Frank Coggins

{{Short description|American baseball player (1944–1994)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Coggins

|position=Second baseman

|image=Frank Coggins.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1944|5|22}}

|birth_place=Griffin, Georgia

|death_date={{death date and age|1994|10|30|1944|5|22}}

|death_place=Atlanta, Georgia

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 10

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1967}}

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 30

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1972}}

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.215

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=15

|teams=

• Washington Senators (1967–1968)
• Chicago Cubs (1972)

}}

Franklin Coggins (May 22, 1944 – October 30, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. A switch-hitting native of Griffin, Georgia, who primarily played second base and shortstop, Coggins stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall, weighed {{convert|187|lb}}, and threw right-handed.

He was traded along with Roy Foster and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Snyder and Max Alvis during spring training on April 4, 1970.[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/indians-send-alvis-snyder-to-brewers.html "Indians Send Alvis, Snyder to Brewers," The Associated Press (AP), Saturday, April 4, 1970.] Retrieved September 5, 2022.

Coggins' professional career lasted 11 seasons (1963–1973). He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball as a second baseman with the Washington Senators (1967–1968) and Chicago Cubs (1972). His most sustained period in the Major Leagues came with the 1968 Senators, for whom he appeared in 62 games and batted .175 with 30 hits in 171 at bats, including six doubles and one triple.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coggifr01.shtml|title=Frank Coggins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

Coggins died at age 50 in Atlanta, Georgia.