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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
15.9% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Thursday, September 24, 2026
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 15.9% of his batted balls this season across 678 plate appearances — about 2.12x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.9%. 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
Milwaukee Brewers vs Philadelphia Phillies
headline
15.9% barrel
barrel rate
15.9
hard hit rate
48.9
plate appearances
678
detail
Kyle Schwarber has barrelled 15.9% of his batted balls this season across 678 plate appearances — about 2.12x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.9%. 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.