Joe Garagiola, Jr.

• School University of Notre Dame

Joe Garagiola, Jr. is the son of former catcher and legendary broadcaster Joe Garagiola. He joined the Arizona Diamondbacks front office in 1995, when the franchise was created, and was the expansion club's General Manager from when they began play in 1998 until he left the team in 2005.

He was then hired by Major League Baseball to serve as Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations. When MLB reorganized the Baseball Operations Department following the retirement of Bob Watson and the hiring of Joe Torre after the 2010 season, Garagiola was moved to Senior Vice President of Standards and On-Field Operations. In this position, he was responsible for on-field discipline, and issues related to stadium configuration and uniforms.

In December 2018, he returned to the Diamondbacks as a special adviser to team President and CEO Derrick Hall.

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Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager 1998-2005

Succeeded by Josh Byrnes

Draft Picks

1st Round

• 1996: 30th overall P Nick Bierbrodt - Millikan High School (Long Beach, CA)
• 1997: 30th overall OF Jack Cust - Immaculata High School (Somerville, NJ)
• 1998: No Pick (lost for signing Jay Bell)
• 1999: 4th overall SS Corey Myers - Desert Vista High School
• 2000: No Pick (lost for signing Russ Springer)
• 2001: 22nd overall P Jason Bulger - Valdosta State University
• 2002: 27th overall SS Sergio Santos - Mater Dei High School
• 2003: 19th overall 3B Conor Jackson - University of California, Berkeley
• 2003: 29th overall OF Carlos Quentin - Stanford University
• 2004: 15th overall SS Stephen Drew - Florida State University
• 2005: 1st overall SS Justin Upton - Great Bridge High School
• 2005: 31st overall P Matthew Torra - UMass

Other Notable Selections

• 1996: 5th round (155th overall) P Brad Penny - Broken Arrow Sr. High School
• 1999: 8th round (238th overall) P Chris Capuano - Duke University
• 1999: 18th round (538th overall) 1B Lyle Overbay - University of Nevada, Reno
• 2000: 8th round (249th overall) P Brandon Webb - University of Kentucky
• 2001: 11th round (338th overall) 2B Dan Uggla - University of Memphis

Significant Trades

• November 18, 1997 Expansion Draft
• November 18, 1997 traded Gabe Alvarez, Matt Drews and Joe Randa to the Detroit Tigers for Travis Fryman
• November 18, 1997 traded Jesus Martinez to the Florida Marlins for Devon White
• December 1, 1997 traded Travis Fryman and Tom Martin to the Cleveland Indians for Matt Williams
• December 28, 1998 traded Karim Garcia to the Detroit Tigers for Luis Gonzalez
• June 12, 1999 traded Tony Batista and John Frascatore to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dan Plesac
• July 8, 1999 traded Vladimir Nunez, Brad Penny and Abraham Nunez to the Florida Marlins for Matt Mantei
• July 26, 2000 traded Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee and Vicente Padilla to the Philadelphia Phillies for Curt Schilling
• January 7, 2002 traded Jack Cust and J.D. Closser to the Colorado Rockies for Mike Myers
• December 15, 2002 in a four team deal sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland A's for Elmer Dessens from the Cincinnati Reds
• July 29, 2003 traded David Dellucci, Bret Prinz and Jon-Mark Sprowl to the New York Yankees for Raul Mondesi
• November 28, 2003 traded Curt Schilling to the Boston Red Sox for Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa and Michael Gross
• December 1, 2003 traded Chris Capuano, Lyle Overbay, Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell and Jorge de la Rosa to the Milwaukee Brewers for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and Noochie Varner
• July 31, 2004 traded Steve Finley and Brent Mayne to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Reggie Abercrombie, Koyie Hill and Bill Murphy
• January 11, 2005 traded Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees for Dioner Navarro, Javier Vazquez and Brad Halsey
• January 11, 2005 traded Dioner Navarro, Beltran Perez, Danny Muegge and William Juarez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green

Significant Signings

• November 17, 1997 signed Jay Bell as a Free Agent from Kansas City Royals
• January 31, 1998 signed Gregg Olson as a free agent from Kansas City Royals
• February 3, 1998 signed Andy Benes as a free agent from St. Louis Cardinals
• December 2, 1998 signed Todd Stottlemyre as a free agent from St. Louis Cardinals
• December 10, 1998 signed Randy Johnson as a free agent from Houston Astros
• December 18, 1998 signed Steve Finley as a free agent from San Diego Padres
• December 3, 1999 signed Russ Springer as a free agent from Atlanta Braves
• December 8, 2000 signed Mark Grace as a free agent from Chicago Cubs
• January 11, 2001 signed Reggie Sanders as a free agent from Atlanta Braves
• December 11, 2004 signed Troy Glaus as a free agent from Anahiem Angels

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