Bryce Harper’s second homer of the game (mlb.com screengrab)
Washington Nationals 22-year-old slugger Bryce Harper has earned every bit of his $900,000 contract today with 3 home runs against the Florida Marlins. The second and third blasts — after an opposite-field slice — soared into the upper decks at Nationals Park.
You can watch all three homers here and here and here
Harper (@bharper3407) is taking the advice on the wall to heart. Into the 7th inning, he is 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs. The Nats are leading 7-2.
The time to go all out is always now. #WinFromWithin pic.twitter.com/zimZULdsNa
— Gatorade (@Gatorade) April 29, 2015
Harper went into today’s game with 60 career homers. Here’s a breakdown of each from baseball-reference.com:
2012HRs #car #yr #gm Date Bat Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt)Sequence RBI Play Description 1 1 1 1 2012-05-14 WSN SDP TimStauffer ahead 3-1 b 3 2 --- 4(2-1)*BBC+3.X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 2 2 2 1 2012-05-15 WSN SDP AnthonyBass behind 0-5 b 5 0 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 3 3 3 1 2012-05-26 WSN ATL JonnyVenters ahead 6-4 t 7 0 --- 4(1-2).TTBX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF) 4 4 4 1 2012-05-27 WSN ATL LivanHernandez ahead 6-2 t 8 0 --- 2(0-1)CX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 5 5 5 1 2012-06-03 WSN ATL TommyHanson ahead 1-0 b 1 0 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 6 6 6 1 2012-06-08 WSN BOS FelixDoubront ahead 4-2 t 4 1 --3 3(1-1)FB.X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) Espinosa Scores 7 7 7 1 2012-06-12 WSN TOR HendersonAlvarez tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 8 8 8 1 2012-06-28 WSN COL RafaelBetancourt behind 9-10 t 9 0 --- 3(1-1).BCX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) 9 9 9 1 2012-07-23 WSN NYM ChrisYoung tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-- 6(3-2)BBCBFX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) Lombardozzi Scores 10 10 10 1 2012-08-04 WSN MIA MikeDunn ahead 9-6 b 8 2 --- 5(2-2)BBFSX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line) Harper Scores/unER 11 11 11 1 2012-08-17 WSN NYM JohanSantana ahead 4-2 b 5 2 1-- 2(0-1)1CX 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) Werth Scores 12 12 12 1 2012-08-19 WSN NYM JeremyHefner ahead 4-0 b 5 0 --- 4(2-1)BCBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 13 13 13 1 2012-08-29 WSN MIA JacobTurner tied 0-0 t 4 0 1-- 3(1-1)BC11X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball) Werth Scores 14 14 14 2 2012-08-29 WSN MIA JacobTurner ahead 4-0 t 5 2 --- 4(3-0)BBBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball) 15 15 15 1 2012-08-30 WSN STL JaimeGarcia tied 0-0 b 1 0 1-- 3(2-0)B1BX 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line) Werth Scores 16 16 16 1 2012-09-05 WSN CHC ChrisVolstad ahead 2-0 b 3 0 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) 17 17 17 2 2012-09-05 WSN CHC MichaelBowden ahead 5-0 b 6 1 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 18 18 18 1 2012-09-08 WSN MIA MarkBuehrle behind 2-5 b 5 1 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 19 19 19 1 2012-09-14 WSN ATL KrisMedlen behind 0-1 t 6 0 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 20 20 20 1 2012-09-26 WSN PHI KyleKendrick tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) Werth Scores 21 21 21 1 2012-09-27 WSN PHI TylerCloyd tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 2(0-1)FX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 22 22 22 1 2012-09-30 WSN STL LanceLynn behind 0-7 t 4 0 --- 3(0-2)FFX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 2013HRs #car #yr #gm Date Bat Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt)Sequence RBI Play Description 23 23 1 1 2013-04-01 WSN MIA RickyNolasco tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF) 24 24 2 2 2013-04-01 WSN MIA RickyNolasco ahead 1-0 b 4 0 --- 6(3-2)BBFFBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 25 25 3 1 2013-04-06 WSN CIN MikeLeake tied 0-0 t 3 1 -2- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) Werth Scores 26 26 4 1 2013-04-10 WSN CHW GavinFloyd behind 0-1 b 4 0 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 27 27 5 1 2013-04-12 WSN ATL JulioTeheran tied 0-0 b 1 1 -2- 4(2-1)BFBX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) Span Scores 28 28 6 1 2013-04-20 WSN NYM JeremyHefner ahead 1-0 t 3 1 -2- 2(1-0)BX 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF) Werth