| 100% | LASORDA | 7 | World Series manager of 1981 and '88 |
| 76% | LASORDA | 7 | World Series team manager of 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1988 |
| 75% | LASORDA | 7 | World Series-winning manager of 1981 and 1988 |
| 65% | LASORDA | 7 | 1981 and 1988 World Series-winning manager |
| 64% | TORRE | 5 | World Series-winning manager of 1998, 1999 and 2000 |
| 61% | LASORDA | 7 | World Series-winning manager, 1981 and 1988 |
| 53% | STENGEL | 7 | Manager of five straight World Series champions |
| 53% | TORRE | 5 | Manager of Jeter in four World Series |
| 52% | TORRE | 5 | Winning World Series manager in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 |
| 52% | ORIOLES | 7 | World Series champs of 1966, 1970 and 1983 |
| 51% | GUILLEN | 7 | Winning manager of the 2005 World Series |
| 46% | TIMWAKEFIELD | 12 | Pitcher on World Series-winning Red Sox teams of 2004 and 2007: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOX | 3 | Either of the World Series winners of 2004 and '05 |
| 45% | SNOW | 4 | Peter —, former presenter of BBC TV series Newsnight and Tomorrow's World |
| 45% | TONYLARUSSA | 11 | World Series-winning manager in both the AL (A's, 1989) and NL (Cardinals, 2006 and 2011): 3 wds. |
| 44% | DUSTYBAKER | 10 | 33-Across World Series-winning manager who also won the 1981 World Series as a player (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TEXASHOLDEM | 11 | World Series of Poker game (and the theme of this puzzle) |
| 43% | POKER | 5 | World Series of ___ |
| 42% | YOST | 4 | World Series-winning manager Ned |
| 42% | GILHODGES | 9 | World Series-winning manager of the 1969 New York Mets who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BRIANSNITKER | 12 | 2018 National League Manager of the Year who won the 2021 World Series as manager of the Atlanta Braves (2 wds.) |
| 42% | AKRON | 5 | World Series of Golf site |
| 42% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | World Series champs of 1945 |
| 42% | HOLDEM | 6 | World Series of Poker game |
| 42% | ESPN | 4 | World Series of Poker airer |
| 42% | ESPN | 4 | World Series of Poker channel |
| 42% | CASINO | 6 | World Series of Poker location |
| 42% | CLASSIC | 7 | Fall ___, another name for the annual MLB World Series played between the champions of the American League and the National League |
| 41% | STU | 3 | World Series of Poker champion ___ Ungar |
| 41% | STU | 3 | World Series of Poker champion, ___ Ungar |