Bryce Harper
First overall pick in 2010, 2012 Rookie of the Year and the unanimous 2015 NL MVP.
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Bryce Harper (born October 16, 1992) is an American outfielder and first baseman who played his first seven major league seasons for the Washington Nationals, who took him first overall in the 2010 draft, before signing with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Number
- 3
- Position
- First baseman/Outfielder
- Born
- 16 October 1992
- Birthplace
- Las Vegas, Nevada, US
- Bats
- Left
- Throws
- Right
- Debut league
- MLB
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Background
Harper left high school early to play at the College of Southern Nevada, where he won the 2010 Golden Spikes Award. He debuted for Washington on April 28, 2012 at 19, became the youngest position player ever to play in an All-Star Game that July, and won the 2012 National League Rookie of the Year Award. In 2015 he tied for the league lead with 42 home runs and was named NL Most Valuable Player with all 30 first-place votes; at 23 he was the youngest unanimous MVP and the first MVP in Expos/Nationals history. In the 2014 Division Series he hit three home runs against the Giants, one of them into McCovey Cove. After the 2018 season he signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies.
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