Better Than a Rabbit’s Foot

[Get your team a Will Smith, stat.]
On Saturday night, Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith smacked an 11th inning home run that wound up winning the 2025 World Series for his team. It was Smith’s third championship with the Dodgers, following titles in 2024 and 2020. That’s a good run, but even more impressively, it means that the World Series-winning team has now featured a Will Smith for six straight years. Here’s a look at the Wills Smith:

2025: Dodgers catcher Will Smith

2024: Dodgers catcher Will Smith

2023: Rangers pitcher Will Smith

2022: Astros pitcher Will Smith

2021: Braves pitcher Will Smith

2020: Dodgers catcher Will Smith

Will Smith the catcher has won all his titles with the same team. Will Smith the pitcher, however, managed to win three years in a row with three different teams. According to Will Smith the pitcher’s Wikipedia page, winning three championships with three different teams three years in a row has otherwise never been done in the history of North American professional sports. Now that’s lucky.

And yet despite all their baseball success, neither of these guys get to be the first hit on Wikipedia for their own name.

Link: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-player-named-will-smith-world-series-streak