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In the Diamondbacks ' first season ( 1998 ) Showalter managed the team to a 65 – 97 record, but following numerous off-season player acquisitions which included Randy Johnson, Armando Reynoso, Todd Stottlemyre and Steve Finley, Showalter managed the 1999 team to a 100 – 62 record, the best in the National League West, but lost in the NLDS to the New York Mets.
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Diamondbacks and first
The Diamondbacks ' first major league game was played against the Colorado Rockies on March 31, 1998, at Bank One Ballpark before a standing-room only crowd of 50, 179.
The Rockies won, 9 – 2, with Andy Benes on the mound for the Diamondbacks, and Travis Lee being the first player to hit, score, homer and drive in a run.
In their first five seasons of existence, the Diamondbacks won three division titles ( 1999, 2001, 2002 ) a National League pennant ( 2001 ) and a World Series championship ( 2001 ).
The Diamondbacks announced in early September 2006 that their uniforms, which remained largely unchanged since the team's first season, would be completely redesigned for the 2007 season.
On December 3, 2007 the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin, who had failed to perform to expectation, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter.
Colorado won the first two games of the NLCS against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix, then won their third game against the Diamondbacks in Denver on Sunday, October 14.
The Brewers faced the NL West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS and won the first two games at Miller Park, with Yovani Gallardo pitching 8 stellar innings in a 4-1 Game 1 win.
* The New York Yankees face the Arizona Diamondbacks in game 3 of a drama-filled 2001 World Series, with President George W. Bush throwing the ceremonial first pitch for a strike at Yankee Stadium.
In the final game of the season, the Padres defeated the Diamondbacks 7 – 6 to win back to back division titles for the first time in team history ( they were tied with the Dodgers for the division title, but because of winning the season series against them, the division title went to them and the wild card went to the Dodgers ).
Back home, the Padres won the first game of the series against the division-leading Diamondbacks.
McCoy was also the weekend television play-by-play man for the Arizona Diamondbacks during the club's first season in 1998.
After Hu singled in his third at bat in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 23, Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said, " OK everybody, all together ... Hu's on first!
One of the first people to congratulate Moreno after the news was Diamondbacks ' owner Jerry Colangelo, a personal friend who declared it a good opportunity for Moreno.
Schilling was traded to the Diamondbacks on July 26, 2000, for first baseman Travis Lee and pitchers Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal, and Nelson Figueroa.
It opened in 1998, in time for the Diamondbacks ' first game as an expansion team.
These extra expenses, combined with the Diamondbacks and their fellow expansion franchise, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, not being allowed to share in the national MLB revenue for their first five years of operations, left the Diamondbacks in a less-than-desirable financial situation, which would come back to haunt team founder and managing partner Jerry Colangelo and his group later on.
Construction on the park began in 1996, and was finished just before the Diamondbacks ' first season began, in 1998.
He is best known for getting the game-winning hit in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series off Mariano Rivera to give the Diamondbacks their first World Series championship.
In 2010, the Diamondbacks further announced that Gonzalez would be the first Diamondbacks player to have his number retired, with his # 20 retired on August 7.
Yount served as first base coach and bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2002 to 2004.
In the fourth year of the franchise's existence, Johnson and Schilling carried the Arizona Diamondbacks to their first World Series appearance and victory in 2001 against the New York Yankees.
The Diamondbacks also invited Johnson and former teammate Curt Schilling to both throw out the ceremonial first pitches for the Arizona Diamondbacks ' 10th Anniversary of the 2001 World Series team that defeated the New York Yankees after September 11, 2001.
Diamondbacks and season
Colangelo fired Showalter after a relatively disappointing 2000 season, and replaced him with Bob Brenly, the former Giants catcher and coach, who had up to that point been working as a color analyst on Diamondbacks television broadcasts.
By the 2004 season the Diamondbacks had dropped to a dismal 51 – 111 record, the worst in Major League Baseball and one of the 10 worst records in the modern era, despite Johnson pitching a perfect game on May 18 of that season.
Following the 2004 season, the Diamondbacks hired Wally Backman to be the team's manager.
The Diamondbacks, led by Melvin, finished the 2005 season with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.
In the 2007 regular season, the Diamondbacks enjoyed success with a young team including Brandon Webb, Conor Jackson, Stephen Drew, Carlos Quentin, Chad Tracy, Chris Young, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds ( called up from Double-A in May ) and Justin Upton ( called up from Double-A in August ).
Despite being outscored over the season, the Diamondbacks posted the best record in the NL with 90 wins and 72 losses.
After winning the opening game of the season on March 31 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds, the Diamondbacks found themselves with the best record in Major League Baseball, 20 – 8, by the start of May.
