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 Díaz, 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.