The Phillies have signed outfielder Bryce Harper to a 13-year contract, the team announced today.

Harper, 26, is one of the premier players in Major League Baseball, having been selected to six All-Star teams and winning the 2012 National League Rookie of the Year and 2015 NL Most Valuable Player awards, all before his 26th birthday. In his rookie year of 2012, at 19 years old, he became the youngest player ever selected to a major league All-Star team.

Last season, Harper appeared in 159 games for the Washington Nationals and batted .249 with 34 doubles, 34 home runs, a career-best 100 RBI, a major league-leading 130 walks, a .393 on-base percentage and a .496 slugging percentage (.889 OPS). With runners in scoring position in 2018, Harper hit .290, which increased to .373 with two outs. In the second half of the season, he batted .300 with a .972 OPS, which ranked fourth-best among all NL players. Harper was voted to his sixth All-Star team and won the Home Run Derby at Nationals Park.

A multi-media star, Harper will serve as the face for Sony’s MLB The Show 19 video game, which will launch in March for the PlayStation4 platform. Previously, Harper graced the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine and Men's Health and appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

Over the past four seasons (2015-18), Harper ranked second among all NL players in home runs (129), walks (430) and OPS (.952) and fourth in RBI (372) and runs (400). In 2015, he became the youngest player in NL history to unanimously win the MVP Award and only the seventh unanimous winner overall, joining Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, Mike Schmidt and Jeff Bagwell, along with Ken Caminiti, Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols. At age 22, he was the third-youngest MVP in NL history, behind only Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Stan Musial. Also that season, Harper accrued 10.0 WAR per Baseball Reference’s variation to become one of only three position players in major league history to accrue 10.0 or more wins in a single season at age 22 or younger, joining Hall of Famer Ted Williams (10.6 in 1941) and Mike Trout (10.5 in 2012).

Harper was the first overall selection in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft after winning the Golden Spikes Award, presented annually to the best amateur baseball player. In seven major league seasons, he has hit .279 with 183 doubles, 184 home runs, 521 RBI, 585 walks, 610 runs scored, a .388 on-base percentage and a .512 slugging percentage (.900 OPS) in 927 games, all with the Nationals. In 19 postseason games, he has an .801 OPS with 10 extra-base hits and 11 walks. Harper’s 184 home runs through his age-25 season are 12th-best in Major League Baseball history. He has five career walk-off home runs since his major league debut, which ranks tied for second among all major league players behind only Josh Donaldson’s seven.

In 2013, Harper founded “Harper’s Heroes,” a foundation that assists families affected by childhood cancer. He and his wife, Kayla, reside in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harper will wear No. 3.