Arizona Diamondbacks

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Arizona Diamondbacks
2024 Arizona Diamondbacks season
Logo
Established in 1998
Major league affiliations
National League (1998–present) West Division (1998–present)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	20 51 42
Colors
Sedona red, Sonoran sand, black, teal, white
Name
Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–present)
Other nicknames
The D-backs The Snakes
Ballpark
Chase Field (1998–present)
Major league titles
World Series titles (1)	2001
NL Pennants (1)	2001
West Division titles (5)	1999 2001 2002 2007 2011
Wild card berths (1)	2017
Front office
Principal owner(s)	Ken Kendrick
President of baseball operations	Mike Hazen
General manager	Mike Hazen
Manager	Torey Lovullo

The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The franchise was established as an expansion team and began play in 1998. The team plays its home games at Chase Field, formerly known as Bank One Ballpark.

After a fifth-place finish in their inaugural season, the Diamondbacks made several off-season acquisitions, including future Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson, who won four consecutive Cy Young Awards in his first four seasons with the team. In 1999, Arizona won 100 games and their first division championship. In 2001, they won the World Series over the three-time defending champion New York Yankees, becoming the fastest expansion team in major league history to win the World Series, and the only major professional sports team in the state of Arizona to win a championship.

From 1998 to 2021, the Diamondbacks have an overall record of 1,840–1,946 (.486).

Franchise history

Main article: History of the Arizona Diamondbacks

See also: 1998 Major League Baseball expansion

On March 9, 1995, Phoenix was awarded an expansion franchise to begin play for the 1998 season. A $130 million franchise fee was paid to Major League Baseball and on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League. The Diamondbacks' first major league game was played against the Colorado Rockies on March 31, 1998, at Bank One Ballpark. The ballpark was renamed Chase Field in 2005, as a result of Bank One Corporation's merger with JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Since their debut, the Diamondbacks have won five NL West division titles, one NL pennant, one Wild Card game, and the 2001 World Series.

Logos and uniforms

1998–2006

Uniform design from late 1990s through mid-2000s

The Diamondbacks' original colors were purple, black, teal and copper. Their first logo was an italicized block letter "A" with a diamond pattern, and the crossbar represented by a snake's tongue. This period saw the Diamondbacks wear various uniform combinations.

At home, the Diamondbacks wore cream uniforms with purple pinstripes. The primary sleeved uniform, worn from 1998 to 2000, featured the full team name ("Diamond" and "Backs" stacked together) in front and chest numbers. The alternate sleeveless version contained the "A" logo on the right chest, and was paired with purple undershirts. Before the 2001 season, the sleeved uniform was changed to feature the "A" logo. In all three uniforms, player names were teal with purple trim, and numbers were purple with white with teal trim.

The Diamondbacks' primary road gray uniform also contained purple pinstripes. The first version featured "Arizona" in purple with white and teal trim along with black drop shadows. Chest numbers were also added. Player names were in purple with white trim, and numbers were teal with white and purple trim. In 2001, the uniform became sleeveless with black undershirts, and the lettering scheme was changed to purple with white, copper and black accents.

The alternate home purple uniform featured "Arizona" in teal with white and copper trim and black drop shadows. Originally the letters were rendered in teal with copper and white trim, but was changed to copper with teal and white trim after only one season. This set was worn until 2002.

The alternate road black uniform initially featured the "A" logo on the right chest, while letters were in purple with white trim and numbers in teal with white and purple trim. A zigzag pattern of teal, copper and purple was also featured on the sleeves. In 2001, the uniform was changed to feature "Arizona" in front. Letters were now purple with white and copper trim.

The Diamondbacks initially wore four different cap versions. The primary home cap is all-purple, while the road cap is black with a teal brim. They also wore a cream cap with purple brim, and a teal cap with purple brim. All designs featured the primary "A" logo. In 1999, the road cap became all-black and contained the alternate "D-snake" logo rendered in copper. Also, the teal and cream alternate caps were dropped.

The left sleeve of all four uniforms initially contained the snake logo with the full team name, but became only exclusive to the road black uniform after the 2003 season.

2006–2015

The franchise unveiled new uniforms and colors of Sedona red, Sonoran sand and black on November 8, 2006. The red shade is named for the sandstone canyon at Red Rock State Park near Sedona, while the beige (sand) shade is named for the Sonoran Desert. A sleeve patch was added featuring a lowercase "d" and "b" configured to look like a snake's head. The team also kept the "D" logo, which was slightly altered and put on an all-red cap to be used as their game cap. They also kept the "A" logo with the new colors applied to it, with a solid black cap used as the alternate cap. Arizona's updated color scheme bore a striking resemblance to the Houston Astros' then-current color scheme (brick red, sand and black) that the latter used until 2012, as well as the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes, whose adoption of said colors predate the Diamondbacks by four years.

