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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
16.1% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Sunday, September 27, 2026
Yordan Alvarez has barrelled 16.1% of his batted balls this season across 682 plate appearances — about 2.15x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.9%. 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
670541
player name
Yordan Alvarez
team
Houston Astros
matchup
Houston Astros vs Athletics
headline
16.1% barrel
barrel rate
16.1
hard hit rate
53.9
plate appearances
682
detail
Yordan Alvarez has barrelled 16.1% of his batted balls this season across 682 plate appearances — about 2.15x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.9%. 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.