Bryce Aron Max Harper was born on the 16th October 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and is best known for being a professional baseball player, an outfielder in American Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals team. His professional baseball career has been active since 2012.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Bryce Harper, as of early 2016? Sources estimate that the overall size of Harper’s net worth is equal to $5 million; his salary per year reaches $700,000. The main source of this amount of money is his career as a professional baseball player. Additionally to this, he has appeared in some shows and magazines, which have also contributed to his overall wealth.
Bryce Harper Net Worth $5 Million
Bryce Harper grew up in his hometown with older brother Bryan Harper, who is also a professional baseball player. He started playing baseball in elementary school, and was a member of the school’s team, before attendinmg Las Vegas High School, where after his second year, in 2009 he got his General Educational Development (GED). Thus, in 2010 his amateur baseball career began as he matriculated at the College of Southern Nevada and started playing in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) of the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC), as a catcher. He excelled and in the same year was named the SWAC Player of the Year, and won the annual Golden Spikes Award, as the best amateur baseball player.
Bryce Harper’s professional career began in 2010, when he was selected as the 1st overall pick by the Washington Nationals in the 2010 MLB Draft, but didn’t make his debut in the MLB until two years later. However, with the MLB Draft, his net worth was established and started rising.
In his first professional season, Harper won the Rookie Of The Year award, finishing with .130 batting average, and also earned his debut All-Star game appearance that year. Harper`s net worth was still nowhere near the later amount, as he was still on his rookie contract which is worth $5 million per year, however, thanks to his great performances, media reports stated that Bryce could become the first MLB player in history to sign a $400 million contract. The 2013 season didn`t change much, as he continued successfully where he left of at the end of the 2012 season, and he also earned his second All-Star game appearance. Harper finished his second season with 118 games played and 20 HR and 58 RBI, with the.274 batting average.
The following year, Harper suffered a thumb injury, which at first didn`t look serious, however, after an MRI, it was announced that he would need an operation in order to repair the ligament tear in the thumb. He finished the season with only 100 games played, a .273 batting average, 13 home runs and 32 RBI.
The 2015 season was Bryce’s best so far, winning several awards, including the Silver Slugger Award, NL Hank Aaron Award, and NL MVP. He also won the NL home run co-leader, which he shared with Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies. To speak further of the success from the 2015 season, Harper was named the ESPN MLB Person of the Year.
Regarding his personal life, Bryce Harper dated Kayla Varner, to whom he was briefly engaged. According to sources, Harper is currently single. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spare time he spends posting on his official Twitter account, which has over 550,000 followers.
