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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

20.4% barrel

James Wood has barrelled 20.4% of his batted balls this season across 566 plate appearances — about 2.72x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.6%. He's facing Walbert Ureña, who has allowed 5 home runs in 79.6 innings this season — 0.57 per nine. 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 Saturday, September 12, 2026

James Wood has barrelled 20.4% of his batted balls this season across 566 plate appearances — about 2.72x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.6%. He's facing Walbert Ureña, who has allowed 5 home runs in 79.6 innings this season — 0.57 per nine. 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
695578
player name
James Wood
team
Washington Nationals
matchup
Los Angeles Angels vs Washington Nationals
headline
20.4% barrel
barrel rate
20.4
hard hit rate
58.6
plate appearances
566
opposing pitcher
Walbert Ureña
opposing pitcher hr9
0.57
detail
James Wood has barrelled 20.4% of his batted balls this season across 566 plate appearances — about 2.72x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.6%. He's facing Walbert Ureña, who has allowed 5 home runs in 79.6 innings this season — 0.57 per nine. 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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