| TIANT | Pitcher Luis whose 1.60 ERA in 1968 is the lowest single-season mark in the American League since 19 |
| ASTROS | Texas team in the American League since 2013 |
| DUFFSDITCH | Red River Floodway nickname (Winnipeg's flood protection water channel, the engineering feat completed in 1968 is a National Historic Site of Canada): 2 wds. |
| CRUENTARI | Impie ____, to be stained with impious bloodshed (Cic. Div. 1.60) |
| SCUDAMORE | Richard ___, executive chairman of the F.A. Premier League since 2014, due to step down by the end of 2018 |
| MANTLE | Mickey, baseball player who was Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1956, 1957 and 1962 ( |
| CLASSIC | Fall ___ another name for the annual MLB World Series played betwen the champions of the American League and the National League |
| DOBY | Larry who broke the color line in the American League |
| AARONJUDGE | Outfielder who hit the most single-season home runs in American League history with 62 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| ROGERMARIS | Outfielder who hit the second-most single-season home runs in American League history with 61 in 1961: 2 wds. |
| RAYS | Southernmost team in the American League |
| SENATORS | "...and last in the American League" team |
| BLUEJAYS | Toronto baseball team which plays in the American League (4,4) |
| LEN | Pitcher Barker who led the American League in strikeouts in 1980 and 1981 |
| JOSEABREU | First baseman for the White Sox who won the American League MVP award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| SHOHEIOHTANI | Angels pitcher who won the American League MVP award in 2021 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| CONE | David who led the American League in wins in 1998 |
| ROLLIEFINGERS | Brewers pitcher who won the American League MVP award in 1981: 2 wds. |
| ROGERCLEMENS | Red Sox pitcher who won the American League MVP award in 1986: 2 wds. |
| QUAKERS | Philadelphia team that spent a single season in the NHL in the 1930s |
