Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional sports league in North America made up of 30 teams that compete in the American League and the National League. In 2023, just over ** percent of players within the league were Hispanic or Latino.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional sports league in North America made up of ** teams that compete in the American League and the National League. In 2023, only *** percent of MLB players were African American.

A January 2024 survey in the United States revealed that almost 69 percent of MLB fans who attended or watched games were Caucasian. Meanwhile, close to 19 percent of MLB fans were Hispanic.

Major League Baseball is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in North America. The survey depicts the level of interest in the MLB in the United States and it showed that 36 percent of Hispanic respondents were avid fans of the league.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional sports league in North America made up of ** teams that compete in the American League and the National League. In 2023, roughly ** percent of head coaches within the league came from a minority background.

This paper investigates whether salary discrimination on the basis of race exists in Major League Baseball. To answer this question, free agent contracts from 2012-2015 are analyzed. The dependent variable, which is the natural logarithm of annual salary, is constructed by dividing the total value of each contract by the number of years each contract specifies. Control variables include the average WAR (Wins Above Replacement) for each player under contract, a dummy variable signifying a player’s race, a player’s contract length. The fact that previous literature on the subject often fails to account for contract length is not to be overlooked; including contract length should add significant robustness, and the proper methodology under this presupposition involves using a two-stage least squares regression to solve the endogeneity issue arising from simultaneous causality between contract length and annual salary. First, though, it will be necessary to test whether there is an endogeneity problem in the first place. To answer this question, the results of a Hausman test will be provided in section IV of this paper. The motivation of this paper is grounded in the postulate that it is necessary to check for endogeneity between contract length and salary, and, if it exists, to use a two-stage least squares regression to account for the issue. The results of the Hausman test show that no endogeneity exists between contract length and the dependent variable, so an OLS regression is appropriate. Both an OLS regression and a TSLS regression show an insignificant coefficient on the race variable. Further, regressions for only long term contracts and for each tertile of both average WAR and the natural logarithm of average annual salary show the same results. It is thus concluded that no evidence of salary discrimination exists in major league baseball according to this study.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America made up of ** teams that compete in the American League and the National League. While ** percent of MLB fans are Hispanic, this figure varies greatly among supporters of different teams. Approximately ** percent of Miami Marlins supporters were Hispanic, while the figure among Atlanta Braves fans stood at ** percent.

Data from Niven, David. "The racial disparity in the Major League Baseball draft, 1965–2001." SN Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (2024): 1-15.

The Major League Baseball is a North American sports organization comprising two leagues, the National League and the American League, with a total of ** teams. During a 2020 survey in the United States, ** percent of MLB fans were White.

An April 2025 survey indicated that women were the least engaged demographic when it came to Major League Baseball (MLB), with 37 percent of female respondents expressing no interest in the sport whatsoever. In comparison, male fans appeared more receptive, as only 22 percent of respondents said they had no interest in MLB.

In 2022, just over ** percent of Major League Soccer (MLS) players were white, while Hispanic or Latino players made up nearly a third of the league. MLS was founded in 1993, with ** U.S. and Canadian teams competing as of 2023.

This graph depicts the percentage of survey participants that follow Major League Baseball in 2014, by ethnicity. 34 percent of African American respondents said that they follow Baseball.

Major League Baseball is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in North America. The survey depicts the level of interest in the MLB in the United States and it showed that 33 percent of respondents aged 35 to 44 were avid fans of the league.

There were a total of 949 players on opening day rosters of Major League Baseball teams ahead of the 2024 season. Of these players, almost 28 percent were from countries and territories outside the United States, with the Dominican Republic being the most represented nation.

In 2023, the greatest share of players by ethnic group in the National Football League (NFL) were black or African American athletes, constituting just over ** percent of players within the NFL. Despite the large population of Hispanic or Latino people within the United States, there is a substantial underrepresentation within the NFL, with only *** percent of players identifying as such. National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that was established in 1920 and now consists of 32 clubs divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The league culminates in the Super Bowl, the NFL's annual championship game. As the league’s championship game, the Super Bowl has grown into one of the world's largest single-day sporting events, attracting high television ratings and generating billions of dollars in consumer spending. NFL revenues The NFL is one of the most profitable sports leagues in the world, generating a staggering **** billion U.S. dollars in 2022. This total revenue of all ** NFL teams has constantly increased over the past 15 years and, although this figure dropped significantly in 2020, this was largely as a result of the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. This significant drop in revenue demonstrates one of the primary impacts of COVID-19 on professional sports leagues. NFL franchises As a result of this profitability in non-pandemic times, the franchises of the NFL are attributed extremely high market values. The Dallas Cowboys were by far the most valuable franchise in the NFL, with a market value of **** billion US dollars in 2023. The high value of NFL franchises can be seen clearly when compared to those of the NBA, MLB, and NHL. Franchises within the NFL had an average market value of approximately *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

This graph depicts the total regular season home attendance of all Major League Baseball teams in the 2024 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers took the top spot with a total season home attendance of 3.94 million people. Conversely, the team with the lowest total season home attendance was the Oakland Athletics, who registered an attendance of around 0.92 million fans in 2024.

The average total regular season home attendance per team in Major League Baseball remained relatively stable from 2005 to 2024 with the notable exception of a considerable reduction in 2021 as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. In 2024, the average total home attendance was 2.38 million.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America made up of ** teams that compete in the American League and the National League. While ** percent of MLB fans identified as Democrats, this figure varies significantly between fans of individual teams. Approximately ** percent of New York Mets supporters were Democrats, while this figure stood at ** percent for fans of the Texas Rangers.

Major League Soccer is a professional men's soccer league that comprises teams from the U.S. and Canada. During an April 2023 survey, ** percent of Hispanic respondents from the United States reported that they had no interest in Major League Soccer.

American professional sports leagues are known for paying their players handsomely and Major League Baseball is no different. The highest earner in the MLB in 2024 was the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani. The three-time All-Star took home a base salary of 70 million U.S. dollars in the 2024 season. MLB salaries The MLB has both a minimum player salary and a competitive balance tax (also called Luxury Tax) in place to ensure the league remains competitive and that no single team can buy its way to victory. In 2024, the minimum player salary stood at 740 thousand U.S. dollars, a generous increase from the minimum salary of 500 thousand U.S. dollars ten years earlier. However, because of the astronomical earnings of some of the star players in the league, the average player salary across the MLB was 4.98 million U.S. dollars in 2024. If a team’s payroll exceeds a certain figure, they are forced to pay a luxury tax in order to discourage the largest teams from buying the best players in the league. In 2024, this payroll cap was 237 million U.S. dollars. MLB revenue on the up In 2024, teams of Major League Baseball generated around 378.13 million U.S. dollars on average in revenue per team. The New York Yankees sat top of the pile as the franchise generated revenue of 679 million U.S. dollars. On the other end of the scale, the Oakland Athletics had revenue of 241 million U.S. dollars in 2024.