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Ryne Harper

ライン・ハーパー / らいん・はーぱー

American baseball player

March 27, 1989 (age 37) ・ Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

  • Tennessee
  • baseball player

My Take

Ryne Harper is my kind of underdog. A pitcher out of Clarksville, Tennessee who ground through a long minor league apprenticeship before finally reaching the majors with the Twins and Nationals, he embodies the slow burn rather than the prodigy arc. Making your MLB debut as a late bloomer means every strikeout carries years of buses, back fields, and stubborn belief that nobody saw. I am drawn to careers built on persistence over hype, because they say more about character than raw talent ever does. Harper's story is the unglamorous heart of baseball, and I find that far more moving than another phenom.

Overview

Ryne Richard Harper (born March 27, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Ryne Harper
Name (Japanese)
ライン・ハーパー
Reading
らいん・はーぱー
Born
March 27, 1989 (age 37)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Aries / Snake
Origin
Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
Blood type
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Height
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Agency
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Occupation
baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school
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Junior high
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High school
Clarksville High School
University
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3. Relationships

Spouse
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Children
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Parents
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Siblings
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4. Personality

Motto

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • Tennessee
  • baseball player
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.