Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Founded: 1998

Home ballpark: Bank One Ballpark (The "BOB")

Uniform colors: Purple, Teal, and Black; some Orange

Logo design: an "A" with one leg of the "A" alternating triangles to suggest a diamondback rattlesnake. An alternate logo is a script "D" in the shape of a snake.

League pennants won: 2001

World Series championships won: 2001

Franchise history

In only four seasons of existence, the Diamondbacks have won two division titles (1999 and 2001) and one World Series. In 1999, Arizona won over 100 games in only its second season to win the National League West division. They lost to the New York Mets in the first round of playoffs.

In 2001, Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals (3-2 in the NLDS), the Atlanta Braves (4-1 in the NLCS), to advance to the World Series where, in one of the most exciting series ever, they beat the reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the championship.

Players of note

Baseball Hall of Famers:
none yet

Current stars:

Craig Counsell[?] (2001 NLCS MVP)
Luis Gonzalez (outfielder)
Randy Johnson[?] (pitcher; NL Cy Young Award winner, 1999 and 2000; 2001 World Series co-MVP)
Curt Schilling (pitcher; 2001 World Series co-MVP)
Tony Womack[?]
Mark Grace[?]
Andrew Good[?]
David Delucci[?]

Not to be forgotten:

Matt Williams[?]

Retired numbers:

42 Jackie Robinson

Arizona Diamondbacks official web site (http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ari/homepage/ari_homepage.jsp)