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:

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Luis Gonzalez  

5. Curt Schilling

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.

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In 2016, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. defected from Cuba along with his brother, and he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays months later.  Gurriel Jr. worked his way up the system and became a starter for the Blue Jays in 2021, but he was traded to Arizona in the 2023 offseason, and since that time, he has elevated his game to become a vital part of the Diamondbacks.

In Gurriel’s first year in the desert (2023), he made his first All-Star team, and had 144 Hits with 24 Home Runs, both career-highs.  Arizona won the National League pennant with his help, and though the Diamondbacks failed to win the World Series, Gurriel Jr. had arrived as a valuable baseball commodity.

Last year, the Outfielder had 18 Home Runs with 143 Hits, and he enters 2025 in his baseball prime.

From Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Geraldo Perdomo made his MLB debut in 2021 and was in the Majors to stay a year later.   With an ability to play at Second, Third, and Short, Perdomo was an All-Star in 2023, helped the Diamondbacks make the World Series, and, like he was in 2022, was the league leader in Sacrifice Hits.

Last year, he had 92 Hits, but his defensive versatility made him valuable to Arizona, which he looks to repeat in 2025.

Gabriel Moreno began his MLB career with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022.  That off-season, he was traded to the Diamondbacks, where the young Venezuelan found a home to show off his defensive abilities.

Moreno’s first season with the D-Basks (2023) saw the Catcher lead the National League in Defensive bWAR (3.1), Assists by a Catcher (55), Total Zone Runs by a Catcher (14) and Caught Stealing Percentage (38.6).  Moreno, who batted a respectable .284 in 380 Plate Appearances, won a Gold Glove and helped Arizona win the NL Pennant.  Last season, Moreno was still good defensively but was not as stellar as he was in 2023.

Still young, Moreno has a lot of promise and could be a top 30 all-time Diamondback.

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:

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

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.

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Too soon?

Not at all.

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Corbin Carroll in the First Round of the 2019 Amateur Draft, and it only took the Outfielder until August of 2022 to reach the Majors.  Carroll finished the year strong and staked a claim as an everyday player going into 2023.

Carroll immediately established himself as the man to beat for the National League Rookie of the Year, and nobody came close despite some solid competition (Kotai Senga and James Outman).  An All-Star in his first full year, Carroll finished the year batting .285, with 25 Home Runs and 54 Stolen Bases.  He powered Arizona to an improbable run to the National League Pennant, and was named an All-MLB Team 1 player.  Last season, Carroll regressed (22 HR, .231 BA, 35 SB), but he is still under 25, and is primed for a bounce back year in 2025.

 

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the

Arizona Diamondbacks have announced that Randy Johnson and Luis Gonzalez will be charter members of their franchise Hall of Fame.

An expansion team in 1998, the Diamondbacks shocked the world of sports when they defeated the powerful New York Yankees. Johnson was the co-World Series MVP (along with Curt Schilling) and Gonzalez delivered the Series-winning RBI.

Known as “The Big Unit”, Johnson spent eight seasons with Arizona over two runs (1999-2004 & 2007-08) and won three ERA Titles, five Strikeouts Titles and one Wins Title. He captured the Cy Young in four straight seasons (1999-02) and was a five-time All-Star as a Diamondback. He fanned 2,077 batters with a 118-62 record for the team.

Gonzalez began his MLB career in Houston in 1990 and after stops in Chicago (NL), Houston for a second time and Detroit, he joined the D-Backs in 1999, where he went to his first All-Star Game and led the National League in Hits (206). In addition to his World Series heroics, he added four more All-Stars, had five consecutive 100-RBI plus years (1999-2003), and smacked 224 Home Runs for the team.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Randy Johnson and Luis Gonzalez for earning this impending honor.

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:

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

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.

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Christian Walker is currently coming off his best year where the First Baseman had a career-high 36 Home Runs, won a Gold Glove, and is Arizona’s best position player going into 2023. 

The fact that Walker is on any Top 50 list at all is incredible, as he bounced around from the Orioles to Reds organizations, only playing 12 Games in the Majors before Cincinnati waived him in 2017.  Arizona claimed Walker, and after two years, he emerged as the Diamondbacks lead First Baseman.

Walker had a breakout with 29 Home Runs and 137 Hits, and he played well during the COVID-shortened 2020, but missed a section of 2021 due to injury. Walker returned to form in 2022, blasting 36 Home Runs with 94 RBIs and a Gold Glove for his defensive work.  He was slightly better in 2023, winning a second Gold Glove with 33 Home Runs and 103 RBIs, and a career-high OPS of .830.  His work also played a vital role in Arizona's National League pennant.  Last year, Walker had another solid year with 26 Home Runs and 84 RBIs, while adding a third Gold Glove.

Walker is 34, but is playing better baseball after 30 than he did before it.  Do we have a franchise top ten player here?

