Bryce Harper
Baseball Player
1992 –
Who is Bryce Harper?
Bryce Aron Max Harper is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Harper was selected by the Nationals with the first overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He stands at 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 230 lbs.
Harper won the 2010 Golden Spikes Award, awarded annually to the best amateur baseball player. Going into the 2012 season, baseball prospect-watchers, including Baseball America, MLB.com, and Baseball Prospectus routinely ranked Harper as a top-3 prospect. He made his MLB debut with the Nationals on April 28, 2012. Harper was selected for the 2012 All-Star Game, becoming the youngest position player to ever be selected. He has been touted as a "five-tool player". Harper's swing has been compared to that of Babe Ruth. He has been chosen as the No. 2 corner outfielder in the MLB by professional baseball analytics.
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- Born
- Oct 16, 1992
Las Vegas - Also known as
- Bryce Aron Max Harper
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- College of Southern Nevada
- Las Vegas High School
- Lived in
- Las Vegas
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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