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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.7% barrel

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.7% of his batted balls this season across 363 plate appearances — about 2.23x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.2%. 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

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.7% of his batted balls this season across 363 plate appearances — about 2.23x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.2%. 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 Chicago White Sox
headline
16.7% barrel
barrel rate
16.7
hard hit rate
55.2
plate appearances
363
detail
Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.7% of his batted balls this season across 363 plate appearances — about 2.23x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.2%. 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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