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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

18.3% barrel

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 18.3% of his batted balls this season across 314 plate appearances — about 2.44x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.8%. 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 Friday, August 28, 2026

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 18.3% of his batted balls this season across 314 plate appearances — about 2.44x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.8%. 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
665833
player name
Oneil Cruz
team
Pittsburgh Pirates
matchup
Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
headline
18.3% barrel
barrel rate
18.3
hard hit rate
57.8
plate appearances
314
opposing pitcher
Quinn Mathews
detail
Oneil Cruz has barrelled 18.3% of his batted balls this season across 314 plate appearances — about 2.44x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.8%. 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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