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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

18.7% barrel

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.7% of his batted balls this season across 496 plate appearances — about 2.49x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.6%. He's facing Gavin Williams, who has allowed 14 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.58 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, September 14, 2026

Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.7% of his batted balls this season across 496 plate appearances — about 2.49x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.6%. He's facing Gavin Williams, who has allowed 14 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.58 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
Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians
headline
18.7% barrel
barrel rate
18.7
hard hit rate
56.6
plate appearances
496
opposing pitcher
Gavin Williams
opposing pitcher hr9
1.58
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.7% of his batted balls this season across 496 plate appearances — about 2.49x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56.6%. He's facing Gavin Williams, who has allowed 14 home runs in 80 innings this season — 1.58 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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