| Milestones | | | | other distinguish achievement include No Hitters on |
| Established in 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona | | | | 5/18/2004 by Randy Johnson (Prefect) and Cycle |
| Home Fieldo Chase Field (1998 to present) also | | | | Hitters by Luis Gonzalez (7/5/2000), Greg |
| called Bank One Ballpark (The B.O.B) (1998-2005). | | | | Collbrunn (9/18/2002) and Stephen Drew (9/1 |
| Affiliationso National League( 1998 to present )o | | | | 2008) . |
| West Division ( 1998 to present) | | | | Arizona Diamondback's best season was in 1999 |
| Success in Championships | | | | with the tally at 100-62 and the worst season in |
| World Series Champions -1: 2001 | | | | 2004 with 51-111 tally. The ownership change |
| World Series Appearances -1: 2001 | | | | hands to Ken Kendrick, Jason Ellis, Paul Schloss in |
| LCS Appearances - 2: 2001, 2007 | | | | 2004 due to the declining team performance. The |
| National League West Division titles -4 | | | | manager of the team is Bob Melvin since the year |
| 1999, 2001, 2002 & 2007 | | | | 2005. They have had four manager in 11 seasons |
| Wild Cards - None | | | | so far; Buck Showlater from1998-2000, Bob |
| Team Colors: Arizona Diamond back team colors | | | | Brenley from 2001-2004, Al Pedrique in 2004 and |
| are Sand, Sedona Red & Black | | | | Bob Melvin 2005-Present |
| The Arizona Diamond is a professional American | | | | The Mascot is D Baxter the Bobcat. The Sun Poll |
| Baseball team established in 1998 at Phoenix, | | | | Pavilion can give nearly 35 guests an opportunity |
| Arizona. They are members of the West Division | | | | to see the Diamondback play while enjoying |
| of Major League Baseball's National League. | | | | fountains, swimming pool or hot tub. The Team |
| Phoenix grew to be 9th largest city in USA in | | | | has a TV tie up with Fox Sport Net Arizona and |
| 1990 due to relocation of population to warmer | | | | MAS (Spanish), the radio with KTAR (620 AM) : |
| states especially from Midwest and Northeast. | | | | KSUN (1400 AM) |
| Also, there were relocation from the sunny state | | | | After the 2004 season, the Diamond hired Wally |
| of California. Demand for a professional National | | | | Back to be manager but they sacked him within |
| League team from the region came up, as fans | | | | 10days due to legal troubles and improprieties. Bob |
| for baseball grew in strength. Jerry Calangelo took | | | | Melvin became new manager and team spent |
| first step by setting up Arizona Baseball Inc. His | | | | heavily on free agents to rebuild the team. The |
| experience as the majority owner of NBA team | | | | Arizona Diamondback signed Royce Clayton SS, |
| Phoenix Suns came in handy and in 1995 he held | | | | Troy Glaus 3B, Russ Otiz P and Craig Counsell 2B. |
| "name the team" contest. The first prize was a | | | | They traded Cassey Fossum for Jose Cruz Jr, |
| lifetime season ticket. The winning choice was | | | | Randy Johnson for Javier Vazquez, Brad Halsey |
| Diamond back, named after a rattlesnake, most | | | | and Dioner Navarro. They then traded newly |
| common in Arizona. This five feet long snake can | | | | acquired Dioner Navarro for Shawn Green. This |
| inject a significant amount of venom, when it | | | | helped the Diamondback to improve the tally in |
| strikes. The team is nicknamed D-backs and | | | | 2005 by 26 games to 77-85. |
| Snakes. The team logo is a red and a black | | | | For 2007 season Luis Gonzales, a Diamondback |
| triangle above purple Diamondbacks script. The | | | | stalwart and fan favorite joined the rival Los |
| Colangelo group was awarded the franchise in | | | | Angles Dodger. Miguel Batista joined Marnier. Craig |
| 1995 for playing 1998 season along with Tampa | | | | Counsel went back to his hometown team of |
| Bay's Devil Rays (for St Petersburg). The home | | | | Milwaukee Brewers. Still the season was relatively |
| grounds are the Chase Fields which were earlier | | | | a success for Arizona Diamondbacks with 90-72 |
| known as Bank One Ballpark (nickname The | | | | tally, thanks to a young team of Connor Jackson, |
| B.O.B.) and has a new retractable roof. | | | | Brandon Webb, Carlos Quentin, Chris Young, Chad |
| The team played its first season in 1998 with the | | | | Tracy, Mark Reynold and Stephen Drew. They |
| first game on March 31,1998 against Colorado | | | | beat Colorado Rockets to secure a playoff |
| Rookies before a packed crowd of 50,179. They | | | | position and also won the NL West title and a |
| lost the game by 2-9. The Arizona Diamondbacks | | | | berth in National League Championship series first |
| won their first World Series Title in 2001, the | | | | time after 2001. |
| youngest franchise to do so. Also in first five | | | | For 2008 the Arizona Diamondbacks traded |
| seasons they also won three divisional titles. The | | | | Carlos Quentin for Chris Carter. They also |
| Arizona Diamondback have won the West Division | | | | acquired Dan Haren RHP for six players. Dan |
| four times in 1999, 2001, 2002 & 2007. The | | | | Haren signed a 4 year deal of $44.75 million. The |
| retired number is 42 Jack Robinson which was | | | | veteran free agents, Tony Clark and Livan |
| retired by MLB. In 2007, Bob Melvin, their | | | | Hernandez did not re-sign. Orlando Hudson |
| manager, won the Manager of the year award. | | | | underwent a surgery after a collision with Brian |
| Jose Valverde RHP won the Fireman Award in | | | | Mc Cann of Atlanta Braves. Other major player |
| 2007. Randy Johnson LHP won Cy Young four | | | | with injuries was Eric Byrnes. Due to injuries, |
| times in 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 and | | | | Diamondbacks traded Wilkin Castillo C and Micah |
| Brandon Webb RHP in 2006. In 2006, Craig Consell | | | | Owing RHP for Adam Dunn. Further the acquired |
| 2B won the LCS MVP. During the year 2001, the | | | | World Series MVP David Eckstein for second base |
| team won World Series; Randy Johnson LHP and | | | | to fill for Orlando Hudson. The season finished with |
| Curt Schilling RHP won the World Series MVP. The | | | | tally at 82-80. |