Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper has hit his 300th career home run, going deep against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday to become the 158th player in major league history to reach that mark.
He hit his first career homer on May 14, 2012 with Washington. Harper hit 184 homers in seven years with the Nationals and won the 2015 NL MVP before he signed a free-agent deal with the Phillies ahead of the 2019 season. Harper, who signed a 13-year, $330-million contract, has 116 homers with the Phillies, won his second MVP award in 2021 and was NLCS MVP last season.Harper led the league with 42 homers with Washington in 2015, and hit at least 30 three other times.
He returned to the lineup this season in May, just 160 days after surgery on his right elbow. The recovery from the injury forced him this season to move from right field to designated hitter and first base and cost him his power early. Harper and the Phillies found their groove in August. The Phillies entered the game with 57 homers in August, third most for any team in the month in MLB history.
Harper has never hit less than 13 homers in a season, and one of those years was in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 year.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.
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