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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

19.8% barrel

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 419 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.5%. 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 Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 419 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.5%. 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
Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
headline
19.8% barrel
barrel rate
19.8
hard hit rate
58.5
plate appearances
419
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 419 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.5%. 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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