The white home uniform featured "D-Backs" in red with sand and black trim. The road gray uniform featured "Arizona" in red with sand and black trim. Player names were red with black trim while numbers were black with red trim.

The alternate red uniform contained "D-Backs" in sand with red and black trim, with player names in sand with black trim and numbers in black with sand trim.

There were two versions of the alternate black uniform. One design has the alternate "A" logo on the right chest, while the other has "Arizona" written in red with black and sand trim. The latter was introduced in 2013 as a tribute to the victims of the Yarnell Hill Fire. On both uniforms, player names were sand with red trim, and numbers in red with sand trim.

2016–present

Current uniform design (2016–present)

Prior to the 2016 season, the Diamondbacks reincorporated teal into its color scheme while keeping Sedona Red, Sonoran Sand and black. They also unveiled eight different uniform combinations, including two separate home white and away grey uniforms. One major difference between the two sets is that the non-teal uniforms feature a snakeskin pattern on the shoulders, while the teal-trimmed uniforms include a charcoal/grey snakeskin pattern on the back. Arizona also kept the throwback pinstriped sleeveless uniforms from their 2001 championship season for use during Thursday home games.

Starting with the 2020 season, the Diamondbacks made slight redesigns to their current uniforms. The snakeskin patterns were removed while the teal-trimmed grey uniforms were retired. The team also reverted to a standard grey uniform after wearing a darker shade on the previous set. Two home white uniforms remain in use: the primary Sedona Red and the alternate teal. They would also wear two black uniforms: one with the primary "A" logo on the left chest and the other with "Los D-Backs" trimmed in teal. Three cap designs were also unveiled, all with a black base: the primary "A" cap, the teal-trimmed "snake" cap (paired exclusively on the teal alternates), and the sand-trimmed "snake" cap with red brim (paired exclusively on the Sedona Red alternates). The Nike swoosh logo is also placed on the right chest near the shoulder. In 2022, the Diamondbacks introduced a red "A" cap with black brim.

In 2021, the Diamondbacks were one of seven teams to wear Nike "City Connect" uniforms. The design is primarily sand and has "Serpientes" in black script lettering emblazoned in front. The first "S" in "Serpientes" was shaped to resemble a rattlesnake. The right sleeve has the flag of Arizona patch recolored to the Diamondbacks' current red, sand and black scheme, and the left sleeve has the "A" logo recolored to black and sand. Numerals are in red. The cap is primarily sand with black brim and has the "A" logo in black and sand; the regular batting helmet is used with the uniform. Initially, the Diamondbacks wore white pants with this uniform, but has since switched to sand pants.

Regular season home attendance

Chase Field

Home Attendance
Year	Total attendance	Game average	League rank
1998	3,610,290	44,571	2nd
1999	3,019,654	37,280	5th
2000	2,942,251	36,324	6th
2001	2,736,451	33,783	9th
2002	3,198,977	39,494	2nd
2003	2,805,542	34,636	5th
2004	2,519,560	31,106	8th
2005	2,059,424	25,425	12th
2006	2,091,685	25,823	14th
2007	2,325,249	28,707	12th
2008	2,509,924	30,987	11th
2009	2,128,765	26,281	11th
2010	2,056,697	25,391	13th
2011	2,105,432	25,993	12th
2012	2,177,617	26,884	13th
2013	2,134,895	26,357	14th
2014	2,073,730	25,602	14th
2015	2,080,145	25,681	12th
2016	2,036,216	25,138	11th
2017	2,134,375	26,350	11th
2018	2,242,695	27,688	9th
2019	2,135,510	26,364	12th
2020	0	0	N/A
2021	1,043,010	12,877	13th

Radio and television

The primary television play-by-play voice for the team's first nine seasons of play was Thom Brennaman, who also broadcast baseball and college football games nationally for Fox Television. Brennaman was the TV announcer for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds (along with his father Marty Brennaman) before being hired by Diamondbacks founder Jerry Colangelo in 1996, two years before the team would begin play.

In October 2006, Brennaman left the Diamondbacks to call games with his father for the Reds beginning in 2007, signing a four-year deal (his Fox duties remained unchanged).

