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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

15.6% barrel

Mike Trout has barrelled 15.6% of his batted balls this season across 579 plate appearances — about 2.08x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.3%. He's facing Kade Anderson, who has allowed 4 home runs in 20.3 innings this season — 1.77 per nine. 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 14, 2026

Mike Trout has barrelled 15.6% of his batted balls this season across 579 plate appearances — about 2.08x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.3%. He's facing Kade Anderson, who has allowed 4 home runs in 20.3 innings this season — 1.77 per nine. 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
Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels
headline
15.6% barrel
barrel rate
15.6
hard hit rate
45.3
plate appearances
579
opposing pitcher
Kade Anderson
opposing pitcher hr9
1.77
detail
Mike Trout has barrelled 15.6% of his batted balls this season across 579 plate appearances — about 2.08x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.3%. He's facing Kade Anderson, who has allowed 4 home runs in 20.3 innings this season — 1.77 per nine. 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.

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