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Dodgers Players Split Over $2 Million In 2019 Postseason Shares

Major League Baseball announced the allotment of 2019 postseason shares, with the total pool the third-highest at $80,861,145.74. The amount is down from a both record of more than $88 million last year and $84 million in 2017.

The players’ pool is formed from 50% of the gate receipts from Wild Card Games, 60% of gate receipts from the first three games of the Division Series, 60% of receipts from the first four games of the League Championship Series, and 60% of the gate receipts from the first four games of the World Series.

The pool was divided among the 10 postseason teams: the two World Series participants, the two League Championship Series runners-up, the four Division Series runners-up and the two runners-up in the Wild Card Games.