Ernie Banks is considered by many to be one of the greatest players in a team sport who never played on a championship team. I’m not interested in him. What I want to know is who are the worst players in professional team sports who lucked into being on the most championship teams?
My choice is Jack Haley, aka Dennis Rodman’s caddy, who mooched his way to a couple of championship rings with Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls.
Well, my nominee for “luckiest man in sports history” was not a terrible player. In fact, he was a decent player. Still, my nominee has to be…
Frankie Crosetti. The luckiest man in the history of sports. A so-so shortstop for the Yankees in the 1930s (he lost his job to Phil Rizzuto), then the Yankees third base coach for decades. Crosetti collected more World Series checks (as a player and coach) than anyone else in baseball history. He had very little to do with the Yankees’ success, but he profited mightily from it.
Bob Ueker (sp?) made it to the World Series, and did not play one inning. Tim McCarver did all the catching.
Charlie Silvera. Backup catcher on the Yankees from 1948-1956. Seven world series checks, and appeared in a grand total of 1 game in the WS. The stats seem to indicate he was able to hit, but there was no way he’d play when Yogi Berra and Elston Howard were around.
Andy Etchebarren. Catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1962-1975. Four world series – two wins. Lifetime .235 hitter with a total of 49 home runs in 15 years.
Sam Walton. The regular offensive tackle for the 1968 NY Jets. Such a liability to the team that, just before the Super Bowl, coach Weeb Eubank had Dave Herman play his position – despite the fact that Herman only played guard. However, the switch ending up ensuring the Jets victory. And, later, Walton went into retail. 
Charles “Victory” Faust – A pitcher for the 1911 New York Giants. He showed up one day an announced he was the one who would lead the team to the championship. Manager John McGraw took him on, and Faust warmed up to pitch every day. It was obvious to everyone that he didn’t have the stuff to be a major league pitcher, but he became the team’s mascot, and eventually appeared in two games – 2 IP, ERA 4.50
BTW, Frank Crosetti was a pretty solid shortstop – led the league in stolen bases once, lifetime batting average .245, with his best years in the 1930s
I forgot the perfect candidate:
Ray Oyler
Oyler was a good-field, no-hit shortstop with the Detroit Tigers. And I mean no-hit: his lifetime batting average was a magnificent .175 with a grand total of 15 home runs, 7 of which came when he was playing for the Seattle Pilots, who, I believe had exceptionally short fences. He had a total of 86 RBIs in his six-year career (542 games, 1265 ABs).
In 1968, when the Tigers were world champions, he was their regular shortstop, batting an eye-catching .135 with 1 home run and 12 RBIs in 111 games. It got so bad that manager Mayo Smith asked outfielder Mickey Stanley to play shortstop in the World Series. Stanley had never played the position before, and warmed up with 9 games there at the end of the season. He then played 7 games in the series, acquitting himself well (2 inconsequential errors). Oyler appeared in a couple of games as a defensive replacement.
Not quite the most championships, but the biggest rip-off I can can think of is that Wiliam Perry got a superbowl touchdown, and Payton never did.
A few other names:
Ever heard of Mike Lodish? Most people haven’t, but he “appeared” in 6 Super Bowls, an all-time record (4 as a backup for the Bills, two as a scrub for the Broncos).
Art Jorgens, Bill Dickey’s backup catcher, was on 5 pennant-winning Yankee teams, but never played in the World Series.