There’s an old adage is sports that says, “sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good”. In the case of Bryce Harper, he is both “lucky” and good. The young lefty is considered one of the premier talents in all of baseball as witnessed by his impressive career totals of 150 home runs, .285 batting average and a .515 slugging percentage entering the 2018 season, all at the young age of 25. Harper was limited to 111 games in 2017, but still managed to crank out 29 home runs and drive in 87 to help lead the Washington Nationals to the playoffs.

Offered is this very rare, full-season used Washington Nationals 2017 alternate “lucky” red jersey used by Bryce Harper for all 12 games the Nationals wore their reds and Harper played. According to the game used experts at Sports Investors Authentication, this jersey “was procured directly from the Washington Nationals baseball club from a friend of the team. Sports Investors has also photo matched this jersey to all 12 games Harper wore this jersey (April 9, 22, 23, May 21, June 4, July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 6, 12 & September 30. All told, Harper hit a combined 10-45 with two home runs (career home runs 146 and 149), five RBI and six walks. Sports Investors also confirmed through the team that the “2017 POSTSEASON” patch on the right sleeve was added by the team in case they went further than the Division Series.

This red size 44 button-down Majestic FlexBase Nationals jersey has the Washington “W” sewn on in white and navy tackle twill on the upper left chest. Harper’s number “34” is sewn on the upper right chest in white and navy tackle twill. White and navy piping are linked together and run around the collar and down both sides of the buttons and along the sleeve ends. The left sleeve has the Nationals’ logo patch, which is above the Majestic logo that is embroidered in white. The back of the jersey has the vinyl MLB logo patch above the piping, with “HARPER” and his number “34” sewn on in white and navy tackle twill. The Majestic FlexBase size 44 tag is screen-printed on the bottom front left tail, while an additional Majestic tag is screen printed vertically on the inside right-center front tail and has “#34 2017 44 514” markings. This jersey comes full authenticated with a LOA from Sports Investors Authentication (180409A1), who have photo matched this jersey aforementioned 12 games.

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