South African Baseball Union

South African Baseball Union

Sport	Baseball
Jurisdiction	South Africa
Abbreviation	SABU
Founded	1935
Affiliation	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Regional affiliation	African Baseball & Softball Association
Location	15 Protea Street, 2097 Kensington, Johannesburg
President	Marc Moreau[1]
Secretary	Maria Dempsey

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. The Union is a member of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC),^[2] and the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). SABU is also an affiliate of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), which, alongside Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) supervises all organised sport in South Africa.

SABU controls the South African national baseball team, which has participated in several major events such as the Summer Olympics, World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Cup and the African Games.^{[citation needed]}

The most notable South African born baseball players include Gift Ngoepe, Anthony Phillips and Dylan Unsworth