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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

19.5% barrel

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.5% of his batted balls this season across 460 plate appearances — about 2.6x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.8%. He's facing Zebby Matthews, who has allowed 14 home runs in 87.5 innings this season — 1.44 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 Friday, September 4, 2026

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.5% of his batted balls this season across 460 plate appearances — about 2.6x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.8%. He's facing Zebby Matthews, who has allowed 14 home runs in 87.5 innings this season — 1.44 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
Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
headline
19.5% barrel
barrel rate
19.5
hard hit rate
56.8
plate appearances
460
opposing pitcher
Zebby Matthews
opposing pitcher hr9
1.44
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 19.5% of his batted balls this season across 460 plate appearances — about 2.6x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.8%. He's facing Zebby Matthews, who has allowed 14 home runs in 87.5 innings this season — 1.44 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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