Scores 29 29 7 2 2013-04-20 WSN NYM JoshEdgin tied 6-6 t 8 0 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 30 30 8 1 2013-04-25 WSN CIN BronsonArroyo ahead 2-0 b 3 0 --- 2(0-1)CX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 31 31 9 1 2013-04-27 WSN CIN AlfredoSimon ahead 4-1 b 4 1 1-- 4(1-2)FFBX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line) Espinosa Scores 32 32 10 1 2013-05-08 WSN DET AnibalSanchez ahead 2-1 b 5 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 33 33 11 1 2013-05-16 WSN SDP TysonRoss ahead 5-2 t 7 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 34 34 12 1 2013-05-22 WSN SFG MadisonBumgarner tied 0-0 t 6 0 --- 4(1-2)BFFX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 35 35 13 1 2013-07-01 WSN MIL YovaniGallardo tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) 36 36 14 1 2013-07-25 WSN PIT BryanMorris tied 7-7 b 9 2 1-- 3(1-1)1BFX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) Bernadina Scores 37 37 15 1 2013-07-27 WSN NYM DillonGee ahead 2-0 b 3 0 -2- 2(0-1)TX 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF) Haren Scores 38 38 16 1 2013-08-02 WSN MIL BurkeBadenhop ahead 1-0 t 6 0 --- 5(3-1).BFBBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 39 39 17 1 2013-08-06 WSN ATL JulioTeheran tied 0-0 b 3 1 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF) 40 40 18 1 2013-08-25 WSN KCR ErvinSantana behind 2-4 t 7 2 1-- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) Zimmerman Scores 41 41 19 1 2013-08-29 WSN MIA TomKoehler tied 0-0 b 4 0 1-- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) Zimmerman Scores 42 42 20 1 2013-09-19 WSN MIA HendersonAlvarez behind 0-1 b 1 1 12- 5(2-2)BFSBX 3 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF) Zimmerman Scores Werth Scores 2014HRs #car #yr #gm Date Bat Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt)Sequence RBI Play Description 43 43 1 1 2014-04-09 WSN MIA BradHand behind 0-5 b 4 1 12- 10(3-2)BFFFFF*BBFX 3 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line) LaRoche Scores Zimmerman Scores 44 44 2 1 2014-07-11 WSN PHI A.J.Burnett behind 0-5 t 7 0 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) 45 45 3 1 2014-07-18 WSN MIL FranciscoRodriguez behind 1-4 b 9 0 --- 2(1-0).BX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line) 46 46 4 1 2014-08-07 WSN NYM CarlosTorres tied 3-3 b 13 0 1-- 2(1-0)1BX 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF) Desmond Scores 47 47 5 1 2014-08-12 WSN NYM RafaelMontero tied 0-0 t 2 0 1-- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line) Desmond Scores 48 48 6 1 2014-08-14 WSN NYM DillonGee ahead 2-0 t 4 0 1-- 3(1-1)F1BX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) Desmond Scores 49 49 7 1 2014-08-24 WSN SFG J.C.Gutierrez ahead 10-6 b 8 1 1-- 1(0-0)X 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line) Desmond Scores 50 50 8 1 2014-08-29 WSN SEA JoeBeimel ahead 5-2 t 8 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 51 51 9 1 2014-08-31 WSN SEA HisashiIwakuma tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 2(0-1)CX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 52 52 10 2 2014-08-31 WSN SEA HisashiIwakuma ahead 2-1 t 4 1 --- 5(3-1)BBBCX 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF) 53 53 11 1 2014-09-02 WSN LAD ClaytonKershaw behind 0-4 t 7 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 54 54 12 1 2014-09-10 WSN ATL CraigKimbrel behind 1-6 b 9 1 --- 6(2-2)CBSFBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 55 55 13 1 2014-09-13 WSN NYM ZackWheeler tied 0-0 t 2 0 1-- 9(3-2)1C11BBBSFFFX 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line) Desmond Scores 2015HRs #car #yr #gm Date Bat Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt)Sequence RBI Play Description 56 56 1 1 2015-04-06 WSN NYM BartoloColon tied 0-0 b 4 0 --- 2(1-0)BX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 57 57 2 1 2015-04-12 WSN PHI SeanOSullivan tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1(0-0)X 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) 58 58 3 1 2015-04-17 WSN PHI SeanOSullivan tied 0-0 b 1 1 12- 4(1-2)CFBX 3 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF) Escobar Scores Desmond Scores 59 59 4 1 2015-04-18 WSN PHI AaronHarang behind 2-3 b 5 1 --- 5(3-1)FBBBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF) 60 60 5 1 2015-04-26 WSN MIA DanHaren tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 5(2-2)CCBBX 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)