Major League Baseball has distributed the playoff earnings for 2024, setting a new record with a postseason pool of $129.1 million, as reported by the Associated Press.
The playoff pool consists of 60% of the ticket sales from the first four games of the World Series and LCS, first three games of the divisional round, and first two games of the Wild Card Series. The World Series champions receive 36% of the pool to divide among their players, while the losing World Series team gets 24%. The losing LCS teams each receive 12%, division series losers get 3.3%, and Wild Card losers get 0.8%.
The Dodgers awarded 79 full shares and 17.49 partial shares, with each full share amounting to $477,441.
Players on the Yankees who received a full share earned $354,572.
Here is the breakdown of earnings for players on other playoff teams who received a full share:
- Guardians: $182,663
- Mets: $179,948
- Tigers: $55,729
- Phillies: $52,278
- Royals: $49,583
- Padres: $45,985
- Orioles: $11,870
- Astros: $10,749
- Brewers: $10,013
- Braves: $9,548
Players on each playoff team participate in voting to determine how much to award to other club personnel, including full shares and percentages.
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