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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
18.9% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Saturday, September 26, 2026
James Wood has barrelled 18.9% of his batted balls this season across 610 plate appearances — about 2.52x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.7%. 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
695578
player name
James Wood
team
Washington Nationals
matchup
New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
headline
18.9% barrel
barrel rate
18.9
hard hit rate
58.7
plate appearances
610
opposing pitcher
Jonah Tong
detail
James Wood has barrelled 18.9% of his batted balls this season across 610 plate appearances — about 2.52x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.7%. 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.
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.