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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
18.8% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.8% of his batted balls this season across 526 plate appearances — about 2.51x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.5%. He's facing Seth Lugo, who has allowed 13 home runs in 77.5 innings this season — 1.51 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 Kansas City Royals
headline
18.8% barrel
barrel rate
18.8
hard hit rate
55.5
plate appearances
526
opposing pitcher
Seth Lugo
opposing pitcher hr9
1.51
detail
Munetaka Murakami has barrelled 18.8% of his batted balls this season across 526 plate appearances — about 2.51x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.5%. He's facing Seth Lugo, who has allowed 13 home runs in 77.5 innings this season — 1.51 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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