Thomas Christian Murphy (born August 27, 1979) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Murphy was a 1997 graduate of Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida.

[1] He is also an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University, where he played baseball for the Owls under head coach Kevin Cooney.

On May 27, 2006, he hit his first home run, a solo shot versus the Baltimore Orioles off pitcher Adam Loewen.

He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, for whom he played in 2009.