Arizona Diamondbacks
2013 Arizona Diamondbacks season
Established	1998
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
National League (1998–present) West Division (1998–present)
Current uniform
Colors
Sedona Red, Black, Sonoran Sand, White
Name
Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–present)
Other nicknames
The D-backs, The Snakes
Ballpark
Chase Field (1998–present) a.k.a. Bank One Ballpark (1998–2005)
Major league titles
World Series titles (1)	2001
NL Pennants (1)	2001
National League West Division titles (5)	2011 • 2007 • 2002 • 2001 • 1999
Wild card berths(0)	None
Front office
Owner(s)	Ken Kendrick, Jeffrey Royer
Manager	Kirk Gibson
General Manager	Kevin Towers

The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field. Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998.

Franchise history
Main article: History of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Baseball had a rich tradition in Arizona long before talk of bringing a big-league team even started. The state has been a frequent spring training site since 1946. With a large number of people relocating to the state from the Midwest and the Northeast, as well as from California, many teams (most notably the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers) have normally had large followings in Arizona.
On March 9, 1995, Arizona was awarded a franchise to begin play for the 1998 season. A $130 million franchise fee was paid to Major League Baseball and on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League.[1]
Since their debut, the Diamondbacks have won 5 National League West titles, 1 National League Championship pennant and the 2001 World Series.

Logos
The original colors of the Arizona Diamondbacks were: purple, turquiose, black, and copper. Their first logo was an italicizes block letter "A" with a diamond pattern and a snake's tongue. Prior to their inaugural season, they released their baseball caps. The home cap had a cream color crown with a purple visor and button. The road cap was black and had a turquoise visor and button. Their alternate cap had a turquoise crown with a purple visor and button. Depending on the cap, the "A" logo on the front of the cap had different color variations.
In the Diamondbacks second season, they introduced a new logo which was a copper color snake in the shape of a letter "D". It was used on a solid black cap, which in the beginning, was worn as a road cap.
In 2007, the franchise switched their colors to red, sand, and black after years of marketing studies. The team also kept the "D" logo, but was slightly altered and put on an all red cap to be used as their game cap. They also kept the "A" logo with the new colors applied to it, with a solid black cap used as the alternate cap.

Diamondbacks broadcasters
The primary television play-by-play voice for the team's first nine seasons of play was Thom Brennaman, who also broadcasts baseball and college football games nationally for Fox Television. Brennaman was the TV announcer for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds (along with his father Marty Brennaman) before being hired by Diamondbacks founder Jerry Colangelo in 1996, two years before the team would begin play.
In October 2006, Brennaman left the Diamondbacks to call games with his father for the Reds beginning in 2007, signing a 4-year deal (his FOX duties remained unchanged).
The English language flagship radio station is KTAR. Greg Schulte is the regular radio play-by-play voice, a 25-year veteran of sports radio in the Phoenix market, also well known for his previous work on Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals and Arizona State University (ASU) broadcasts. In February 2007 he agreed to a contract extension through at least the 2011 season.
Jeff Munn is a backup radio play-by-play announcer; he served as the regular public address announcer at Chase Field in the early days of the franchise. He is well-known to many Phoenix area sports fans, having also served as the public address announcer for the Suns at America West Arena (now US Airways Center) in the 1990s. He is also the play-by-play radio voice for ASU women's basketball.
On November 1, 2006, the team announced that the TV voice of the Milwaukee Brewers since 2002, Daron Sutton, would be hired as the Diamondbacks primary TV play-by-play voice. Sutton was signed to a five-year contract with a team option for three more years. Sutton is considered one of the best of the younger generation of baseball broadcasters. His signature chants include "lets get some runs" when the D'Backs trail in late innings. Sutton's father is Hall of Fame pitcher and current Atlanta Braves broadcaster Don Sutton.[2]
Former Diamondback and Chicago Cub Mark Grace and former Major League knuckleball pitcher Tom Candiotti were the Diamondbacks primary color analysts for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Former Diamondback player (and current Diamondbacks minority owner) Matt Williams also does color commentary on occasion, as does former Cardinals and NBC broadcast legend Joe Garagiola, Sr., a longtime Phoenix-area resident and father of Joe Garagiola, Jr., the first GM of the Diamondbacks (as head of the Maricopa County Sports Authority in the early 1990s, Garagiola, Jr. was one of the primary people involved in Phoenix obtaining a Major League Baseball franchise).
The Diamondbacks announced in July 2007[3] that for the 2008 season, all regionally broadcast Diamondback TV games will be shown exclusively on Fox Sports Arizona; and a few could possibly be shown on the national MLB on Fox telecasts. Fox Sports Arizona (or FSArizona) is currently seen in 2.8 million households in Arizona & New Mexico. The previous flagship station, since the inaugural 1998 season, was KTVK, a popular over-the-air independent station in Phoenix.
From 2009 to 2012, Mark Grace and Daron Sutton were tagged as the main broadcasters of the Diamondbacks with pre-game and post-game shows on FSArizona, being hosted by former big-league closer Joe Borowski.
On June 21, 2012, Daron Sutton was suspended indefinitely, amidst rumors of insubordination.[4] Then on August 24, the team announced that Mark Grace had requested an indefinite leave of absence after being arrested for his second DUI in less than two years.[5] (Grace was later indicted on four DUI counts[6]) For the remainder of the 2012 season, Sutton was replaced by Greg Schulte (Jeff Munn replaced Schulte on the radio broadcast) and Grace was replaced by Luis Gonzalez. At the end of the 2012 season, the team announced that neither Sutton nor Grace would be returning for the 2013 season.[7]
On October 18, 2012, the team announced that Bob Brenly would be returning as a broadcaster, and that he would be joined by former ESPN personality Steve Berthiaume.[8]

Spanish broadcasts
The flagship Spanish language radio station is AM 710 with Miguel Quintana, Richard Saenz and Oscar Soria.
Games were televised in Spanish on KPHE-LP—with Oscar Soria and Jerry Romo as the announcers—but this arrangement ended prior to the 2009 season due to the team switching fully to Fox Sports Arizona and the lack of carriage of KHPE-LP on the Cox cable system.[9]

All-time leaders
Hitting
Games Played —Luis Gonzalez (1999–2006)- 1,194
At Bats —Luis Gonzalez – 4,488
Hits —Luis Gonzalez – 1,337
Batting Average —Greg Colbrunn – .310
Runs —Luis Gonzalez – 780
Doubles —Luis Gonzalez – 310
Triples —Stephen Drew* – 52
Home Runs —Luis Gonzalez 224
Runs Batted In —Luis Gonzalez – 774
On Base Percentage —Luis Gonzalez – .391
Walks —Luis Gonzalez – 650
Strike Outs — Chris Young* – 814
Slugging Percentage —Luis Gonzalez – .529
Stolen Bases —Tony Womack – 182

Pitching
 

Randy Johnson pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

ERA —Randy Johnson (1999–2004, 2007–2008) – 2.83
Wins —Randy Johnson – 118
Losses —Randy Johnson/Brandon Webb (2003–2010) – 62
Games —José Valverde* (2003–2007) – 253
Saves —José Valverde – 98
Innings —Randy Johnson – 1630.1
Starts —Randy Johnson – 232
Strikeouts —Randy Johnson – 2,077
Complete Games —Randy Johnson – 38
Shutouts —Randy Johnson – 14 (Perfect Game May 18, 2004)
WHIP -Curt Schilling – 1.04

Minor league affiliations
Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates