Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 15, 2004
Sharing the Wealth

It seems the Red Sox players were very generous in distributing their World Series money. Good to see. There was a time when the World Series shares could be a major part of the money a player earned during the season. Now, it's more like a nice bonus. I'm glad they're spreading the wealth.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:20 AM | World Series | TrackBack (0)
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The $225K share is of course tip money for the stars, but it's a little more than that for bottom-of-the-roster players earning the $500K MLB minimum (and even more for nonplaying staff earning even less than that).

Posted by: Steven J. Berke at November 15, 2004 11:24 AM

Correcting my earlier comment: the minimum is 300K not 500K, and that is just about what, for example, Bronson Arroyo was earning (according to Dugout Dollars). Players on the 40-man roster who were not with the big club for some of the season would make even less (Kevin Youkilis is an example).

Posted by: Steven J. Berke at November 15, 2004 02:29 PM

Johnny Damon is the team union rep. Assuming that makes him the team leader for some of these business type issues. digest that for a few minutes.

Posted by: Jack Tanner at November 16, 2004 08:35 AM