Our All Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Diamondbacks had a good season, winning 89 Games, but they did not make the playoffs. As the team has only existed for 27 years, there is ample opportunity for new players to enter the list, which occurred in this cycle with three new entries.
As always, we present our top five, which saw a change based on the new structure:
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Based on our new system, Gonzalez overtook Schilling for the #4 spot.
Ketel Marte, who finished third in MVP voting, remained at #6, as the chasm was too large to surpass Schilling at #5.
Zac Gallen, who went 14-6 last season, shot up to #7 from #12.
First Baseman Christian Walker advanced to #16 from #22.
Merrill Kelly, who missed a large part of last season, still moved up two spots to #21.
Corbin Carroll did not have a good follow-up to his 2023 Rookie of the Year award, but he still moved up significantly from #38 to #28.
The three debuts are Infielder Geraldo Perdomo at #42, Catcher Gabriel Moreno at #45, and Outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. at #49.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Arizona shocked the world by not only making the playoffs, but competing in the World Series, though they fell to the Texas Rangers in five Games. The 2023 Season, gave us one new entrant and several elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Infielder, Ketel Marte, continued his rise, inching up one spot #6.
Starting Pitcher, Zac Gallen, climbed to #12 from #21.
Of note, Infielder, Nick Ahmed, who was released in August, actually fell a spot to #19.
First Baseman, Christian Walker, rose from #31 to #22.
Another Starting Pitcher, Merrill Kelly, jumped from #36 to #23.
The lone new entrant is the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year, Corbin Carroll, who debuts at #38.
Relief Pitcher, Andrew Chafin, who returned as a Free Agent, only to be traded late in the season to Milwaukee, did enough to move up two spots to #42.
We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been revised to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Arizona was awful, but as this is a young team with high turnover, there were three new addition and other elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
2. Paul Goldschmidt
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Infielder, Ketel Marte climbs to #7 from #11.
Outfielder, David Peralta, moved up two spots to #12.
Pitcher, and Arizona’s top player, Zac Gallen, shot up to #21 from #36.
First Baseman, Christian Walker, debuts at #31.
Starting Pitcher, Merrill Kelly, had a massive jump to #36 from #49.
Daulton Varsho, who is now with the Toronto Blue Jays, makes his first appearance at #44.
Catcher, Carson Kelly is the third new entrant, debuting at #49.
The new additions pushed Chris Snyder, Ryan Roberts and Erubiel Durazo off the list.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been updated to reflect the 2021 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
The Diamondbacks did not make the 2021 Playoffs, but there are two new entries in the top 50, and minimal movement among other players, though nothing impacting the top five.
As always, we present our top five.
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Outfielder, David Peralta, moved up two spots to #14.
Two-time Gold Glove Shortstop, Nick Ahmed, edged up one rank to #18.
Infielder, Eduardo Escobar had the biggest elevation, moving from #43 to #37.
Two Starting Pitchers enter the top 50 with Zac Gallen (#45) and Merrill Kelly (#49) respectively.
Andy Benes and Erubiel Durazo fell off the list.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
7. Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen came up through the St. Louis Cardinals system, but was traded to the Miami Marlins while he was still in the Minors. He would debut for Miami in June of 2019, but he was only a Marlin for seven Games before he was traded to the Diamondback at the Trading Deadline. Gallen finished the year 2-3 with a .289 ERA, and was cemented in the rotation going forward.
In the COVID-19-shortened 2020, Gallen was one of the top hurlers in the NL, going 3-2 with a 2.75 ERA and 1.111 WHIP. He was ninth in Cy Young voting, and a bright spot for a struggling Diamondbacks team. Gallen struggled last year (4-10, 4.30 ERA), but had the skills to bounce back, and boy, did he!
Arizona was not very good in 2022, but Gallen was phenemonal, finishing fifth in Cy Young Voting, while leading the NL in WHIP (0.913) and H/9 (5.9) with 192 Strikeouts and a 12-9 record. Gallen was even better last year, and so were the Diamondbacks, who shocked the world by not only making the playoffs, but winning the National League Pennant. This does not happen without their ace, who went 17-9 and fanned 220 batters, which was good enough for third. Gallen also had other firsts in 2023, going to the All-Star Game, was third in Cy Young voting and secured a First Team All-MLB slot. Last year, Gallen did not receive any Cy Young votes, but was still solid with a record of 14-6 and a 3.65 ERA
The scary thing for opposing batters is that Gallen's is in his prime