | MLB | 3 | The short form of major league baseball |
| 44% | OLGA | 4 | The eldest of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” |
| 44% | OWLS | 4 | Two residents of the Old Man's beard, in a Lear verse |
| 44% | RBI | 3 | One of the stats in baseball's Triple Crown: Abbr. |
| 44% | ESD | 3 | Either of two books of the Apocrypha: Abbr. |
| 44% | ALA | 3 | One of the two states bordering Florida: Abbr. |
| 44% | TERR | 4 | Abbr. on an old map of the West |
| 43% | AMER | 4 | The "A" of N.A. or S.A.: Abbr. |
| 43% | NATL | 4 | One of the leagues: Abbr. |
| 42% | FEHR | 4 | Donald of the Major League Baseball Players Association |
| 42% | STLOUIS | 7 | Home of baseball's Cardinals: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 42% | PARAGUAY | 8 | Smaller of the two landlocked S. American nations |
| 42% | BOLIVIA | 7 | Bigger of the two landlocked S. American nations |
| 42% | AFR | 3 | Part of the Old World: Abbr. |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!) |
| 42% | ERA | 3 | One of the stats of baseball's pitching "triple crown" (Abbr.) |
| 42% | RENO | 4 | Home of the Minor League Baseball team the Aces |
| 42% | AMER | 4 | One of the major leagues: Abbr. |
| 42% | NATL | 4 | One of the major leagues: Abbr. |
| 41% | AAA | 3 | Level of play in baseball just below the major leagues |
| 41% | SEN | 3 | Member of one of the two houses of Congress: Abbr. |