Tom Murphy is still a professional baseball player. He currently plays for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. On January 12, 2023, he agreed to a one-year, $1.625 million contract with the Mariners avoiding salary arbitration.
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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.
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He was recruited to play college baseball at Buffalo, St. John’s Michigan, Wagner, Le Moyne, and Monmouth. However, he committed to play baseball at the University of Buffalo.
Murphy played summer league baseball with the Oneonta Outlaws of the New York Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2010. He was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year in 2011 after leading the conference with a .384 batting average.
He began his professional career in 2012 after he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 2012 MLB Draft. He played for the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League.


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