Forty-nine players appeared in a game for the Dodgers in 2014. On Monday it was announced that 54 will receive full postseason shares for a total of $2,015,860.01, or $31,542.85 each. The Dodgers additionally issued 9.65 partial shares and four “cash awards.”
So who gets all that money? Good question.
Typically the extra shares go to the staff that serves the team on a daily basis: The traveling secretary, clubhouse attendants, and others who don’t make major-league money. ESPN.com had a neat feature on this topic recently.
The four teams that were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs (Dodgers, Angels, Tigers, Nationals) all received the same total playoff share. Players received half of the gate receipts from the four series; that money is then divided equally among the four teams, who are then free to choose how to distribute it.
The San Francisco Giants received the most money of any playoff team. A full World Series share was worth a record $388,605.94 this year.