Tom Murphy | |||||||||||||||
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San Francisco Giants – No. 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Born: West Monroe, New York, U.S. | April 3, 1991|||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .241 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 48 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 127 | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas James Murphy Jr. (born April 3, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners. Prior to playing professionally, Murphy played college baseball for the University at Buffalo.
Murphy attended Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square, New York, where he played for the school's baseball team. He had a .510 batting average in his senior year, and was honored as All-Central New York (CNY) and the CNY Athlete of the Year. [1] In high school, Murphy was recruited to play college baseball at Buffalo, St. John’s, Michigan, Wagner, Le Moyne and Monmouth. [2]
Murphy ultimately committed to play baseball at the University at Buffalo. [3] In the summer of 2010, he played summer league baseball with the Oneonta Outlaws of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. [4] In 2011, he was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year after leading the conference with a .384 batting average. [5] That summer, he played for the Holyoke Blue Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), and hit a home run off of Kevin Gausman over the Green Monster at Fenway Park against the United States Collegiate National Team in the NECBL All-Star Game. [6] [7]
The Colorado Rockies selected Murphy in the third round, with the 105th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB draft. [8] In 2012, he played for the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League.
In 2013, he plays for the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL), where he was named SAL Hitter of the Week for the week of April 29 through May 5, 2013. [9] [10] He received a midseason promotion to the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League. [11] In 2014, Murphy returned to Tulsa, but was limited to 27 games as a result of a shoulder injury.
Murphy began the 2015 season with the Rockies' new Class AA affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League. [12] He was chosen to play for the United States national baseball team in the 2015 Pan American Games. [13] [14] Following the Pan American Games, the Rockies promoted Murphy to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
The Rockies promoted Murphy to the major leagues on September 11, 2015. [15] he made his MLB debut on September 12 against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. [16] Murphy hit his first MLB home run on September 19 at Coors Field off San Diego Padres pitcher Marcos Mateo. [17] Prior to the 2016 season, Baseball America ranked him the 97th best prospect in MLB. [18] He missed substantial time during the 2016 season due to an oblique injury suffered at the end of spring training. [19]
Murphy was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants on March 25, 2019. [20] On March 28, Murphy was designated for assignment after failing to make the Opening Day roster. [21] The next day, the Giants traded Murphy to the Seattle Mariners for Jesus Ozoria. [22] Murphy excelled upon being acquired by Seattle, as he set career highs offensively including hitting 18 home runs and driving in 40 RBI in 75 games. Murphy missed the entire 2020 season, staying on the injured list with a fractured metatarsal in his left foot. [23]
In 2021, Murphy appeared in a career-high 97 games, hitting .202/.304/.350 with 11 home runs and 34 RBI. The following season, he made 14 appearances for the Mariners, hitting .303/.439/.455 with one home run and one RBI. On June 23, 2022, it was announced that Murphy would require season-ending surgery to repair a shoulder injury. [24]
On January 13, 2023, Murphy agreed to a one-year, $1.625 million contract with the Mariners, avoiding salary arbitration. [25]
On December 23, 2023, Murphy signed a two-year, major league contract with the San Francisco Giants. [26] He hit .118 in 13 games for the Giants before suffering a knee injury while chasing down a wild pitch on May 4, 2024. [27] Murphy was subsequently diagnosed with a left knee sprain, [28] and was later ruled out for 4–to–6 weeks, [29] which necessitated a move to the 60–day injured list on May 15. [30]
Murphy was raised by his parents, Kelly and Tom Sr., in West Monroe, New York. [31] The family are fans of the New York Yankees. [6] He attended Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square, New York.
Murphy and his wife, Lindsay, have one daughter and one son together and reside in Constantia, New York. [32]
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