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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.9% barrel

Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 618 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Hunter Brown, who has allowed 10 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.12 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 Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 618 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Hunter Brown, who has allowed 10 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.12 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
656941
player name
Kyle Schwarber
team
Philadelphia Phillies
matchup
Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
headline
16.9% barrel
barrel rate
16.9
hard hit rate
49.7
plate appearances
618
opposing pitcher
Hunter Brown
opposing pitcher hr9
1.12
detail
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 618 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Hunter Brown, who has allowed 10 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.12 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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