Comments on: What Players Earn for Winning Baseball World Series

By: Nan

Nan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:46:25 +0000

that’s insane !!!!

By: JIM

JIM — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:47:29 +0000

Back in the day , the money in the playoffs was a big thing. Now what they get if they win the world series is way less than what they make. I’m not sure but is the minimum pay for the 25th man about 450,00? It used to be they couldn’t wait to get as far as they could in the playoffs. Now its just spending money to them

By: Teo Perez

Teo Perez — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:07:49 +0000

I consider my brother BB guru and he cant anwer this simple one:
How much is Carlos Torres ( from my hometown Aguada,Puerto Rico)getting paid presently?)
Is he under contract?.
Kudos to you!
Thanks

By: frank Molino

frank Molino — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:33:52 +0000

only a very small percentage of professional ball players earn the really huge salaries that we mostly talk about..these players make the game exciting and they bring in the fans.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:04 +0000

If you could hit a 99 mph pitch with only .027 seconds to determine the movement and location of the pitch, not to mention be faster, stronger and more nimble than 99% of all human beings then you would get paid too.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:42 +0000

Why are CEOs of public companies paid so much? Why do movie stars make as much as they do? Supply and demand.

By: daemondust

daemondust — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:04:30 +0000

How can these, or any sports, players be worth this much?

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:37:15 +0000

You’re probably only half serious about this … but I’ll respond.

It’s the minimum, for the the 750ish players on the MLB rosters. Bear in mind that the last guy on the bench could have dominated most high school teams … elite performers in a lot of industries are very well compensated – compare to the top 750 politicians (congress + governors), managers (CEOs), lawyers, stock brokers, computer programmers (hint: look at the guys who founded some of the big tech companies).

The interesting thing about sports is that there is a specific line in the land that seperates the elite from the non-elite. There is no such line in the sand for computer programmers …

By: Damon Day

Damon Day — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:56:14 +0000

wow, like I said, I don’t know much about it. 400K as a minimum? I guess I should have stuck with baseball in High school. Sit on the bench, where your ball cap upside down when you are losing, eat some sunflower seeds, get a great view of the game, and you only get 400K a year. That has to be rough

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:41:00 +0000

A couple of different issues come into play:

1) The winning team is splitting the money into dozens of shares, as opposed to just one (or two, in the case of doubles) people on a winning tennis team.

2) This is not the main source of revenue for baseball players, but more of a “tip” for a job well done (or, alternately, overtime pay). Elite players can make upwards of 20M per season as an actual salary.

The interesting thing is that it is in the best financial interest of players to limit the number of shares. They get a pool of X dollars … voting more shares to role players, coaches, etc dilutes the value of each share. Nonetheless, they often do the “right thing” and give partial shares to people they aren’t obligated to include.

By: saladdin

saladdin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:34:48 +0000

Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer as a bonus one year (not a playoff bonus just a “good year” bonus).

There are some weird extras in players contracts. One guy required a case of jello and there have been many bonuses for staying under a certain weight.

saladdin

By: saladdin

saladdin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:29 +0000

By union contract minimum salary for player is 400K.

saladdin

By: Damon Day

Damon Day — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:17:29 +0000

ya, I had no idea either. I don’t follow baseball that closely but I have a lot of friends and family that do. I don’t even think they know about players actually getting a nice extra chunk of change for winning the series. I figured they got a heck of a nice ring, bragging rights and extra endorsements for a year. 350K can be a nice chunk of change if you are not a star player and only making 100K a year or whatever the lower players get paid. Certainly something to play for.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:58:53 +0000

I apologize if I’m being ignorant (since the only sport I follow closely enough is tennis) but that doesn’t seem too much to me in term of the professional athletic world.

For example, Kim Clijsters and Juan Martin del Potro just won the US Open on the women’s and men’s side respectively and each got north of a million dollars. Of course this doesn’t take into account endorsements and such…just prize money.

By: Jason Unger

Jason Unger — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:21 +0000

Great post – I never had any idea there was an additional financial bonus to making the playoffs!