On November 1, 2006, the team announced that the TV voice of the Milwaukee Brewers since 2002, Daron Sutton, would be hired as the Diamondbacks primary TV play-by-play voice. Sutton was signed to a five-year contract with a team option for three more years. Sutton is considered one of the best of the younger generation of baseball broadcasters. His signature chants include "let's get some runs" when the D-backs trail in late innings. Sutton's father was Hall of Fame pitcher and Atlanta Braves broadcaster Don Sutton.

Former Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs first baseman Mark Grace and former Major League knuckleball pitcher Tom Candiotti were the Diamondbacks primary color analysts for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Former Diamondbacks third baseman Matt Williams also did color commentary on occasion, as did former Cardinals and NBC broadcast legend Joe Garagiola, Sr., a longtime Phoenix-area resident and father of Joe Garagiola, Jr., the first GM of the Diamondbacks (as head of the Maricopa County Sports Authority in the early 1990s, Garagiola, Jr. was one of the primary people involved in Phoenix obtaining a Major League Baseball franchise).

The Diamondbacks announced in July 2007 that for the 2008 season, all regionally broadcast Diamondbacks TV games would be shown exclusively on Fox Sports Arizona (now Bally Sports Arizona) and a few could possibly be shown on the national MLB on Fox telecasts. Bally Sports Arizona is currently seen in 2.8 million households in Arizona and New Mexico. The previous flagship station since the inaugural 1998 season was KTVK (Channel 3), a popular over-the-air independent station (and former longtime ABC affiliate) in Phoenix.

From 2009 to 2012, Mark Grace and Daron Sutton were tagged as the main broadcasters of the Diamondbacks with pre-game and postgame shows on Fox Sports Arizona, being hosted by former big-league closer Joe Borowski.

On June 21, 2012, Daron Sutton was suspended indefinitely, amid rumors of insubordination. Then on August 24, the team announced that Mark Grace had requested an indefinite leave of absence after being arrested for his second DUI in less than two years (Grace was later indicted on four DUI counts). For the remainder of the 2012 season, Sutton was replaced by Greg Schulte (Jeff Munn replaced Schulte on the radio broadcast) and Grace was replaced by Luis Gonzalez. At the end of the 2012 season, the team announced that neither Sutton nor Grace would be returning for the 2013 season.

On October 18, 2012, the team announced that Bob Brenly would be returning as a broadcaster to replace Grace and that he would be joined by then-ESPN personality Steve Berthiaume.

The English language flagship radio station is KTAR. Greg Schulte is the regular radio play-by-play voice, a 25-year veteran of sports radio in the Phoenix market, also well known for his previous work on Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals and Arizona State University (ASU) broadcasts. He calls games with analyst Tom Candiotti.

Jeff Munn served as a backup radio play-by-play announcer until 2016; he served as the regular public address announcer at Chase Field in the early days of the franchise. He is well known to many Phoenix area sports fans, having also served as the public address announcer for the Suns at what's now Footprint Center in the 1990s. He is also the play-by-play radio voice for ASU women's basketball. Mike Ferrin served in the same role for 6 years before parting ways with the team, and he was replaced by Chris Garagiola in December 2021.

Spanish broadcasts

The flagship Spanish language radio station is KHOV-FM 105.1 with Oscar Soria, Rodrigo López, and Richard Saenz.

Games were televised in Spanish on KPHE-LP—with Oscar Soria and Jerry Romo as the announcers—but this arrangement ended prior to the 2009 season due to the team switching fully to Fox Sports Arizona and the lack of carriage of KPHE-LP on the Cox cable system.

Achievements

Baseball Hall of Famers

Randy Johnson pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Arizona Diamondbacks Hall of Famers
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Arizona Diamondbacks Roberto Alomar Randy Johnson Alan Trammell Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Diamondbacks cap insignia. * Arizona Diamondbacks listed as primary team according to the Hall of Fame

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Arizona Diamondbacks Ford C. Frick Award recipients
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Joe Garagiola Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Diamondbacks.

Arizona Sports Hall of Fame

OF Luis Gonzalez (1999–2006)

Main article: Arizona Sports Hall of Fame

Diamondbacks in the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Notes
—	Jerry Colangelo	Owner	1998–2004
20	Luis Gonzalez	LF	1999–2006
38	Curt Schilling	P	2000–2003	Grew up in Phoenix, attended Yavapai College
51	Randy Johnson	P	1999–2004 2007–2008
17	Mark Grace	1B	2001–2003	Diamondbacks Broadcaster from 2004 – 2012
—	Derrick Hall	Executive	2005–present	Attended Arizona State University
—	Roland Hemond	Executive	1996–2000 2007–2017

