The history of Word Series winning-shares is limited with the amount of information out there, but courtesy of the Baseball Digest archives, we can get a better understanding;
“Beginning in 1969 winner and loser shares include League Championship Series. Loser’s shares in 1903, 1905 and 1907 and winners’ shares in 1906 and 1907 include club owners’ slices, which were added to their teams’ players’ pool.
Under a voluntary arrangement made by the club owners, the players shared in the revenue ...
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