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2021 LOGGERS Coaching Staff
Tom Kinney , Pitching Coach
Tom Kinney returns for his fourth season with the Lumbermen , leading the Loggers pitching staff . Logger hurlers have amassed 1,741 strikeouts over the past three seasons under Kinney ’ s direction , including breaking the team single season mark on two separate occassions . Kinney has played a key role in the development of several Logger pitchers who are now in professional baseball including 2016 pitchers Nick Raquet ( 3rd Round Pick ’ 17 , Washington ), Cason Sherrod ( 7th Round Pick ' 18 , Miami ), Andrew Perez ( 8th Round Pick ' 18 , Chicago-AL ), JonathonTeaney ( 20th Round Pick ’ 17 , Cleveland ), Mitch Stalsberg ( 23rd Round Pick ’ 17 , Detroit ), Dave Smith ( 25th Round Pick ’ 17 , Washington ), Joe DiBenedetto ( 29th Round Pick ’ 17 , Toronto ) and Graham Spraker ( 31st Round Pick ’ 17 , Toronto ).
Kinney grew up in Morton , Ill . and played at four different colleges including Olney Central College , Illinois Central College , Florida Atlantic University and Bradley University . After Bradley , he signed a free agent contract with the St . Louis Cardinals and went on to win the Rolaids Relief Award of the Arizona Rookie League in 1990 . The following year he was converted to a start in the South Atlantic League before being released later that year . Kinney then began a career in law enforcement and is a retired office from Aurora , Ill . After retirement from the police force Kinney began coaching at Waubonsee Community College for three years and then moved on to Illinois Central College for three years . Kinney has since returned to Waubanosee where he currently serves as their pitching coach . Tom has been married to his wife , Kim , for nearly 24 years and they have three sons ( Thomas , Kyle and Chase ).
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