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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.1% barrel

Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 628 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Cristian Javier, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.4 innings this season — 2.03 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 Thursday, September 10, 2026

Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 628 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Cristian Javier, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.4 innings this season — 2.03 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
17.1% barrel
barrel rate
17.1
hard hit rate
49.7
plate appearances
628
opposing pitcher
Cristian Javier
opposing pitcher hr9
2.03
detail
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 628 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. He's facing Cristian Javier, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.4 innings this season — 2.03 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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