Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$81M
Total assets Below avg plan size
244
Participants Below avg headcount
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$332,779
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel · Sponsored by Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC · Ohio · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$81M in assets, 244 participants

Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC's Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel reported $81M in total assets and 244 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,792 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel covers 244 participants in Ohio, about 32% of the average Ohio filer (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $81M.

#2,792
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+7.6%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel's outsized position by total assets

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$81,198,036 Top 10% higher than 90% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel sits mid-pack in the medium band (244 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel reported net income rose from -$15M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel reported participants fell from 267 in the plan year 2022 filing to 244 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel end-of-year assets rose from $75M in the plan year 2022 filing to $81M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 341547452 · Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel · $81M · 244 · 90th

  • RANK $81M
  • RANK 244
  • RANK 90th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near SEIU Local No. 4 Pension Fund
  • RANK ind #2792

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel in the asset neighbourhood

Connecticut Health Care Associates Pension FundConnecticut Health Care Asso…$81MIronworkers Local 808 Pension FundIronworkers Local 808 Pensio…$81MBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Long Island Pension FundBrotherhood of Locomotive En…$81MSEIU Local No. 4 Pension Fund$81MMajor League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed PersonnelMajor League Baseball Pensio…$81M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$75M
Net Assets (End of Year)$81M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN341547452
Plan Effective Date1981-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$148M 28.259626078016915% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$110M$120M$130M$140M$150M$160M 202220232024 $115M $148M ▲ +28.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,067 $115M
2023 2 3,073 $132M
2024 2 3,208 $148M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel, Total assets ($B): 0.081198036 · Participants: 244Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed PersonnelFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel side-by-side with 3 peers →

Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is SEIU Local No. 4 Pension Fund in IL ($81M); by covered participants it is Bss Retirement Plan for Bargained Employees in WA (244 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (244 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel assets move in 2023? ▼
Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel grew at a solid clip - up 7.6% during 2023, from $75M to $81M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 28.3%, from $115M to $148M.
Where does Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is SEIU Local No. 4 Pension Fund in IL ($81M, 7,623 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bss Retirement Plan for Bargained Employees in WA (244 participants, $115M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 341547452.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.