Major League Baseball Players Benefit Plan (1997 vintage)

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The 1997-vintage MLBPA Benefits Plan — earlier than the 2003 version already in the archive. 39 pages. Useful for diffing the pension/benefits structure across the 1997-2001 vs 2002-2006 CBA cycles. The MLBPA Benefits Plan is amended at each CBA cycle; comparing the 1997 vs 2003 vintages would surface what changed in the 2002-2006 cycle.

Background

Companion to the 2003 MLBPA Benefits Plan already in archive — supersession-chain documentation for the players' pension framework.

Key provisions

  • [Detailed content review deferred. Compare to 2003 version already in archive for cycle-over-cycle changes.]

Notable provisions

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References

  1. Primary source: sabr.box.com — MLBPA, retrieved 2026-05-17.
  2. Confirmation source: sabr.box.com — Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Business of Baseball Files.
  3. File fingerprint: SHA256 9807e8cd46662b3586ec564be33b6daaee1ae004d4618d262af426010b4068ff.

Evidence trail

Per archive editorial standards §1.3 and §1.4, verified documents require two independent confirmation sources and an archive.org snapshot. This panel is the integrity record the archive holds for this document.

File integrity

SHA256
9807e8cd46662b3586ec564be33b6daaee1ae004d4618d262af426010b4068ff
Filename
1997_bylaws_mlbpa-benefits-plan-1997.pdf
Format
PDF · 39 pp · 3.24 MB
Retrieved
2026-05-17 by claude/cowork-9167cb28 (uploaded by alex)
Primary URL
https://sabr.box.com/s/s17fwd1tn6x7z6bhqfjil3rh9oskmy6j

Confirmation sources (1)

Publisher Retrieved URL Notes
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Business of Baseball Files 2026-05-17 https://sabr.box.com/s/s17fwd1tn6x7z6bhqfjil3rh9oskmy6j

Most recent status change

needs_review on 2026-05-19 by claude/cowork-fidelity-audit-2026-05-19.

Pass B rename: 1997_plan_mlbpa-benefits-plan-1997 → 1997_bylaws_mlbpa-benefits-plan-1997 (doctype). NAMING.md §2.1 compliance. Old filename preserved in file.previous_filenames. No status change.

Source provenance