MLB distributed $76.63M in postseason player compensation, up 10% from last year and another league record. The money, generated from 50% of the gate receipts of the Wild Card games and 60% of the first three games of each LDS and first four games of each LCS and World Series, is largely a function of the ballpark capacities of the participating teams and ticket prices. This year’s overall postseason compensation pool breaks last year’s mark of $69.88M and marks the third time in five seasons a new record has been set. It has grown 23% in the last two years.
The World Series-champion Cubs divided their $27.59M portion of the postseason pool into 66 full shares, 8.7 partial shares and four cash awards. The Cubs’ full share value of $368,871.59 is down slightly from the Royals’ full player share of $370,069.03 in '15. However, the Cubs divided a larger overall pool into more full shares. Postseason distributions were again given to each of the 10 playoff teams.
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YEAR
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TOTAL
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'16
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$76.53M
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'15
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$69.88M
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'14
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$62.03M
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'13
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$62.68M
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'12
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$65.36M
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'11
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$57.3M
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'10
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$54.9M
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'09
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$59.0M
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'08
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$51.16M
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'07
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$52.46M
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'06
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$55.6M
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