
It’s challenging to determine what truly defines the “worst MLB players.” After all, no matter how bad these players might have been, they all still played major league baseball.
I considered several factors, including career WAR, playing time, and basic statistics, when compiling this list.
Presented for your enjoyment are 15 of the worst MLB players who were somehow lucky enough to win multiple World Series championships.
Who are the worst MLB players who have won multiple World Series?
Charlie Silvera

Charlie Silvera was lucky enough to be part of 6 World Series championships over a 10-year Major League Baseball career. Of course, he won those titles with the New York Yankees juggernaut of the 1950s. However, New York didn’t win because of Silvera. On the contrary, as the backup to Yogi Berra, Silvera rarely played.
Jonny Gomes

The next entry on the list won 2 World Series rings but only played in one Fall Classic. Jonny Gomes played for the champion Red Sox in 2013 and played in the regular season for the 2015 champion Royals. While playing for seven teams over a 13-year MLB career, Gomes amassed a career WAR of 3.5.
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Ryan Theriot

In a brief 8-year MLB career, Ryan Theriot played for two World Champions, the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants. Despite the two rings, Theriot will be better remembered for the creation of a new stat – TOOTBLAN (Thrown Out On The Bases Like A Nincompoop), than anything else.
Ted Kubiak

In what appears to be a common theme, Ted Kubiak is another in a long line of marginal players who benefited from playing on a baseball dynasty. In this case, it’s the Oakland A’s teams of the 1970s. Those championships were built on the backs of players like Reggie, Catfish, and Rollie, but Kubiak and his 1.5 WAR were there too.
Franklin Morales

It’s a little surprising that there aren’t more journeyman relief pitchers on this list. Franklin Morales spent 10 years pitching for four different MLB teams and winning World Series rings with the 2013 Red Sox and the 2015 Royals. Considering that he had a career 4.56 ERA and 1.8 career WAR, Morales earned his spot here.
Arndt Jorgens

I had to look back into the game’s history to find players who were a good fit for this list. Arndt Jorgens certainly qualifies. He spent 11 years with the New York Yankees between 1929 and 1939 and was a member of 5 World Series teams (1932, 1936-1939). Since he was the backup to Bill Dickey, Jorgens never played in any World Series game.
Dal Maxvill

Dal Maxvill played professional baseball for 14 years, finished with a career batting average of .217, and 4 World Series rings. The light-hitting middle infielder won 2 rings with the Cardinals, and one each with the A’s and Pirates. Despite the postseason brilliance, Maxvill batted a gaudy .114 in the playoffs.
Stuffy McInnis

Another 4-time World Series champion, Stuffy McInnis, won titles with the Philadelphia Athletics (1911, 1913), the Red Sox (1918), and the Pirates (1925). In 20 World Series games (there were no playoffs back then), McInnis hit .200 with 4 RBIs. Not exactly tearing the cover off the ball type stats.
Mike Mordecai

A 33rd-round pick in the 1986 Amateur Draft and then a 6th-round pick in the 1989 Amateur Draft, Mike Mordecai went on to have a 12-year career in Major League Baseball, compiling a career WAR of -2.8. The backup infielder did, however, win two World Series titles with the Braves and the Marlins.
Terrance Gore

Terrance Gore won his first World Series ring in 2015 with the Royals, although he was not on the World Series roster. In 2021, Gore won his second ring as a member of the Atlanta Braves. Despite the multiple rings, over an 8-year career, Gore played a total of 112 games and had 85 career plate appearances.
Will Smith

Let’s start by stating that this entry is about Will Smith, the relief pitcher, who played from 2012 to 2024. He bounced around the league, pitching for six teams, but won World Series titles in 2021, 2022, and 2023. In fact, Smith is the only pro athlete in North American sports to win three championships in three years with three different teams.
Al Newman

A member of the only two World Series titles in Twins history, Al Newman spent 5 of his 8 years playing in Minnesota. Despite playing a fairly prominent role during the regular season with the Twins, he was nothing more than a light-hitting infielder with a career WAR of 2.5 and played sporadically in the playoffs.
Luis Sojo

Another player who benefited from playing on a dynasty team from the Bronx, Luis Sojo, won four World Series titles with the Yankees in 1996 and 1998-2000. While the light-hitting infielder did have a few clutch hits during that run, with a career WAR of 4.2, Luis Sojo was mostly a complementary player.
Mike Sharperson

A rare stat for the players on this list, Mike Sharperson was an All-Star in 1992 with the Dodgers. A deeper dive shows that his best 3-year stretch came with an increase in playing time, but that success was short-lived. Sharperson played on 2 World Series champions with the Dodgers and Braves, but he was not an integral part of those title runs.
Johnny Hopp

No teams have won more World Series titles than the Yankees and Cardinals, so it stands to reason that the last entry on the list won 2 titles with each of them. While Johnny Hopp lacked power, he hit for average, finishing his career with a .296 batting average. The MLB postseason was another story. Hopp had just three singles in 50 World Series at-bats.