NEW YORK -- A full postseason share for the World Series champion Houston Astros totaled a record $516,347 from a player pool of $107.5 million, also a record in the first season the playoffs were expanded to 12 teams.
The Astros split $38.7 million into 59 full shares, 14.14 partial shares and $940,000 in cash awards, the commissioner's office said Wednesday. The amount of the winner's share topped the previous mark of $438,902 for Houston in 2017, and the pool topped last year's prior high of $90.47 million.
A full share for the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies came to $296,255.