The full postseason share for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the World Series champions, was $477,441. This is less than the amounts from 2022 and 2023, due to more players sharing the record $129.1 million postseason pool.
This pool, in its third year with expanded playoffs, exceeded last year’s total of $107.8 million, as reported by the commissioner’s office on Tuesday.
The Dodgers voted to distribute 79 full shares, 17.49 partial shares, and $405,000 in cash awards, dividing a pool of $46.47 million. The total number of full share equivalents was 96.49, up from 76.56 last year when the Texas Rangers shared $38.81 million, with each full share worth $506,263. The Dodgers also voted the most full share equivalents last year at 94.04, despite losing in the Division Series.
In 2022, the Houston Astros had a record full share of $516,347 when they split their pool into 59 full shares, 14.14 partial shares, and $940,000 in cash awards.
The number of full share equivalents has been increasing over the years. For example, the San Francisco Giants had 56.65 full shares when they won the World Series in 2014, and the Houston Astros had 69.23 full shares when they won the championship in 2017.
All players and managers eligible for the World Series who were with the team or on the injured list since June 1 are entitled to a full share. Players who were not with the team after June 1 may receive a full share or a percentage of a share, based on a vote by the team’s players, along with two certified athletic trainers and one strength and conditioning coach.
Other staff members, such as spring training coaches, traveling secretaries, clubhouse staff, media relations personnel, scouts, and grounds crew, are eligible for cash awards but not shares.
Executives like general managers, assistant GMs, directors of baseball operations, team physicians, and security agents are not eligible for any part of the pool.
The full postseason share for the American League champion New York Yankees was $354,572, an increase from $313,634 for the Arizona Diamondbacks last year when they lost the World Series to the Texas Rangers. The Yankees had 71 full shares and 16.38 partial shares, for a total of 87.38 full share equivalents.
Full shares for other playoff teams this year were:
- $182,663 for Cleveland
- $179,948 for the New York Mets
- $55,729 for Detroit
- $52,278 for Philadelphia
- $49,583 for Kansas City
- $45,985 for San Diego
- $11,870 for Baltimore
- $10,749 for Houston
- $10,013 for Milwaukee
- $9,548 for Atlanta
The postseason pool includes 60% of the gate receipts from the first four games of the World Series and League Championship Series, the first three games of each Division Series, and the first two games of each Wild Card Series. Travel expenses for visiting teams in the Wild Card Series, up to $100,000 per club, are deducted.
The World Series champion receives 36% of the pool, the losing World Series team gets 24%, each LCS loser gets 12%, each Division Series loser receives 3.3%, and each Wild Card Series loser gets 0.8%.
