Brewers' full share is $11,404 for playoffs.

[brewcrewreview]

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The Brewers' shares were almost half of the Cubs' shares. I didn't know second place teams get playoff shares. That's quite a nice little bonus for not making the playoffs.

[Fatter than Joey]

I didn't know second place teams get playoff shares. That's quite a nice little bonus for not making the playoffs.

 

It's a built incentive to keep playing hard.

[DHonks]

I think 3rd place teams get money, too...or they did up till last year...goes back to the days of 4 total divisions

[Kurt]

Im sure they spent more than that invoicing for playoff tickets.. I think that is part of the reason why the money is there for them.

[Paul77]

Im sure they spent more than that invoicing for playoff tickets.. I think that is part of the reason why the money is there for them.

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The playoff shares are for the players, each player takes home an $11,000 share.

 

[DHonks]

players hold a meeting usually in August to discuss how their playoff pot is divided, hence the shares. They vote half, quarter, or eighth shares to key personnel, like clubhouse attendants, bat boys, players that spent most of the year in AAA, or traded players. The Brewers having the highest amount means that they have the fewest total shares. That means it's unlikely that non-players got very much out of it. I know I've heard that in 2001 the Dbacks had a heated meeting, with youngsters debating, so at some point the veterans like Grace, Johnson, Williams, Schilling, etc threw up their arms and stormed out of the room, declaring to just give their shares to the clubhouse staff. The result was that the average full-time clubhouse attendant received a check after the World Series for roughly 3-4 times their typical annual salary.

[temke]

Im sure they spent more than that invoicing for playoff tickets

sure, but i think the $25 handling fee we forked over the get these tickets more than covered those costs.

 

(not sure if the fee was credited to 2008 tickets or not)

[dadofandrew]

The number of shares being less might just mean they had fewer players play a substantial number of games as well.

 

I believe just the 2nd place teams get money now, back in the days of 6-7 team divisions, 3rd place did indeed get a small amount.

[1992casey]

The playoff shares don't come from the pockets of Brewer management. They come from revenue generated by the playoff games themselves (TV, stadium revenue, etc.).