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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

15.4% barrel

Mike Trout has barrelled 15.4% of his batted balls this season across 549 plate appearances — about 2.05x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.2%. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

Published Monday, September 7, 2026

Mike Trout has barrelled 15.4% of his batted balls this season across 549 plate appearances — about 2.05x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.2%. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

THE NUMBERS

angle
barrel_edge
player id
545361
player name
Mike Trout
team
Los Angeles Angels
matchup
Los Angeles Angels vs Boston Red Sox
headline
15.4% barrel
barrel rate
15.4
hard hit rate
45.2
plate appearances
549
detail
Mike Trout has barrelled 15.4% of his batted balls this season across 549 plate appearances — about 2.05x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.2%. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.