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About John Mozeliak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Boulder, Colorado, John began his baseball life as pitcher and first basemen for the Fairview High School baseball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following high school, Mo attended the University of Arizona, where he was initiated into the Arizona Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta, before transferring to and graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo began his career in baseball in 1993 with the Colorado Rockies where he worked in a variety of positions in baseball operations before being hired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following time in the Cardinals\u2019 scouting department, where he oversaw the drafting of talent such as Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, John spent six seasons as Assistant General Manager for the team, before being named the Cardinals\u2019 12th general manager in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, Mo engineered a series of late-season moves that transformed the Cardinals and saw the team go from 10 \u00bd games back in late August to winning the franchise’s 11th World Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That year, Baseball America named the Cardinals the Organization of the Year, the first time the franchise had received the honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, Mo was the recipient of the MLB.com GIBBY Executive of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, John was named the Cardinals\u2019 President of Baseball Operations, the first to be named to that position in franchise history,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Mo\u2019s leadership, the Cardinals have created a culture of retaining key players that has resulted in six National League Central division titles, 10 postseason appearances, two World Series appearances, a World Series title, 15 consecutive seasons with a winning percentage above 500, and honors for having the #1 minor league system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John lives in St. Louis with his wife, Julie, daughter, Allyson, and son, Will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of baseball, he serves as a National Trustee for the Foundation Fighting Blindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, Mo, for your induction into the Phi Delta Theta Sports Hall of Fame!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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