A full postseason share for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers amounted to $477,441, a decrease from the previous year's total. The total pool for postseason shares in the third year of expanded playoffs reached a record $129.1 million, surpassing the previous year's $107.8 million, as announced by the commissioner's office on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers distributed 79 full shares, 17.49 partial shares, and $405,000 in cash awards from a pool of $46.47 million. This year, the Dodgers had 96.49 full share equivalents, an increase from the previous year's 76.56. In the previous year, the Texas Rangers split $38.81 million, with a full share valued at $506,263. The Dodgers also had the highest share equivalents last year at 94.04 when they were eliminated in the Division Series.
In 2022, the Houston Astros received a record full share of $516,347, dividing their pool into 59 full shares, 14.14 partial shares, and $940,000 in cash awards. The American League champion New York Yankees saw a full share of $354,572, up from $313,634 for the Arizona Diamondbacks the previous year when they lost the World Series to Texas. The Yankees distributed 71 full shares and 16.38 partial shares, totaling 87.38 full share equivalents.
Other playoff teams received the following full shares this year: $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, and $9,548 for Atlanta.
The postseason pool comprises 60% of 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 of up to $100,000 per club are deducted for each visiting team in the Wild Card Series. The World Series champion receives 36% of the pool, the losing World Series team 24%, each LCS loser 12%, each Division Series loser 3.3%, and each Wild Card Series loser 0.8%.
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