2019 Arizona Diamondbacks | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Chase Field | |
City | Phoenix, Arizona | |
Record | 85–77 (.525) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Ken Kendrick | |
General managers | Mike Hazen | |
Managers | Torey Lovullo | |
Television | Fox Sports Arizona (Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly, Greg Schulte) | |
Radio | KMVP-FM (98.7) (Greg Schulte, Tom Candiotti, Mike Ferrin) KHOV-FM (105.1, Spanish) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2019 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 21st season in Major League Baseball and their 21st season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the National League West. They were managed by Torey Lovullo in his third season with the franchise.
The 2019 Diamondbacks were the first team in Major League history to have their road opener against one reigning pennant winner (Dodgers) and their home opener against the other (Red Sox) in the same season. Despite improving upon their 82–80 record from last season, the Diamondbacks were eliminated from postseason contention for the second consecutive year after a loss to the Cardinals on September 23. [1]
The 2019 Diamondbacks were by one measure the "most average team" in baseball history. For 60 games, the Diamondbacks were within two games of .500 (plus or minus), an MLB record that surpassed a 56-game streak by the 2007 Oakland Athletics. The stretch lasted from June 18, when the Diamondbacks lost to the Colorado Rockies to fall to 38–36, through August 30, when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to improve to 69–66. [2] [3] [4]
The Diamondbacks broke a league record alongside the Philadelphia Phillies this season for most home runs in one game, smashing a franchise record 8 home runs out of 13 total in a 13–8 win on June 10. [5] Additionally, the Diamondbacks set a franchise record on September 24/25, when their game against the Cardinals lasted 19 innings, the longest game by innings played in Diamondbacks' history and, at 6 hours and 53 minutes from start to finish, the longest game ever played at Chase Field. Having used 30 players in this game, the Diamondbacks set another franchise record in that respect, and, with 25 strikeouts by Diamondbacks pitchers and 21 by Cardinals pitchers, both teams tied a Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts in a single game at 46, the game also marking only the second time in baseball history that two teams struck out 21 or more opponents in the same game. The Diamondbacks won the game, 3–2. [6] To date, this is the most recent “two for one” 18+ inning game in regular season MLB play.
October 31, 2018 | Darnell Coles hired as a hitting coach. |
October 31, 2018 | Eric Hinske was hired as an assistant hitting coach. |
December 5, 2018 | Traded 1B Paul Goldschmidt to St Louis for RHP Luke Weaver, C Carson Kelly, 2B Andy Young, and a Compensation Balance Round B pick. |
December 30, 2018 | Traded Cash Considerations to Cincinnati for LHP Robby Scott. |
January 16, 2019 | Traded Cash Considerations and LHP Ronald Roman to New York Yankees for CF Tim Locastro. |
February 5, 2019 | Traded RHP Jake Barrett to San Francisco for Cash Considerations. |
April 7, 2019 | Traded OF Rob Refsnyder to Cincinnati for a player to be named later. |
April 19, 2019 | Traded OF Marcus Wilson to Boston for C Blake Swihart and Future Considerations. |
June 4, 2019 | Traded C Tyler Heineman to Miami for player to be named later. |
June 22, 2019 | Traded Cash Considerations to Kansas City for RHP Ben Lively. |
July 31, 2019 | Traded RHP Zack Greinke and Cash Considerations to Houston for RHP Corbin Martin, RHP J. B. Bukauskas, 3B Joshua Rojas, LF Seth Beer. |
July 31, 2019 | Traded SS Jazz Chisholm Jr. to Miami for RHP Zac Gallen |
July 31, 2019 | Traded C John Ryan Murphy to Atlanta for Cash Considerations. |
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 106 | 56 | 0.654 | — | 59–22 | 47–34 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 21 | 44–37 | 41–40 |
San Francisco Giants | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 29 | 35–46 | 42–39 |
Colorado Rockies | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 35 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
San Diego Padres | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 36 | 36–45 | 34–47 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 106 | 56 | 0.654 |
Atlanta Braves | 97 | 65 | 0.599 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 91 | 71 | 0.562 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Washington Nationals | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | +4 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | — |
New York Mets | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 3 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 4 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 8 |
San Francisco Giants | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 12 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 14 |
Colorado Rockies | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 18 |
San Diego Padres | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 19 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 20 |
Miami Marlins | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 32 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
Atlanta | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 13–7 |
Chicago | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 12–8 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 9–11 |
Colorado | 10–9 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–15 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
Los Angeles | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 15–4 | — | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–10 |
Miami | 4–3 | 4–15 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 1–5 | — | 2–5 | 6–13 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–15 | 9–11 |
Milwaukee | 5–2 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 5–1 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
New York | 5–2 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | — | 7–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 15–5 |
Philadelphia | 2–4 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–14 | 11–9 |
Pittsburgh | 1–6 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 2–4 | — | 6–1 | 5–2 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
San Diego | 8–11 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–6 | — | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
