Most Guessed North American Teams by Sport

You may have heard of the fourth MLB team without realizing it. They're more well known by what their logo says (trying to follow your lead and keep from giving away the answer here); try googling their logo and see if maybe you really did know them. :)

I thought some quizzes accepted either AT or AC for that MLB team, so was confused when it wasn't and then didn't guess them further. Also, in Finland, much more likely to know the NHL team names, just can't avoid hearing them on tv. MLB, NBA, NFL .. much easier to avoid.

On a multi-sports quiz I always guess the New York baseball, football, and basketball teams named the Mets, Jets, and Nets because they're easy to remember.

Was it the New York Rangers you got by accident?

As a Canadian, I got all the NHL teams. I got 3 basketball teams and 2 each of baseball and football.

Most people just don't know the NHL that well, and the Penguins have been consistently in and around the Stanley Cup Finals for the last decade, much more so than any other team. They won the Cup (pretty much the only time an NHL team gets national press) back-to-back in 2016 and 2017, and they have the league's biggest star in Sidney Crosby. The Leafs are one of the NHL's signature franchises, and are Canada's most famous team. A lot of people probably think of Canada when they think of hockey (I know I do). People probably think of the White Sox immediately after thinking of the much more famous Red Sox, although I'll admit I was amazed they topped the Cubs on this list. I'm pretty baffled by the A's, whom even most baseball fans forget about. The only reasonable guess is that lots of people get credit for them after typing just "As," so anyone typing the Astros (another perennial powerhouse and recent champ) automatically gets the A's.

for the A's, I was going for the Astros and got them by chance. For the Penguins, I would have to guess many people think that sounds like a hockey name since penguins live in icy environments.

But the data set comes from Jetpunk quizzes. So I'm still not sure how that's possible

And now, taking the quiz again years later, I got "A(thletic)s" accidentally because I was trying to type "Astros" lol.

I'd guess White Sox make it because people think that right after they type Red Sox

probably would be called the Polar Bears if anything

and I'm kind of surprised the Chicago Bears (NFL) aren't here. They're from a big city and also have the 2nd-best all time record in the league after the Cowboys.

Nice job. I feel that way when I do well on a science quiz.

Well when I think of baseball the Red Sox pop immediately into my mind after the Yankees, and then with sox in my head I think of the White Sox

It's an objective fact that haters ignored all signs of reality during the Brady years.

Not enough Lorde fans taking the quiz.

I don't think Sox works. I think it's just the train of thought.

Nope. The Chiefs are actually close to the bottom, with a 77% guess rate. Check the sources in the description before you start claiming stuff you aren't sure about.

Mere "socky" association.

Once you get the Red Sox (and the Reds, by the way), many people remember that the White Sox also exist.

You can get the Athletics while typing "As" intending to type "Astros". People get the A's by accident.

Both the Reds and the White Sox got high guesses thanks to the Red Sox.

Try to put "redsox", and you get "reds" before, and by mere "sox" association people remember that there's also a "whitesox" answer.