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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

18.9% barrel

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.9% of his batted balls this season across 474 plate appearances — about 2.52x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.3%. He's facing Bubba Chandler, who has allowed 5 home runs in 76.1 innings this season — 0.59 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 Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.9% of his batted balls this season across 474 plate appearances — about 2.52x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.3%. He's facing Bubba Chandler, who has allowed 5 home runs in 76.1 innings this season — 0.59 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
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago White Sox
headline
18.9% barrel
barrel rate
18.9
hard hit rate
57.3
plate appearances
474
opposing pitcher
Bubba Chandler
opposing pitcher hr9
0.59
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.9% of his batted balls this season across 474 plate appearances — about 2.52x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.3%. He's facing Bubba Chandler, who has allowed 5 home runs in 76.1 innings this season — 0.59 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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