[2] The Cleveland Indians selected Dipoto in the third round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft.
After the 1994 season, the Indians traded Dipoto with Paul Byrd, Dave Mlicki and a player to be named later (minor leaguer Jesus Azuaje) to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa.
[5] Forced to retire during the spring of 2001, Dipoto went to work in the Colorado Rockies' front office as a special assistant to general manager Dan O'Dowd.
[8] Angels' owner Arte Moreno said that "one of the reasons we hired Jerry is that I really liked the way he viewed baseball analytics."
[15] When the Seattle Mariners fired Jack Zduriencik after seven years with the club, they launched a GM search which lasted exactly one month, culminating with the hiring of Dipoto on September 28, 2015.
[1] On September 1, 2021, the Mariners promoted Dipoto to president of baseball operations and signed him to a multi-year contract extension.