Thomas Mullen Umphlett (May 12, 1930 – September 21, 2012)[1] was an American center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 to 1955 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators.

Born in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, the son of Willie L. Umphlett and the former Daisy Mullen, he was a three-sport athlete (baseball, basketball, football) at Ahoskie High School, from which he graduated in 1950.

He signed with the Red Sox that year, choosing a professional baseball career over football scholarship offers to several universities.

However, on December 9, Boston included him in a major offseason trade, sending Umphlett and left-handed pitcher Mickey McDermott to the Senators for right fielder Jackie Jensen.

The Senators traded him back to the Red Sox in November 1955, and Umphlett played for the Bosox' Triple-A affiliates the next seven years.