Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks
2024 Arizona Diamondbacks season
	Established in 1998;
Team logo	Cap insignia
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, The Rattlesnakes;
Ballpark
	Chase Field (1998–present) a.k.a. Bank One Ballpark (1998–2005); ;
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, often shortened as the D-backs, are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The club competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) West division. The team has played every home game in franchise history at Chase Field, formerly known as Bank One Ballpark. The Diamondbacks have won one World Series championship (defeating the New York Yankees in 2001) – becoming the fastest expansion team in the Major Leagues to win a championship, which it did in only the fourth season since the franchise's inception. They remain the only professional men's sports team from Arizona to have won a championship title.

Franchise history

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.^[3] 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

The Diamondbacks' original colors were purple, black, teal and copper.^[4] Their first logo was an italicized block letter "A" with a diamond pattern, and the crossbar represented by a snake's tongue. Prior to their inaugural season, they released their baseball caps. The home cap had a cream color crown with a purple visor and button. The road cap was black and had a turquoise visor and button. Their alternate cap had a turquoise crown with a purple visor and button. Depending on the cap, the "A" logo on the front of the cap had different color variations.

In the Diamondbacks' second season, they introduced a new logo which was a copper color snake in the shape of a letter "D". It was used on a solid black cap, which in the beginning, was worn as a road cap.

The franchise unveiled new uniforms and colors of Sedona Red, Sonoran Sand and black on November 8, 2006.^[5] 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.^[4] A sleeve patch was added featuring a lowercase "d" and "b" configured to look like a snake's head.^[4] The team also kept the "D" logo, but 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. A similar color scheme is currently used by the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League.

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.^[1]^[6]^[7]

Radio and television

The primary television play-by-play voice for the team's first nine seasons of play was Thom Brennaman, who also broadcasts 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).

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.

Jeff Munn is a backup radio play-by-play announcer; 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 America West Arena (now Talking Stick Resort Arena) in the 1990s. He is also the play-by-play radio voice for ASU women's basketball.

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 is Hall of Fame pitcher and current Atlanta Braves broadcaster Don Sutton.^[8]

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^[9] that for the 2008 season, all regionally broadcast Diamondbacks TV games will be shown exclusively on Fox Sports Arizona, and a few could possibly be shown on the national Fox MLB telecasts. Fox Sports Arizona (or FS 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, 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.^[10] 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 ^[11] (Grace was later indicted on four DUI counts^[12]). 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

Spanish broadcasts

The flagship Spanish language radio station is KHOV-FM 105.1 with Oscar Soria, Rodrigo Lopez, and Richard Saenz.^[15]

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 KHPE-LP on the Cox cable system.^[16]

Achievements

Baseball Hall of Famers

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.
^† - Randy Johnson is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Diamondbacks cap insignia; however, the Hall of Fame recognizes the Seattle Mariners as his primary team.^[17]

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

No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Notes
Diamondbacks in the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame
—	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	Elected mainly on his performance with Chicago Cubs

All-time leaders

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* – .396; Walks: Luis Gonzalez – 650; Strikeouts: Chris Young* – 814; Slugging percentage: Paul Goldschmidt* – .538; 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 – 290; 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 December 9, 2015 from the Arizona Diamondbacks website.^[18]

* signifies current Major League player

Championships

Preceded by New York Yankees	World Series Champions 2001	Succeeded by Anaheim Angels
Preceded by New York Mets	National League Champions 2001	Succeeded by San Francisco Giants
Preceded by San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants	National League Western Division Champions 1999 2001, 2002 2007 2011	Succeeded by San Francisco Giants San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants

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

Personnel

Current roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

16 Tucker Barnhart
14 Gabriel Moreno

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers