Executive Compensation at the MLB Players Association (2024)

The Major League Ball Players Association (MLBPA) is a tax-exempt non-profit professional trade union representing 6,700 ball players in the major league (1,200) and the minor league (5,500) – the players on the 30 major league teams with 40-men rosters and the 5,500 minor league players employed by the major league teams.

Based in New York, NY, the MLBPA has 1 related/affiliated tax-exempt organization (MLBP Trust) and two related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust (MLBP, Inc to manage group licensing and MLBPA Blocker 1 Inc to manage investing).

In 2024, the MLBPA reported having 94 employees and spending $24 million on compensation, or an average of $255,000.  However, only 53 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 9 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $3,458,588:  Anthony Clark, Executive Director
• $1,588,696:  Bruce Meyer
• $   942,793:  Matthew Nussbaum
• $   895,106:  Ian Penny
• $   768,998:  Jeff Perconte
• $   745,308:  Xavier James
• $   740,715:  Robert Lenaghan
• $   517,918:  Chris Capuano
• $   429,064:  Tatia Mays-Russell

8 of the 9 most highly compensated employees are male while 1 is a female.

The 9 highly compensated employees listed above received $10 million in compensation.  The most highly compensated employee was Anthony Clark who received $3.5 million in 2024 and $17 million from 2019-2024:

Anthony Clark:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $17 million

• 2024:  $3,458,588
• 2023:  $4,308,371
• 2022:  $2,298,375
• 2021:  $2,306,396
• 2020:  $2,305,019
• 2019:  $2,303,166

The MLBPA paid for first class or charter travel.  See the Form 990, Schedule J, Part III, Supplemental Information for details.

21 independent contractors received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 5 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $2,678,845:  Winston & Strawn, of NY, NY for legal
• $   302,802:  Sports Info Solutions, of Bethlehem, PA for technology
• $   271,737:  Sidley Austin, of NY, NY for legal
• $   269,174:  Deel, Inc, of San Francisco, CA for payroll and HR
• $   243,594:  Weil Gotshal & Manges, of NY, NY for legal

To read the IRS Form 990 (2024), click here.