The Rockies trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres for most of 2007 Major League Baseball season – however – by August, Colorado showed a steady series of wins, while the Division-leading Dodgers began to struggle.
In the 2002 season, the Giants finished 2nd in the NL West behind the Arizona Diamondbacks, bolstered by another MVP season for Barry Bonds ( 46 HR, 110 RBI,. 370 BA, a then-record 198 walks and a. 582 OBP ) and Jeff Kent ( 37 HR, 108 RBI and. 313 BA ).
San Francisco finished the 2011 season with a disappointing 86 – 76 record, winding up in second place in the NL West, eight games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He earned his fifth All-Star berth and ended the season with a. 278 batting average with 74 runs batted in as the Giants once again finished second to the Diamondbacks and claimed the National League Wild Card berth.
Late in the 2004 baseball season, Colangelo sold his controlling interest in the Arizona Diamondbacks to a group of investors led by Jeff Moorad.
Six days later on September 24, Garciaparra hit a walk off grand slam against the Arizona Diamondbacks to give the Dodgers a 5 – 1 victory with one week left in the regular season.
He helped the Diamondbacks into title contention immediately, hitting a career-best. 336 in, leading the NL in hits with 206 and helping them win the National League's western division that season before the team fell to the New York Mets in a divisional playoff series.
On September 14,, the Diamondbacks announced that they would not pick up the team option of $ 10 million to re-sign Gonzalez after the 2006 season.
He finished the season with a combined. 280 batting average and career-highs in RBI ( 97 ) and home runs ( 20 ), including a three-homer game with the Diamondbacks in month of July.
The Arizona Diamondbacks surpassed the Marlins on this list when they won the World Series in 2001, their fourth season.
Diamondbacks and 1998
* Two additional franchises: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now the Tampa Bay Rays ( 1998 )
In March 1995, two new franchises — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays — were awarded by Major League Baseball, to begin play in 1998.
In March 1995, two new franchises — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays — were awarded by Major League Baseball, to begin play in 1998.
In 1998, the newly franchised Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined the league, and the Arizona Diamondbacks joined the National League: i. e., each league each added a fifteenth team.
The Diamondbacks began playing in 1998.
He has previously served in a similar capacity with the New York Yankees ( 1992 – 1995 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 2000 ), and Texas Rangers ( 2003 – 2006 ).
Jay Stuart Bell ( born December 11, 1965 in Eglin AFB, Florida ) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians ( 1986 – 88 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1989 – 96 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1997 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 2002 ) and New York Mets ( 2003 ).
When Major League Baseball awarded an expansion team ( the Arizona Diamondbacks ) to Phoenix, Arizona, that would begin playing in 1998, the Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League ( the San Francisco Giants ' Triple-A affiliate ) were forced to move.
The Phoenix Firebirds relocated to Tucson, briefly became the Tucson Toros ( 1997 ), and then became the Sidewinders ( 1998 ), the Triple-A affiliate of the new Diamondbacks.
1998 – The renamed Tucson Sidewinders begin their affiliation with the Arizona Diamondbacks, playing at Tucson Electric Park.
He was somewhat of a two-career pitcher who began as a reliever for the Dodgers, Expos and Blue Jays between 1993 and 1997, then became a starter with the Diamondbacks in 1998.
Embree played for the Cleveland Indians ( 1992 – 1996 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1997 – 1998 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1999 – 2001 ), Chicago White Sox ( 2001 ), San Diego Padres ( 2002 & 2006 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2002 – 2005 ), New York Yankees ( 2005 ), Oakland Athletics ( 2007 – 2008 ), and the Colorado Rockies ( 2009 ).
* Diamondbacks ( 1998 )
The other five are: Bobby Balcena ( 1956 Cincinnati Reds ), Bobby Chouinard ( 1996 Oakland Athletics, 1998 Milwaukee Brewers, 1998-1999 Arizona Diamondbacks, 2000-2001 Colorado Rockies ), Chris Aguila ( 2004-2006 Florida Marlins ), Tim Lincecum ( 2007 – present San Francisco Giants ), and Geno Espineli ( 2008 – present San Francisco Giants ).
The National League followed suit in 1993, and the addition of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998 decreased the percentage of major-league teams being awarded Players ' Pool shares to two-fifths ( 12 out of 30 ).
He played with the Red Sox through the 1997 season and then was picked up by the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks for 1998.
Greggory Olson ( born October 11, 1966 in Scribner, Nebraska ) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played with the Baltimore Orioles ( 1988 – 93 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1994 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1995 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1995, 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1996 ), Houston Astros ( 1996 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1997 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 99 ) and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2000 – 01 ).
In 1998, Olson enjoyed a fruitful comeback with the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks.
The team remained in Phoenix until the MLB expanded in 1998 with the Diamondbacks.
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