Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Office of the Commissioner of Baseball Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$290M
Total assets Near avg plan size
551
Participants Below avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$526,461
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan · Sponsored by Office of the Commissioner of Baseball · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$290M in assets, 551 participants

Office of the Commissioner of Baseball's Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan reported $290M in total assets and 551 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #2,900 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Where Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan sits by assets

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $290M for 551 participants (~$526,461/participant), up 13.2% in 2023.

#2,900
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+13.2%
assets growth YoY
2.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan's outsized position by total assets

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$290,079,785 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 - Office Employees Plan 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 - Office Employees Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (551 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan reported net income rose from -$59M in the plan year 2022 filing to $34M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan end-of-year assets rose from $256M in the plan year 2022 filing to $290M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan reported participants fell from 594 in the plan year 2022 filing to 551 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131665347 · Office of the Commissioner of Baseball PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan · $290M · 551 · 96th

  • RANK $290M
  • RANK 551
  • RANK 96th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #2900

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 New York →

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Colonial Williamsburg FoundationThe Retirement Income Plan f…$291MAmerican Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Pension PlanAmerican Axle & Manufacturin…$290MMajor League Baseball - Office Employees PlanMajor League Baseball - Offi…$290MMattel Cash Balance Plan$289MHawaii Sheet Metal Workers Pension FundHawaii Sheet Metal Workers P…$289M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$256M
Net Assets (End of Year)$290M
Net Income$34M
Employer EIN131665347
Plan Effective Date1993-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Office of the Commissioner of Baseball)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Office of the Commissioner of Baseball plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$934M 38.44908548488954% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$600M$700M$800M$900M$1,000M 202220232024 $674M $934M ▲ +38.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 5,533 $674M
2023 5 5,600 $822M
2024 5 5,023 $934M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.290079785 · Participants: 551Major League Baseball - Office Employees PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Pension Plan in MI ($290M); by covered participants it is Standard Retirement Plan - Home Office Personnel in OR (550 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (551 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 - Office Employees Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.2% during 2023, from $256M to $290M. Reported net income was $34M.
How have Office of the Commissioner of Baseball plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Office of the Commissioner of Baseball's sponsor-wide assets grew 38.4%, from $674M to $934M.
Where does Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Pension Plan in MI ($290M, 787 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Major League Baseball - Office Employees Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Standard Retirement Plan - Home Office Personnel in OR (550 participants, $624M 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 131665347.

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.