Special Assistant to the General Manager
Tom McNamara is in his fourth season with the Royals as a Special Assistant to the General Manager. He has 30 years of professional scouting experience, including 13 years with Seattle as the Special Assistant to the General Manager from 2016-20 and Director of Amateur Scouting from 2008-16.
He oversaw eight Mariners drafts from 2009-16, which produced 48 Major League players including Kyle Seager (2009), Taijuan Walker, James Paxton (2010), Mike Zunino, Edwin D¨ªaz, Chris Taylor (2012), Tyler O¡¯Neill (2013) and Kyle Lewis (2016).
He was the recipient of the 2015 A.B. ¡°Turk¡± Karam Award, as voted on by New York City area scouts. McNamara was previously an Area Scout for Seattle from 1994-2000, mostly covering the Northeast. He also had stints with Milwaukee (2001-02, 2008) and San Diego (2003-07) in different scouting roles. McNamara signed several Major League players, including All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder.
He signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 1988 and played one season in the Northwest League for the Bellingham Mariners. Following his playing career, he spent three years as a baseball coach at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y.
McNamara graduated from Dominican College in Blauvelt, N.Y., with a bachelor¡¯s degree in humanities and is a current member of the board of trustees. As a center fielder, he set the New York State College record for most stolen bases in a season with 71 in 1988. He is a member of the Rockland Community College and Dominican College Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Pearl River, N.Y., McNamara has a son, Martin, and resides in Haverstraw, N.Y.