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South Africa was the host of the All-Africa Games in 1999. South Africa won the gold medal with ease, by defeating all of the other national teams. In order of the wins South Africa won against Lesotho (43–0) with Ian Holness hitting 4 home runs and 14 RBIs, Zimbabwe (37–2), Nigeria (19–1), Uganda (31–0) and Ghana (28–3).
The South Africa Baseball Union SABU is the national governing body of baseball in South Africa.Baseball is played in all provinces, but it is not a major sport especially due to the popularity and relative success of the comparable sport of cricket, in which South Africa is one of the leading countries playing the sport.
South Africa qualified to the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in Mexico City as African champions. [ 2 ] South Africa finished fifth in their group in the World Cup opening round with a 2–3 record and won all the placement round games to finish the tournament with an overall record of 5–3, ranking seventh.
South Africa national baseball team navigational boxes (2 P) Pages in category "Baseball in South Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
South Africa won the championship defeating Kenya in the final 2 sets to 0; both teams qualified for the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in Mexico City. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The second edition of the championship was held in Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte in Praia , Cape Verde .
The first time baseball featured in the All-Africa Games was in 1999 in the 7th All-Africa Games in South Africa and the second time was in 2003 in the 8th All-Africa Games in Nigeria. The first age group baseball tournament organised by the ABSA was the 1st ABSA/KENKO Under-13 Baseball Tournament with teams from four countries participating ...
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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 South African, and the first native of continental Africa, to reach the Major Leagues.