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November 27th, 2010 
admin Now that post season baseball is upon us, I’m curious approximately how much extra money the owner of a MLB baseball team makes by advancing (and winning) the World Series. Thanks!
This is a very, very difficult question to answer. It depends on so many factors that it is hard to really pin down.
1) It depends on the number of games played in each round.
2) It depends on the TV ratings.
3) It depends on the market/stadium the team plays in, and also those of the teams it plays against.
If a team plays the maximum number of games in a mid-to-larger sized market, a team can expect somewhere between $18-20 million in total revenue for the entire playoffs. If the minimum number of games are played (all series sweeps) in smaller markets, the number could be closer to $7-8 million for total playoff revenue.
This does not take into consideration the increased revenue from merhcandise sales or promotional revenue the team receives from a greater amount of exposure if the team is new to postseason success. In this regard, the Rockies and the Diamondbacks stand to gain the most from a World Series appearance.
A team does not receive additional revenue for winning the World Series. TV (ad sales) and ticket sales revenue is divided evenly between the teams. The players bonuses are higher for winning the World Series, but even then the numbers are $20,000 for the winners vs. $18,000 for the runners-up. That difference is harly worth mentioning considering the annual salaries of even the lowest paid baseball players.
A further complication is that these teams often see renewed interest in their teams during the following year after reaching the World Series, which leads to more season ticket sales, more merchandising sales, and higher ad revenue. This is very difficult to calculate.
A very, very rough estimate is that each game is worth about $800,000-$1,000,000 to each team.
Hope that helps. Great question!
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It not like there a cash prize or something.
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I don’t think the owner himself makes anything unless he has some gentleman’s bet with other owner(s).
The TEAM is awarded additional compensation under the league contract for reaching and advancing in the playoffs.
I believe the breakdown is:
$5 million to WS winner, $3 to WS loser.
There are lesser amounts for division/wild card winners.
Of course, there’s the intangible enhanced value for the franchise/ownership of the WS winner. His home-market TV rights and merchandising values obviously soar. That’s hard to put a value on, but I’d guess no less than $20 million.
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Teams are paid according as to whether or not they make the playoffs. The MLB financial pool pays out a certain amount to all of these teams depending on how far they go. Then there is the TV rights and marketing value. Sponsorships that pay multi millions of dollars with each franchise receives. Each ball player gets a certain amount depending on how they advance. The amount of money is hard to say. Attendance pays a large role as well.
Let’s just say the the owners who win make enough to buy world series rings for all the players, manager and staff though out the organization. I’ve seen some of these rings and they ain’t cheap.
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Depends on the team. if Boston makes it to the world series they will make alot more than whomever they face in the world series because they are a big market team and both teans in NL are small market teams. Both teams will share equaly from MLB, but where the big money is made is in merchandising and because Boston is a big market team they will sell alot more hats, shirts anything with the Red Sox logo.
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There is also the ticket sales, concessions and merchandise sales at the games. That all adds big dollars to the team thats there as well.
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This is a very, very difficult question to answer. It depends on so many factors that it is hard to really pin down.
1) It depends on the number of games played in each round.
2) It depends on the TV ratings.
3) It depends on the market/stadium the team plays in, and also those of the teams it plays against.
If a team plays the maximum number of games in a mid-to-larger sized market, a team can expect somewhere between $18-20 million in total revenue for the entire playoffs. If the minimum number of games are played (all series sweeps) in smaller markets, the number could be closer to $7-8 million for total playoff revenue.
This does not take into consideration the increased revenue from merhcandise sales or promotional revenue the team receives from a greater amount of exposure if the team is new to postseason success. In this regard, the Rockies and the Diamondbacks stand to gain the most from a World Series appearance.
A team does not receive additional revenue for winning the World Series. TV (ad sales) and ticket sales revenue is divided evenly between the teams. The players bonuses are higher for winning the World Series, but even then the numbers are $20,000 for the winners vs. $18,000 for the runners-up. That difference is harly worth mentioning considering the annual salaries of even the lowest paid baseball players.
A further complication is that these teams often see renewed interest in their teams during the following year after reaching the World Series, which leads to more season ticket sales, more merchandising sales, and higher ad revenue. This is very difficult to calculate.
A very, very rough estimate is that each game is worth about $800,000-$1,000,000 to each team.
Hope that helps. Great question!
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