Biography and Early Life

Bryce was born on 16th October 1992 in the city of Las Vegas of Nevada to Ron Harper and Sheri Harper. His full name is Bryce Aron Max Harper. His father used to work as an ironworker while his elder brother Bryan Harper, also plays baseball in the National organization of Washington.

Bryce attended the High School of Las Vegas and after completing his year of sophomore, he received his GED or General Educational Development in October of the year 2009. Due to which he becomes eligible for participating in the Amateur draft of 2010 June. Bryce started his amateur career in the year 2010 when he was just 17 years old.

For the college season of 2010, Bryce got himself enrolled in the Southern Nevada College of SWAT which is a part of NJCAA playing as a catcher. He won the title of Player of the 2010 Year of SWAC.

Professional Career

Bryce had already played as a catcher, the Nationals decided to draft him in form of an outfielder so that his career can be extended and his development can be further accelerated. As a result, he was able to make his debut in Major League Basketball earlier. Scot Boras represented Bryce. As per stats,Bryce entered into a contract of 5 years with the Nationals for the total amount of 9.9 million dollars. It constituted of 6.25 million dollars as a signing amount and college tuition fees of 8 semesters. During the Game Weekend of All-Star of year 2011, Bryce was chosen to represent the US.

On 14 April of 2016, Bryce hit the 1st grand slam of his career for his hundredth home run in the match played in opposition of Atlanta Braves. On 8 May 2016, Bryce became the 1st player in hundred years to touch base for 7 times while not recording at bat. As per the speculations, Bryce might become the 1st player in the history of sports to get a contract of value 400 million dollars.

Personal Life

Bryce got married to his long-time sweetheart Kayla Varner during 2016 December in a marriage ceremony that took place on the California Temple of San Diego. Their marriage was set earlier for 2015 January; however, it did not happen. In July of 2016, his current wifeKayla Varnermade an announcement that they have reconciled. Bryce has been active in endorsing various products and making numerous appearances for media. His haircut has also been the talk of town many times.

He has always remained active on Twitter and recently got involved in an exchange with Clint Frazier. The Twitter game started after MLB tweeted a GIF related to Bryce’s hair. All the stats related to Bryce’s career are available on FanGraphs. Bryce also got involved in a verbal fight with his teammate Jonathan Papelbon during 2015 September which caught the attention of many. The present average salary of Bryce is around $13,625,000. His current total net worth is around $5 million.