Tom McKenna

[Guest Edgy DC]

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.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

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

RIP Tom.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Year	Head Athletic Trainer	Assistant Athletic Trainer	Trainer Emeritus
1962	Gus Mauch
1963
1964
1965
1966

[Guest Edgy DC]

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.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

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

[stevejrogers]

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-


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[stevejrogers]

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!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Okay, now let's do ticket office managers!

[Guest Edgy DC]

That Sikes blog is interesting.

Is Steve challenging me to a battle of ephemera?

[stevejrogers]

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)...

[Guest ABG]

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]

Don't forget Fran Pirozzollo. Who did not last long.