Micah Franklin (baseball)

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

Micah Franklin (born May 19, 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 2002-03.

Early life

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]

Baseball career

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.

Retirement and coaching

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.

References

"Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.
"Micah Franklin Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
"Interfaith Celebrities: Play Ball!".
Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2015 Directory. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-56-5.
"Hops Announce 2018 Coaching Staff".

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference
Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization

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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!".

[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".