Former GM Joe Garagiola Jr. re-joins Diamondbacks as special advisor
Dec 19, 2018, 11:22 AM | Updated: 11:53 am
Joe Garagiola, Jr. talks with media, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at Bank One Ballpark, in Phoenix, after the Arizona Diamondbacks announced he has resigned his position as the Senior Vice President and General Manager, to accept a position with Major League Baseball.(AP Photo/Roy Dabner)
(AP Photo/Roy Dabner)
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Wednesday they have hired their former senior vice president and general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. as a special advisor to current president and CEO Derrick Hall.
Garagiola Jr. leaves his post as senior VP of standards and on-field operations with Major League Baseball. He left the D-backs to join MLB as VP of baseball ops in 2005 and has served for the league office the past 13 years.
“Joe’s contributions to the D-backs and Major League Baseball over the years have been invaluable and we are very excited to welcome him back to the family,” said Hall in a statement. “While he will always be remembered as one of the architects of the 2001 World Championship team, his most recent roles at MLB make him a perfect fit to help our organization on the business side in a number of special projects.”
Arizona’s first GM from 1998-2005, Garagiola Jr. helped the franchise to division titles in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
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He is the son of Joe Garagiola Sr., a former MLB player who spent 15 years leading D-backs broadcasts.
Garagiola Jr. has served as chairman of the Phoenix Metropolitan Sports Foundation and Arizona Baseball Commission.
