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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

20.3% barrel

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 411 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.9%. He's facing Nolan McLean, who has allowed 9 home runs in 84.2 innings this season — 0.96 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 Monday, August 24, 2026

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 411 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.9%. He's facing Nolan McLean, who has allowed 9 home runs in 84.2 innings this season — 0.96 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
808959
player name
Munetaka Murakami
team
Chicago White Sox
matchup
New York Mets vs Chicago White Sox
headline
20.3% barrel
barrel rate
20.3
hard hit rate
58.9
plate appearances
411
opposing pitcher
Nolan McLean
opposing pitcher hr9
0.96
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 411 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.9%. He's facing Nolan McLean, who has allowed 9 home runs in 84.2 innings this season — 0.96 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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