Donald Rex "Donnie" Murphy (born March 10, 1983 in
Lakewood, California) is a second baseman in the
Oakland Athletics organization of Major League
Baseball. He attended Riverside (California)
Polytechnic High School and Orange Coast Community
College in Costa Mesa, California and was selected
by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the
2002 amateur draft. In 2004 and 2005, he appeared in
39 games for the Royals, hitting .163 with one home
run and eleven RBI. He was acquired by the A's in
exchange for cash November 28, 2006. He began the
2007 season at Sacramento, the A's Pacific Coast
League triple-A affiliate. He hit .342 for the River
Cats and was recalled to Oakland June 8 when Milton
Bradley was placed on the disabled list.