San Francisco | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 10–9 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–9 |
St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 14–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — | 5–2 | 9–11 |
Washington | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 15–4 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 14–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | — | 14–6 |
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March/April: 17–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–6)
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May: 11–17 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–10)
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June : 15–13 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–5)
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July: 11–12 (Home: 6–4; Away: 5–8)
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August: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5)
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September: 15–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 4–6)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Diamondbacks team member |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Eduardo Escobar | 158 | 636 | 94 | 171 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 118 | 5 | 50 | .269 | .511 |
Ketel Marte | 144 | 569 | 97 | 187 | 36 | 9 | 32 | 92 | 10 | 53 | .329 | .592 |
Nick Ahmed | 158 | 556 | 79 | 141 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 82 | 8 | 52 | .254 | .437 |
Christian Walker | 152 | 529 | 86 | 137 | 26 | 1 | 29 | 73 | 8 | 67 | .259 | .476 |
Adam Jones | 137 | 485 | 66 | 126 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 2 | 31 | .260 | .414 |
Jarrod Dyson | 130 | 400 | 65 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 47 | .230 | .320 |
David Peralta | 99 | 382 | 48 | 105 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 35 | .275 | .461 |
Carson Kelly | 111 | 314 | 46 | 77 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 47 | 0 | 48 | .245 | .478 |
Wilmer Flores | 89 | 265 | 31 | 84 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 15 | .317 | .487 |
Tim Locastro | 91 | 212 | 38 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 14 | .250 | .340 |
Ildemaro Vargas | 92 | 201 | 25 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 9 | .269 | .413 |
Jake Lamb | 78 | 187 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 32 | .193 | .353 |
Alex Avila | 63 | 164 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 36 | .207 | .421 |
Josh Rojas | 41 | 138 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 18 | .217 | .312 |
Kevin Cron | 39 | 71 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 4 | .211 | .521 |
Blake Swihart | 31 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .136 | .273 |
John Ryan Murphy | 25 | 62 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .177 | .419 |
Caleb Joseph | 20 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .263 |
Abraham Almonte | 17 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .290 | .548 |
Domingo Leyba | 21 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .280 | .440 |
Yasmany Tomás | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 296 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 7 | .111 | .182 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5633 | 813 | 1419 | 288 | 40 | 220 | 778 | 88 | 540 | .252 | .434 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Merrill Kelly | 13 | 14 | 4.42 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 183.1 | 184 | 95 | 90 | 57 | 158 |
Robbie Ray | 12 | 8 | 4.34 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 174.1 | 150 | 91 | 84 | 84 | 235 |
Zack Greinke | 10 | 4 | 2.90 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 146.0 | 117 | 48 | 47 | 21 | 135 |
Taylor Clarke | 5 | 5 | 5.31 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 84.2 | 86 | 55 | 50 | 30 | 68 |
Alex Young | 7 | 5 | 3.56 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 83.1 | 72 | 40 | 33 | 27 | 71 |
Zack Godley | 3 | 5 | 6.39 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 76.0 | 81 | 55 | 54 | 35 | 58 |
Archie Bradley | 4 | 5 | 3.52 | 66 | 1 | 18 | 71.2 | 67 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 87 |
Matt Andriese | 5 | 5 | 4.71 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 70.2 | 72 | 37 | 37 | 27 | 79 |
Luke Weaver | 4 | 3 | 2.94 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 64.1 | 55 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 69 |
Yoan López | 2 | 7 | 3.41 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 60.2 | 52 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 42 |
Mike Leake | 3 | 3 | 4.35 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 60.0 | 74 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 27 |
T. J. McFarland | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 71 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 35 |
Yoshihisa Hirano | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 51 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 61 |
Andrew Chafin | 2 | 2 | 3.76 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 52.2 | 52 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 68 |
Zac Gallen | 2 | 3 | 2.89 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 43.2 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 |
Jon Duplantier | 1 | 1 | 4.42 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 36.2 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
Greg Holland | 1 | 2 | 4.54 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 35.2 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 41 |
Stefan Crichton | 1 | 0 | 3.56 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
Kevin Ginkel | 3 | 0 | 1.48 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 24.1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
Matt Koch | 0 | 0 | 9.15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 9 |
James Sherfy | 1 | 0 | 5.89 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18.1 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
Robby Scott | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
Joel Payamps | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
John Ryan Murphy | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Alex Avila | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Caleb Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taijuan Walker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team Totals | 85 | 77 | 4.25 | 162 | 162 | 45 | 1465.0 | 1400 | 743 | 691 | 516 | 1427 |
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