MLB distributed $84.5M in postseason player compensation, up 10% from last year and another league record. The money, generated from 50% of the gate receipts from the Wild Card games and 60% from 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. As a result, the long playoff run by the Dodgers, playing in MLB’s largest ballpark, in particular helped enlarge the pool. This year’s overall compensation pool breaks last year’s mark of $76.6M and represents the fourth time in six seasons a new record has been set. The pool has grown 21% in the last two years. The World Series champion Astros divided their league record $30.4M portion of the postseason pool into 60 full shares of $438,901.57 each, 9.23 partial shares and four cash awards. Postseason distributions were again given to each of the 10 playoff teams.
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YEAR
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AMOUNT
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'17
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$84.5M
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'16
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$76.63M
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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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