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Amos Otis League
5-8-2139
Micah Franklin Right Field
Retired (1983, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .256 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .757 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 917 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 10-17-1948
HR 176 Drafted Round 1, Pick 11
(1971)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(30 games)
RBI 628
SB 53
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R Power vs. L A+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (99.0%) Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (95.9%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 23 35.00 1 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 6 5 / 8 3 / 7 0 / 0 4 / 4 16 / 35
1971 Majors 23 9.73 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 7 / 9
1972 Minors 24 23.00 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 3 4 / 4 0 / 1 8 / 23
1972 Majors 24 11.50 0 / 0 3 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 6 / 11
1973 Majors 25 51.50 2 / 7 3 / 8 3 / 6 0 / 7 4 / 8 3 / 4 8 / 11 23 / 51
1974 Majors 26 58.95 0 / 6 0 / 12 2 / 10 0 / 7 2 / 8 5 / 6 5 / 9 14 / 58
1975 Majors 27 61.16 3 / 10 0 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 7 2 / 8 6 / 11 5 / 15 18 / 61
1976 Majors 28 62.78 1 / 12 0 / 6 3 / 11 0 / 8 4 / 9 3 / 9 1 / 7 12 / 62
1977 Majors 29 60.89 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 8 1 / 7 1 / 10 3 / 60
1978 Majors 30 31.93 148 14 14 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 31
1979 Majors 31 36.17 158 36 0 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 36
1980 Majors 32 29.24 162 19 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 29
1981 Majors 33 26.38 162 14 0 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 26
1982 Minors 34 12.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 12
1982 Majors 34 14.89 80 15 0 -6 / 1 -7 / 1 -5 / 2 -4 / 1 -8 / 2 -3 / 5 -4 / 2 -37 / 14
1983 Minors 35 2.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
Total 710 98 14 4 / 74 3 / 74 9 / 78 4 / 74 11 / 79 20 / 62 22 / 79 73 / 520
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Micah Franklin has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1983-09-22The Detroit Tigers have acquired Micah Franklin from the waiver wire.
1983-04-06The Washington Brewers have waived Micah Franklin.
1982-07-05The Washington Brewers have promoted Mike Anderson to the major league team. The Washington Brewers have designated Micah Franklin for assignment.
1982-04-05The Washington Brewers have acquired Micah Franklin from the waiver wire.
1982-03-01The Chicago Lizards have promoted Kenny Kramer to the major league team. The Chicago Lizards have designated Micah Franklin for assignment.
1979-04-05The Chicago Lizards have acquired Micah Franklin from the waiver wire.
1979-04-01The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted John Martinez to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Micah Franklin for assignment.
1978-10-18The Cleveland INDIANS have re-claimed Micah Franklin from the waiver wire.
1978-10-13The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted Rick Parrott to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted Gil Ujdur to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Micah Franklin for assignment. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Eric Wirth for assignment.
1978-05-29Micah Franklin of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1975-04-01The Cleveland Spiders have renamed Tommy Sandlock to Micah Franklin.
1972-08-21The Cleveland Killer Corgis have promoted Tommy Sandlock to the major league team.
1971-06-18The Cleveland Indians have sent Tommy Sandlock to the minors.
1971-05-09The Cleveland Indians have promoted Tommy Sandlock to the major league team.
1971-05-06The Cleveland Indians have sent Tommy Sandlock to the minors.
1971-04-18The Cleveland Indians have promoted Tommy Sandlock to the major league team.