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.

The team was very successful as a supplier of major league-quality players to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The 1981 squad featured future major league star Howard Johnson and former Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin.

The team, which plays in the Southern League ( of which they are the back-to-back defending champions ), is the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks major league club.

Greinke's first major league hit was a home run off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Russ Ortiz in a 12 – 11 loss on June 10, 2005.

The five losses contributed to 1 – 14 mark from May 2005 to May 2006, and the Diamondbacks simply could not afford to allow Ortiz to work out his issues at the major league level.

In his first career major league at-bat, against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 15, he hit a bases loaded triple.

He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the amateur draft and played in the major leagues for the Diamondbacks from to.

He compiled a career earned run average of 3. 99 over twelve major league seasons, during which he pitched for several teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and Milwaukee Brewers.

During his major league career, Worrell pitched for nine teams, including the San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants ( twice ), Philadelphia Phillies, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

He got his first major league decision on May 11, when, after pitching scoreless innings, he gave up a walk-off home run in the tenth inning to Luis Gonzalez in a 4 – 3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

He then saw his first major league action on September 3,, where he came into the game as a pinch-hitter for Brian Lawrence in the seventh inning and flied out against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

On November 1, 2004, Backman was promoted to manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks ' major league squad.

Drew eventually received a $ 5. 5 million major league contract from the Arizona Diamondbacks and is now their starting shortstop.

On August 3, 2006, Murton went 4-for-4 with 4 doubles and 5 RBIs in game 2 of a doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks, matching a major league record for doubles in a single game.

Over the next ten years, Small would split most of his time between Triple-A and the majors, with major league appearances for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, and a second stint with the Marlins, before joining the Yankees.

Koyie entered the Diamondbacks spring training locked in a battle with Snyder for the backup role to Johnny Estrada, a major off-season acquisition of the Diamondbacks.

Charles Harrison Nagy ( born May 5, 1967 ) is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to, mostly with the Cleveland Indians, and currently serves as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

He earned his first major league win on September 4 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and notched his first complete game, a two-hitter, against the Chicago Cubs on September 9.

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 Silver Hawks are a Class A minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Midwest League.

A baseball field behind the Old Schoolhouse Restaurant has been redeveloped, and is currently used for the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks, a county league team, and for younger American Legion baseball teams.

The South Bend Silver Hawks are a U. S. Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks, that plays in the Midwest League.

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Berroa signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 24, 2011.

Jake Westbrook of the St. Louis Cardinals, Fausto Carmona, Justin Masterson, and Derek Lowe of the Cleveland Indians, Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves, Aaron Cook of the Colorado Rockies, Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies, Chris Volstad of the Chicago Cubs, Trevor Cahill of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds are well known for their sinkers, consistently ranking high in the league in ground ball-to-fly ball ratio.

In February 2008, he signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was subsequently sent to their Triple-A affiliate the Tucson Sidewinders.

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Category: Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates

On August 1, he signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was assigned to the Double-A Mobile BayBears.

The Visalia Rawhide are a minor league baseball team in Visalia, California, U. S. They are a Class A-Advanced team of the Arizona Diamondbacks operating in the California League and have recently agreed to renew their affiliation through 2012.

Category: Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates

On July 17, 2008, he was traded back to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league pitcher Evan Scribner.

On November 22, 2010, Burroughs signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

After the 2005 season, Hinch was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks as their manager of minor league operations.

On March 15,, Benson signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

He made a return to the Diamondbacks on December 13, 2004, when he was signed to a minor league contract.

López was signed to a minor league contract by the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 16, 2009.