Arizona Diamondbacks Reference (2025)

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Where did Arizona Diamondbacks get their name? ›

First prize was a pair of lifetime season tickets awarded to the person who submitted the winning entry. The winning choice was "Diamondbacks", after the Western diamondback, a rattlesnake native to the region known for injecting a large amount of venom when it strikes.

The Diamondbacks were founded in 1998 as an expansion franchise, along with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now known as the Tampa Bay Rays). In their first season the Diamondbacks unsurprisingly finished last in their division.

Arizona Diamondbacks legendary pitcher Randy Johnson gave credit to his free agency decision to join the team as a prime reason he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

D-backs legends Luis Gonzalez and Randy Johnson's names are synonymous with the organization and community and now will forever be etched in team history as the inaugural inductees to launch the Arizona Diamondbacks Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 27 during a special pregame ceremony at Chase Field.

Their mascot, though, is a bobcat. Wait, what? The D-backs did not have a mascot in their first two-plus years of playing. There were issues with trying to come up with a snake mascot, because well, snakes don't have legs and you can't very well have a mascot moving around the ballpark with no legs.

Serpientes, the Spanish translation of Snakes, was used to pay tribute to the Hispanic Culture so prominent in Arizona.

The logo incorporates a rattlesnake to symbolize the Arizona Diamondbacks and a mountain to symbolize the Colorado Rockies. The logo also emphasizes the scenic mountain ranges that surround Salt River Fields at Talking Stick and illustrates the role of the rattlesnake in southwestern Native American legends.

The Cincinnati Red Stockings made their mark as the first openly professional baseball club in 1869. Members of the team would go on to form a club that still plays ball today, the Atlanta Braves.

Luis Gonzalez - #20

Gonzalez leads all D-backs' players in games played (1,194), hits (1,337), doubles (310), home runs (224), walks (650), runs (780), RBI (774), at-bats (4,488), total bases (2,373), slugging percentage (.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest MLB pitchers of all time.

Who is the famous pitcher Tom? ›

Tom Seaver (born November 17, 1944, Fresno, California, U.S.—died August 31, 2020, Calistoga, California) was an American professional baseball player and one of the game's dominant pitchers between the late 1960s and early 1980s.

Diamondbacks All-Time Top 50: #1, Randy Johnson.

As of January 2024, Luis Gonzalez leaded the ranking of the Arizona Diamondbacks all-time home run leaders with 224 home runs throughout his career. Gonzalez was followed within this ranking by Paul Goldschmidt with a total of 209 home runs recorded throughout his career.

“Phoenix,” “Coyotes,” “Rattlers,” and “Scorpions.” Diamondbacks was eventually chosen, as it probably should have been. The other team names each have their own faults—none more than the Arizona Phoenix.

The Diamondbacks' team name alludes to the rattlesnake indigenous to the Sonoran Desert. Serpientes is the Spanish-language plural translation of the word snake.

The Diamondbacks play in Chase Field, which was originally called Bank One Ballpark. The first regular-season game was played at the venue on March 31, 1998.

1998–2006. The Diamondbacks' original colors were purple, black, teal and copper. Their logo was an italicized block letter "A" with a diamond pattern, with the crossbar represented by a snake's tongue. This period saw the Diamondbacks wear several uniform combinations.

The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is the most commonly encountered snake in the Phoenix area, and can be found anywhere where neighborhoods get close to native desert habitat.