C Louie Mbita #68
Detroit Tigers MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
04/28/2031
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C LOUIE MBITA #68 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
15 51 11 1 0 1 5 6 13 .216 .293 .294 0 0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 60 60 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 30
Errors: - 40 35
Arm: 55 50 45
Turn DP: - 30 -
Framing: 65 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 60 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 45
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
04/27/2031 @ MIN Loss, 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/25/2031 @ MIN Loss, 0-7 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
04/24/2031 TEX Win, 6-4 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 0
04/22/2031 TEX Loss, 2-7 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
04/21/2031 TEX Win, 5-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
04/19/2031 MIN Win, 6-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
04/18/2031 MIN Loss, 2-6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/15/2031 @ PIT Win, 7-4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
04/14/2031 @ PIT Win, 7-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/12/2031 OAK Loss, 5-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Mbita is likeable.
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:06/21/2004
Born in:Port Elizabeth, EAS
Nationality:South African
Height:5' 8"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,900,000
Signed Through:2031 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 100 Days
Service This Yr:25 Days
40-Man Service:4 Years, 100 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2031 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 15 51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 13 .216 .293 .294 .587 .263 .078 63
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 15 58 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 2 0 0 0.0 4.7 3.03 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   15 4 1 0 1 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 .267 .333 .533 .867
Versus Right   36 7 0 0 0 2 2 4 9 0 0 0 .194 .275 .194 .469
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   17 5 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 .294 .368 .529 .898
April   51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 13 1 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587
Spring Training   43 7 0 0 1 5 4 2 7 0 0 1 .163 .217 .233 .450
Career   51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 13 1 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587
Home   25 7 1 0 1 5 4 3 7 1 0 0 .280 .345 .440 .785
Road   26 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 .154 .241 .154 .395
Grass   51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 13 1 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587
Day   29 8 1 0 0 4 2 6 8 1 0 0 .276 .389 .310 .699
Night   22 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 .136 .136 .273 .409
As Starter   51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 13 1 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587
Close/Late   15 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 .133 .278 .200 .478
Inning 1-3   14 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 .214 .312 .429 .741
Inning 4-6   18 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 1 0 0 .278 .300 .278 .578
Inning 7-9   16 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 .188 .316 .250 .566
Extra Innings   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   14 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .214 .312 .214 .527
1 Outs   20 5 1 0 1 3 3 2 6 1 0 0 .250 .304 .450 .754
2 Outs   17 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 .176 .263 .176 .440
Scoring Position   13 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 1 0 0 .308 .333 .308 .641
Bases Empty   29 6 1 0 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 0 .207 .303 .345 .648
Runner on 1st   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Runner on 2nd   8 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Runner on 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   28 4 1 0 1 1 3 3 13 0 0 0 .143 .226 .286 .512
First Pitch   7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 0-1   2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 0-2   1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Count 1-0   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450
Count 1-1   5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 1-2   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Full Count   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .111 .333 .111 .444
Behind in Count   13 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 .231 .231 .462 .692
Ahead in Count   9 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 .111 .308 .111 .419
Batting 7th   4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Batting 8th   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Batting 9th   35 9 1 0 0 4 3 6 8 1 0 0 .257 .357 .286 .643
Low Leverage   21 5 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 .238 .304 .381 .685
