{{short description|American baseball player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name = Brandon Harper |image = Brandon Harper (1106999790) (cropped).jpg |caption = Harper (left) with the Kane County Cougars in 1998 |position = Catcher |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|29}} |birth_place = Odessa, Texas, U.S. |bats = Right |throws = Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate = August 9 |debutyear = 2006 |debutteam = Washington Nationals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate = October 1 |finalyear = 2006 |finalteam = Washington Nationals |statleague = MLB |stat1label = Batting average |stat1value = .293 |stat2label = Home runs |stat2value = 2 |stat3label = Runs batted in| |stat3value = 6 |teams = * Washington Nationals ({{mlby|2006}}) }}
'''Brandon Scott Harper''' (born April 29, 1976) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals. His entire big league career consists of 18 games played, in {{by|2006}}.
==Personal life== Harper was born in Odessa, Texas on April 29, 1976.<ref name=IDTBC>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/brandon-harper.shtml|title=Brandon Harper|accessdate=2009-09-07|publisher=thebaseballcube.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209183738/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Brandon-Harper.shtml|archivedate=2009-12-09}}</ref> He went to high school in Hobbs, New Mexico.<ref name=IDTBC/> He attended Dallas Baptist University. He was the Florida Marlins' 4th round selection and 126th overall selection of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft.<ref name=IDTBC/>
He is not related to Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper, although he does have a younger brother named Bryce.<ref name="Wagner">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/wp/2012/09/13/brandon-harper-a-former-national-with-similarities-to-bryce-harper/|title=Brandon Harper: A former National with similarities to Bryce Harper|last=Wagner|first=James|date=September 13, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=3 October 2012}}</ref>
Harper now lives in Colorado with his wife and 3 kids Hope, Ellis, and Beck and works for Edward Jones.<ref name="Wagner" />
==Career== Harper spent 11 years in the minor leagues, battling a number of injuries that kept him out of big-league action.<ref name="Wagner" />
He played for both the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers minor league system. He made his debut with the Washington Nationals on August 9, 2006.
Both of Harper's home runs came on the same day, in an August 20 game against the Philadelphia Phillies.<ref name="Wagner" />
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{baseballstats|mlb=276353|espn=|br=h/harpebr02|fangraphs=|brm=|retro=}}
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