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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

15.8% barrel

Shohei Ohtani has barrelled 15.8% of his batted balls this season across 586 plate appearances — about 2.11x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 51.7%. 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.

Published Thursday, September 3, 2026

Shohei Ohtani has barrelled 15.8% of his batted balls this season across 586 plate appearances — about 2.11x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 51.7%. 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
660271
player name
Shohei Ohtani
team
Los Angeles Dodgers
matchup
St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
headline
15.8% barrel
barrel rate
15.8
hard hit rate
51.7
plate appearances
586
opposing pitcher
Quinn Mathews
detail
Shohei Ohtani has barrelled 15.8% of his batted balls this season across 586 plate appearances — about 2.11x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 51.7%. 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.

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