Micah Franklin (baseball)

Micah Franklin
Micah Franklin
	Outfielder
	Born: April 25, 1972 (age 52); San Francisco, California
	Batted: Switch Threw: Right
Professional debut
	MLB: May 13, 1997, for the St. Louis Cardinals
	NPB: April 3, 1999, for the Nippon Ham Fighters
Last appearance
	MLB: June 28, 1997, for the St. Louis Cardinals
	NPB: July 13, 2000, for the Hanshin Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.324
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	2
NPB statistics
Batting average	.233
Home runs	32
Runs batted in	86
KBO statistics
Batting average	.250
Home runs	24
Runs batted in	58
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (1997); Nippon Ham Fighters (1999–2000); Hanshin Tigers (2000); Hyundai Unicorns (2002–2003);

Micah Ishanti Franklin (born April 25, 1972) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997. Franklin also played in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan during the 1999 and 2000 seasons, and in the Korea Baseball Organization in 2002 and 2003.

Early life[edit]

Franklin was born in San Francisco, California, attended Lincoln High School in San Francisco, and is Jewish.^[1]^[2] His mother is Jewish and his father was African-American.^[3]

Career[edit]

Franklin was drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Although he only appeared in 17 games at the major league level, Franklin compiled an extensive minor league baseball career, playing 1,141 games over 12 seasons.^[2] In the majors he batted .324/.378/.500.^[2]

While in the minors with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in 2001, Franklin was one of four players profiled in the documentary film A Player to Be Named Later. He spent time a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Coaching[edit]

In 2015, Franklin was a Major League scout working for the Seattle Mariners.^[4]

On December 6, 2017, he was announced as the new hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks Short Season A-Ball affiliate, Hillsboro Hops.^[5] A year later, he was promoted to the single-A Kane County Cougars in the same position.

In 2022, Franklin was hired as the hitting coach for the Washington Nationals AA affiliate, Harrisburg Senators.^[6] He was appointed the first-ever manager of the Oakland Ballers in the autumn of 2023.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Micah Franklin Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
^ "Interfaith Celebrities: Play Ball!". Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2015 Directory. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-56-5.
^ "Hops Announce 2018 Coaching Staff".
^ "Senators manager Tripp Keister returns, Nationals expand 2022 minor league staffs".
^ McCauley, Janie. "Oakland is getting a new minor league team – the Oakland B’s," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[JSR-1] "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.

[baseball-reference1-2] "Micah Franklin Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

[3] "Interfaith Celebrities: Play Ball!". Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[4] Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2015 Directory. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-56-5.

[5] "Hops Announce 2018 Coaching Staff".

[6] "Senators manager Tripp Keister returns, Nationals expand 2022 minor league staffs".

[7] McCauley, Janie. "Oakland is getting a new minor league team – the Oakland B’s," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

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