The 2016 Horizon League MVP, Daulton Varsho parlayed his success at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to a Second Round Pick in the Amateur Draft.

Varsho first made the Majors in the COVID-19 season of 2020, and after a respectable 2021 (97 G, 70 Hits), the Outfielder/Catcher blossomed in 2022, where he belted 27 Home Runs with a .745 OPS, finishing fourth in Power-Speed # (20.1).  Defensively, he was very good, coming in at ninth in Defensive bWAR (2.0) and was fifth among National League Outfielders in Total Zone Runs (11).

Varsho’s stay in the desert did not reach four years, as he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for two players after the 2022 campaign.

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.

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

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.

Merrill Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010, but after four years in the minors, he never made the big leagues and was released after the 2014 Season.  Kelly persevered, and went to Korea where he played for SK Wyverns for four seasons, winning a league title in 2018.  After that, he gave the Majors another try, and he signed with the Diamondbacks, making the team out of Spring Training.

Kelly became a competent starter, throwing 183.1 Innings with a 4.42 ERA.  He only had five Starts in 2020, though had an ERA of 2.59.  Although his stats went back to his rookie year in 2022, he rebounded strong in 2023, with a 13-8 record and a 3.37 ERA and 177 Strikeouts.  Going into 2023, he is one half a nice pairing with Zac Gallen, giving Arizona two arms to build on.  They did not do that in 2023, but the bats came alive leading Arizona to the World Series.  For his efforts, Kelly went 12-9 with a 3.29 ERA and 187 Strikeouts.  Kelly also had a good post-season, winning 3 Games against 1 Loss with a 2.25 ERA, sub 1.000 WHIP and 28 Ks.  Last year, Kelly only appeared in 13 Games due to shoulder issues (though he was effective with a 5-1 year), but he beging 2025 still in Arizona.

The question here is how much does the late bloomer have in him?

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

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 the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey 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.

There is one new addition, but not an active player.  As always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

Three active Diamondbacks climbed up the list based off the 2020 season. 

2019 All-Star Infielder,Ketel Martemoved from #13 to #11.  

Outfielder, David Peraltaadvanced three spots to #16. 

Nick Ahmed, their current two-time Gold Glove winning Shortstop, inched up from #20 to #19.

Despite the fact that the franchise is relatively young, the only new entry is not an active player, but an early Diamondback Pitcher, Andy Benes, takes the #50 spot.  We had forgotten to take account his competent batting, and he debuts this year, though we expect he will be removed following this year.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

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 the first revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks of all-time.

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. 

This is the first revision since we put up this list after the 2018 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

We slightly altered one of our algorithms and that has led to some slight changes to past Diamondbacks.  This altered the top five slightly, as Curt Schilling and Luis Gonzalez traded their fourth and fifth rank.

There were a few significant jumps.  Zack Grienke, who was traded during the 2019 Season to Houston, rose from #10 to #6.  Ketel Marte went from #44 to #13.  This shocked us too, but again, we are reminded that a top five MVP season in a team as young as the Diamondbacks can do that. Starting Pitcher, Robbie Ray, moved from #20 to #16. Third Baseman, Jake Lamb, climbed from #30 to #26.  Relief Pitcher, Archie Bradley went from #48 to #40.

We have several new entries.  Nick Ahmed debuts at #20.  While this seems like a seismic debut for the Shortstop, we erroneously left him off of our first list, of which he would have been on.  Venezuelan Infielder, Eduardo Escobar makes his first appearance at #43.  He joined the Diamondbacks during the 2018 season on a trade from Minnesota.  Lefthanded Relief Pitcher, Andrew Chafin comes in at #44.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

A star at Kent State, Andrew Chafin was a First Round Pick in 2011, and the Pitcher would first debut for the Diamondbacks in 2014, where he appeared and started in three Games.

Nick Ahmed never played with the team who drafted him, the Atlanta Braves, as he was dealt as a prospect to the Arizona Diamondbacks, which to date is the only pro team he has ever played for.

Eduardo Escobar was traded late in the 2018 season after debuting in 2011 with the Chicago White Sox and playing for the Minnesota Twins since 2012. 

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.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Arizona Diamondbacks who won the World Series in 2001.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1. Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2017-18 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Randy Johnson

2. Paul Goldschmidt

3. Brandon Webb

4. Curt Schilling

5. Luis Gonzalez

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  Look for the Top 50 Chicago Blackhawks next.

As always we thank you for your support.

Doug Davis played for the Arizona Diamondbacks for three seasons (2007-09) where he would have a career high 13 Wins in his first season for Arizona.  Davis was not known for his control as he walked a lot of batters (he was the league leader in 2009) but was a constant in the Diamondbacks rotation and would eat a lot of innings.  He won 28 Games with 402 Strikeouts for Arizona.