Down to the final 16 in the bracket, it’s pretty striking how many of those who remain were on championship teams:
2015 (5): Kendrys Morales, Ben Zobrist, Jeremy Guthrie, Paulo Orlando, Luke Hochevar
1985 (4): John Wathan, Jamie Quirk, Steve Balboni, Buddy Biancalana
Neither (7): Tom Gordon, Bob Hamelin, Jim Eisenreich, Brian McRae, Bill Pecota, Johnny Giavotella, Mitch Maier
Of the 77 players chosen to “compete,” 21 were on either the ‘85 or the ‘15 club; nine of those remain, and in only two cases (Pete LaCock over Onix Concepcion and Brian McRae over Steve Farr) did a player without a World Series ring beat someone with a World Series ring.