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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
16.5% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 16.5% of his batted balls this season across 646 plate appearances — about 2.2x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. 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
Philadelphia Phillies vs Washington Nationals
headline
16.5% barrel
barrel rate
16.5
hard hit rate
49.7
plate appearances
646
detail
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 16.5% of his batted balls this season across 646 plate appearances — about 2.2x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.7%. 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.