Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper 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 homered in three straight games for the second time this month and has 10 homers in August. Moore was the 224th pitched he went deep against.Harper has powered the Phillies all the way to the top of the NL wild card standings, a year after he led them to the World Series. The 30-year-old Harper tied Chuck Klein on the career list with No. 300.
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.
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