South African baseball player and coach (born 1990)
Baseball player
Gift Ngoepe
Ngoepe with the Altoona Curve in 2015
Shortstop / Second baseman
Born: (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34) Pietersburg, South Africa
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
26 April 2017, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
1 May 2018, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Batting average
.181
Home runs
0
Runs batted in
6
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2017)
Toronto Blue Jays (2018)
Mpho' Gift Ngoepe (mm-POH, n-GO-pay;[1] born 18 January 1990) is a South African former professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017, he became the first native of continental Africa to reach the Major Leagues.
Mpho' GiftNgoepe (mm-POH, n-GO-pay; born 18 January 1990) is a South African former professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He played in...
Ngoepe is a surname of South African origin. Notable people with the name include: Bernard Ngoepe (born 1947), South African judge GiftNgoepe (born 1990)...
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the city, and various local tournaments are held regularly. In 2017, GiftNgoepe, born in Pietersburg, became the first African player in the Major League...
October 1949), the founder of Rhema family church.[citation needed] GiftNgoepe (born 1990), baseball infielder "Main Place Randburg". Census 2011. "Overview"...
and one of the first three players ever signed out of South Africa, GiftNgoepe, while one of the Americans, Chris Aure, was from Alaska. "We eat together...
Royals for Italy's Marten Gasparini. Chetwynd also served as an agent for GiftNgoepe, who became the first-ever African player to reach the Major Leagues...
River Fields at Talking Stick (2011–present) Previous parks Tucson Electric Park (1998–2000) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1996–1997) Manager GiftNgoepe...
on their jerseys for the year. On November 20, the Blue Jays acquired GiftNgoepe from the Pittsburgh Pirates, outrighted Chris Rowley and Harold Ramírez...
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observers. No South African player reached Major League Baseball until GiftNgoepe did so with the Pittsburgh Pirates on 27 April 2017. The team was managed...
Daytona Tortugas in 2016 against the Jupiter Hammerheads. April 26 – GiftNgoepe entered the records books when he became the first ever black African...
needed] The most notable South African born baseball players include GiftNgoepe, Anthony Phillips and Dylan Unsworth Baseball in South Africa began in...
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