All-time leaders

Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks team records

All-Star Paul Goldschmidt (2011–2018) had a on-base percentage of .398, during his tenure in Phoenix

Hitting

Games played: Luis Gonzalez (1999–2006) – 1,194

At bats: Luis Gonzalez – 4,488

Hits: Luis Gonzalez – 1,337

Batting average: Greg Colbrunn – .310

Runs: Luis Gonzalez – 780

Doubles: Luis Gonzalez – 310

Triples: Stephen Drew – 52

Home runs: Luis Gonzalez – 224

Runs batted in: Luis Gonzalez – 774

On-base percentage: Paul Goldschmidt* – .398

Walks: Paul Goldschmidt* – 655

Strikeouts: Paul Goldschmidt* – 1,059

Slugging percentage: Paul Goldschmidt* – .532

Stolen bases: Tony Womack – 182

Pitching

ERA: Randy Johnson (1999–2004, 2007–08) – 2.83

Wins: Randy Johnson – 118

Losses: Randy Johnson/Brandon Webb (2003–10) – 62

Games: Brad Ziegler – 377

Saves: José Valverde – 98

Innings: Randy Johnson – 1630.1

Starts: Randy Johnson – 232

Strikeouts: Randy Johnson – 2,077

Complete games: Randy Johnson – 38

Shutouts: Randy Johnson – 14

WHIP: Curt Schilling – 1.04

• all stats are current as of March 29, 2022 from the Arizona Diamondbacks website.

* signifies current Major League player

Retired numbers

Luis Gonzalez LF Retired August 7, 2010 Randy Johnson P Retired August 8, 2015 Jackie Robinson All MLB Honored April 15, 1997

• No. 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in 1997 to honor Jackie Robinson.

Season record

Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks seasons

Roster

Arizona Diamondbacks 2025 spring training roster
40-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers 45 Yilber Díaz -- Joe Elbis 23 Zac Gallen 37 Kevin Ginkel 47 Tommy Henry 99 Drey Jameson 40 Bryce Jarvis 29 Merrill Kelly 35 Joe Mantiply 63 Justin Martínez -- Seth Martinez 64 Cristian Mena 52 Jordan Montgomery 24 Kyle Nelson 19 Ryne Nelson 32 Brandon Pfaadt 33 A. J. Puk 57 Eduardo Rodríguez 81 Ryan Thompson 48 Blake Walston		Catchers 25 Adrian Del Castillo 11 José Herrera 14 Gabriel Moreno Infielders  9 Blaze Alexander  1 Jorge Barrosa 10 Jordan Lawlar  4 Ketel Marte -- Josh Naylor  2 Geraldo Perdomo 28 Eugenio Suárez -- Tim Tawa Outfielders  7 Corbin Carroll 12 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 31 Jake McCarthy 26 Pavin Smith  5 Alek Thomas				Manager 17 Torey Lovullo Coaches 82 Jeff Banister (bench) 76 Dan Carlson (assistant pitching) -- Wellington Cepeda (bullpen) -- Travis Denker (assistant hitting) -- Owen Dew (assistant pitching) 75 Damion Easley (assistant hitting) 71 Mike Fetters (bullpen) 78 Drew Hedman (assistant hitting) -- Brian Kaplan (pitching) -- Shaun Larkin (third base / infield) 74 Joe Mather (hitting) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 69 Sharif Othman (bullpen catcher) 83 Jose Queliz (bullpen catcher) 73 Rick Short (assistant hitting) Restricted list 27 Andrew Saalfrank 36 active, 0 inactive, non-roster invitees 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster † Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated November 22, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Minor league affiliations

Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates

The Arizona Diamondbacks farm system consists of eight minor league affiliates.

Level	Team	League	Location	Manager
Triple-A	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	Reno, Nevada	Blake Lalli
Double-A	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Texas League	Amarillo, Texas	Shawn Roof
High-A	Hillsboro Hops	Northwest League	Hillsboro, Oregon	Vince Harrison
Single-A	Visalia Rawhide	California League	Visalia, California	Jorge Cortes
Rookie	ACL D-backs Black	Arizona Complex League	Scottsdale, Arizona	Rolando Arnedo
	ACL D-backs Black			Dee Garner
	DSL D-backs 1	Dominican Summer League	Boca Chica, Santo Domingo	Jaime Del Valle
	DSL D-backs 2			Ronald Ramirez

See also

• List of Arizona Diamondbacks team records
• List of Arizona Diamondbacks broadcasters
• List of managers and ownership of the Arizona Diamondbacks

External links

• Arizona Diamondbacks official website