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Tom McKenna

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 10:06 PM

This is why you should want your peripheral personnel on the field for a big anniversary celebration. Mets former head trainer Tom McKenna passes away Tom McKenna, who was the New York Mets head trainer from 1970-1980, suffered a heart attack this morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico and passed away at age 88. McKenna served the Mets organization for 25 years as their Trainer Emeritus after retiring after the 1980 season. Tom's first baseball job was as a trainer for Jersey City of the International League in 1948. He spent the next 13 seasons with Minneapolis of the American Association before being named the trainer for the expansion Washington Senators where he stayed until joining the Mets in 1970. "Tom McKenna was a trainer's trainer," said Rusty Staub, who played with the Mets from 1972-1975 and 1981-1985. "On behalf of all the players he treated through the years, we owe him so much for the personal care and attention he provided us." McKenna was born in Minneapolis, MN and was a long-time resident of St. Petersburg, FL. He is survived by his wife, Pat, four children, Tommy, Patrica, Kevin and Michael and four grandchildren.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 30 2006 10:09 PM

Keith was remembering Tom very fondly during tonight's broadcast. RIP Tom.

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 10:57 PM

Year Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Trainer Emeritus 1962 Gus Mauch 1963 1964 1965 1966 Joe Deer 1967 1968 1969 1970 Tom McKenna 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Larry Mayol 1980 1981 Larry Mayol Paul Weiner Tom McKenna 1982 1983 Steve Garland 1984 Steve Garland Paul Graves 1985 Bob Sikes 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Sam McCrary 1993 1994 1995 Fred Hina 1996 1997 Scott Lawrenson 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Scott Lawrenson Michael Herbst 2003 2004 2005 2006 Ray Ramirez

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 11:45 PM

Tom McKenna was the first to openly speculate that Dwight Gooden included a drug testing clause in his contract was a cry for help, although I imagine many of us thought something similar. Of all the legacies, McKenna collected the urine sample that began Gooden's downfall.

Johnny Dickshot Aug 30 2006 11:46 PM

cpf = the only place on the whole interweb to find a flow chart of Met assistant trainers.

SteveJRogers Aug 30 2006 11:51 PM

Heh, you ain't seen nothin' This is all up to 1999: Physician Dr. Peter LaMotte 1962-1973 Dr. James C. Parkes II 1974-1991 Dr. David Altchek 1992- Associate Physician Dr. L. Fiske Warren 1982-1991 Jason Craig (Co) 2000- Dr. David Dienes 1992-1996 Dr. Brian Halpern 1995- Dr. George A. Paletta Jr. 1996-1998 Dr. Answorth Allen 1996- Dr. Riley Williams 1998- Consulting Dr. Kenneth Donaldson 1982-1984 Dr. Frank Hoefle (Hand) 1982-1996 Dr. Richard Eaton (Opthamalogist) 1983- Dr. Ben Bonafide (Optician) 1983- Dr. John Olinchney (Internst) 1985- Dr. Ron Grober 1993-1994 Dr. Alan Lans (Psychiatrist/Director Employee Assistance Program) 1994- Dr. Jo Hannfin (Staff) 1995-1996 Michael Levinson (Physical Therapist) 1995-1998, 2000- Dr. Ira Titunik (Denist) 1997- Dr. Bruce Zogelbaun (Opthamologist) 1997- Dr. Keith Overland (Chiropractor 1997-1998 Kevin Tollefson (Physical Therapist) 1997 Koto Ishuima (Media Specialist/Interpereter) 1999 Excersise/Strength/Fitness Paul Mastropusqua 1978 Keith Cedro 1987-1991 Jeff Mangold 1992-1996 Barry Heyden 1997- Ryuji Tachibana (Assistant) 1997- =;)

SteveJRogers Aug 30 2006 11:53 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: cpf = the only place on the whole interweb to find a flow chart of Met assistant trainers. Assistant Trainers aren't that hard to research though, they usually get listed on the roster page. Its digging deep into medical staff pages of Yearbooks & Media Guides for all the Internists and such that is, well, interesting!

Yancy Street Gang Aug 31 2006 09:11 AM

Okay, now let's do ticket office managers!

Edgy DC Aug 31 2006 09:16 AM

That Sikes blog is interesting. Is Steve challenging me to a battle of ephemera?

SteveJRogers Aug 31 2006 12:50 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Okay, now let's do ticket office managers! Bob Mandt, William Inanncillo(major SP, I believe he's still the Ticket office VP)...

ABG Aug 31 2006 01:11 PM

I wonder if you could do a calculus that would gague effectiveness of trainers. Total games missed by OD starters, but weighted for age, players' games missed in prior seasons, etc. Obviously it couldn't totally be mathematical, since a game missed for performance is different than a game missed for a nagging injury, and a DL stint is likely not under the trainers' jurisdiction.

TheOldMole Aug 31 2006 09:18 PM

Don't forget [url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9D00E0DB163AF934A25757C0A9659C8B63]Fran Pirozzollo.[/url] Who did not last long.