Micah Franklin (baseball)
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
Franklin was born in San Francisco, California, attended Lincoln High School in San Francisco, and is Jewish. His mother is Jewish and his father was African-American. 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. In the majors he batted .324/.378/.500. 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 
In , Franklin was a Major League scout working for the Seattle Mariners. On December 6, 2017, he was announced as the new hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks Short Season A-Ball affiliate, Hillsboro Hops. A year later, he was promoted to the single-A Kane County Cougars in the same position. In , Franklin was hired as the hitting coach for the Washington Nationals AA affiliate, Harrisburg Senators. References

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