2017 – Gift Ngoepe becomes the first major leaguer from Africa. Entering in a double switch in a 6 – 5 Pirates win over the Cubs, the South Africa native singles and walks off Jon Lester in his first two plate appearances and helps turn the game-ending double play. He is the second player to debut this week for the Pirates as the first player from his country, following Lithuania’s Dovydas Neverauskas by two days.

 

On April 26, 2017 — 2017 – Gift Ngoepe becomes the first major leaguer from Africa. Entering in a double switch in a 6 – 5 Pirates win over the Cubs, the South Africa native singles and walks off Jon Lester in his first two plate appearances and helps turn the game-ending double play. He is the second player to debut this week for the Pirates as the first player from his country, following Lithuania’s Dovydas Neverauskas by two days.

 

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