# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gift-ngoepe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:07.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gift-ngoepe"
name: "Gift Ngoepe"
slug: "gift-ngoepe"
description: "Mpho' Gift Ngoepe is a South African former professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2017 and Toronto Blue Jays in 2018. He was the first South African and the first native of continental Africa to reach the major leagues. He is currently the bench coach of the Hillsboro Hops."
tagline: "South African professional baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richmond_Flying_Squirrels_vs._Altoona_Curve_(8678487333)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1990-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.360513333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mgngoepe/"
    handle:    "mgngoepe"
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%ED%94%84%ED%8A%B8_%EC%9D%80%EA%B3%A0%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "기프트 은고페이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_Ngoepe"
    title: "Gift Ngoepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%BE"
    title: "جيفت نجويپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_Ngoepe"
    title: "Gift Ngoepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_Ngoepe"
    title: "Gift Ngoepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_Ngoepe"
    title: "Gift Ngoepe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9A"
    title: "ギフト・ンゴエペ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5560005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump