Major League Baseball

DICK HOWSER TROPHY WINNERS

Look back at the past winners of the Dick Howser Trophy, which awards the nation's top baseball player in the United States each year.
Awful Announcing

MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds said home runs aren’t factored into slugging percentage, then claimed they were counted like doubles

It’s always remarkable when an on-air pundit proves just how little they know about what they’re talking about. Last week, we had ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith talking about the crucial matchup of Hunter ...
Business Insider

Morningstar breaks down how using baseball stats identified the 9 funds that have consistently smashed their benchmarks - including 2 that have beaten their indexes by over 5% ...

Morningstar has developed a version of baseball's "slugging percentage" to measure the magnitude of a fund's outperformance. The research firm looked at a fund's monthly returns over the last 10 years ...
Morningstar

These Funds Hit for Power

In the summer, some Morningstar Manager Research analysts have been known to slip off to the ballpark to take a break from evaluating fund managers’ performance. Those warm afternoons tracking hits, ...