Walt Jocketty

Walter Joseph Jocketty

• School Metropolitan State College (Minneapolis), University of Minnesota
• High School Marshall-University High School

• Born February 19, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN USA

Biographical Information

Walt Jocketty was the farm director of the Oakland A's from 1981 to 1993, being promoted to Director of baseball operations after five years. He spent 1994 as the assistant GM of the Colorado Rockies and became General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in October 1994. Under his leadership, the Cardinals won the 2004 National League pennant and the 2006 World Series. He submitted his resignation after the 2007 season and joined the Cincinnati Reds front office in early 2008 as an adviser to new owner Bob Castellini. In April of that year, he replaced Wayne Krivsky as the Reds GM. He was in the position until the end of the 2015 season, when he gave up to job but remained the team's President of baseball operations for one more season. After the 2016 season, he relinquished that title to Williams as well and was named a special adviser to Castellini.

Preceded by Dal Maxvill

St. Louis Cardinals General Manager 1995-2007

Succeeded by John Mozeliak

Preceded by Wayne Krivsky

Cincinnati Reds General Manager 2008-2015

Succeeded by Dick Williams

Related Sites

• Walt Jocketty at the SABR Bio Project