Medium Leverage   17 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 .118 .158 .118 .276
High Leverage   13 4 1 0 0 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 .308 .438 .385 .822
SOUTH AFRICA BASEBALL 2030 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 24 87 23 6 0 1 7 9 7 13 .264 .316 .368 .684 .299 .103 84
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 95 0 1 0 1 0 1 32 7 6 1 85.7 11.0 4.42 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Year   87 23 6 0 1 7 9 7 13 1 0 0 .264 .316 .368 .684
2 Years Ago   438 105 24 0 8 58 38 54 78 3 3 3 .240 .325 .349 .675
Career   2221 573 127 7 39 258 222 244 438 13 12 11 .258 .333 .374 .707
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2025 Botshabelo - SAB 20 102 350 90 19 1 5 38 26 29 0 2 77 1 0 .257 .312 .360 .672 94 90 1.7
2026 Botshabelo - SAB 21 132 452 119 29 2 6 52 49 50 2 4 81 1 0 .263 .337 .376 .713 104 104 2.4
2027 Botshabelo - SAB 22 127 439 111 26 1 5 40 49 53 5 1 93 6 0 .253 .339 .351 .690 96 96 2.4
2028 Botshabelo - SAB 23 137 455 125 23 3 14 63 51 51 1 2 96 3 0 .275 .348 .431 .779 120 122 3.8
2029 Botshabelo - SAB 24 131 438 105 24 0 8 58 38 54 3 3 78 5 0 .240 .325 .349 .675 93 94 2.4
2030 Botshabelo - SAB 25 24 87 23 6 0 1 7 9 7 0 1 13 6 1 .264 .316 .368 .684 87 84 0.5
2031 Detroit - MLB 26 15 51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 0 1 13 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587 61 63 0.1
Total MLB 15 51 11 1 0 1 5 5 6 0 1 13 0 0 .216 .293 .294 .587 61 63 0.1
Total SAB 653 2221 573 127 7 39 258 222 244 11 13 438 22 1 .258 .333 .374 .707 101 101 13.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2022 Port Shepstone - AA 17 125 355 70 10 0 2 28 27 30 1 3 79 1 0 .197 .260 .242 .502 49 31 -0.9
2023 Port Shepstone - AA 18 115 367 76 10 1 7 24 30 35 2 2 90 1 0 .207 .278 .297 .575 77 76 0.3
2024 Port Shepstone - AA 19 114 378 87 18 0 6 40 34 33 4 3 72 3 1 .230 .297 .325 .622 89 85 1.2
Total SARB 354 1100 233 38 1 15 92 91 98 7 8 241 5 1 .212 .279 .289 .568 72 65
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2025 Botshabelo - INT C 101 100 902 39 8 944 3 .997 900.2 9.40 +2.2 1.442 7 43 5 11.6
2026 Botshabelo - INT C 122 122 1057 64 9 1124 3 .997 1090.0 9.26 +0.5 1.130 9 56 6 10.7
2027 Botshabelo - INT C 120 118 1022 49 10 1074 3 .997 1067.2 9.03 +3.4 1.143 4 46 7 15.2
2028 Botshabelo - INT C 121 120 1010 58 7 1069 1 .999 1066.0 9.02 +1.0 1.110 14 37 6 16.2
2029 Botshabelo - INT C 119 118 962 58 10 1023 3 .997 1035.0 8.87 -0.6 .907 11 53 7 13.2
2030 Botshabelo - INT C 23 23 194 12 0 209 3 .986 202.2 9.15 +0.8 .987 0 23 3 13.0
2031 Detroit - MLB C 15 15 117 7 1 124 0 1.000 138.0 8.09 +0.0 1.317 1 18 2 11.1
TOTAL C 621 616 5264 287 45 5567 16 .997 5500.0 9.08 +7.4 1.128 46 276 36 13.0
PLAYER HISTORY
10/28/2023 Named the #41 prospect in the SAB
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 30 (45); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 30 (45).
03/29/2024 Named the #85 prospect in the SAB
04/02/2024 Injured (bruised shoulder),day-to-day for 4 days.
06/30/2024 Named the #73 prospect in the SAB
10/22/2024 Wins the 2024 SARB EL Golden Glove Award at C.
10/24/2024 Wins the 2024 SARB EL Platinum Stick Award at C.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (45); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 35 (45).
03/28/2025 Named the #100 prospect in the SAB
05/29/2025 Injured (virus),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/27/2025 Was selected to the 2025 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
11/12/2025 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $150,000.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 40 (45).
05/09/2026 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/26/2026 Was selected to the 2026 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
11/13/2026 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $150,000.
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
07/25/2027 Was selected to the 2027 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
10/28/2027 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $252,000 with the Botshabelo Black Cats organization.
01/01/2028 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
07/30/2028 Was selected to the 2028 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
08/14/2028 Wins the SAB EL Player of the Week Award.
10/28/2028 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $750,000 with the Botshabelo Black Cats organization.
11/03/2028 Wins the 2028 SAB EL Platinum Stick Award at C.
01/01/2029 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
07/29/2029 Was selected to the 2029 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
10/27/2029 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,880,000 with the Botshabelo Black Cats organization.
11/02/2029 Wins the 2029 SAB EL Platinum Stick Award at C.
01/01/2030 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
05/11/2030 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $9,500 with the High Point Rockers organization.
12/18/2030 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,900,000 with the Detroit Tigers organization.
01/01/2031 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
2026 29 8
Year IBB Rank
2025 2 1
2026 2 7
2027 3 3
2028 2 6
Year SF Rank
2026 4 7
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