GM: Joe Garagiola
1999: made playoffs · 100–62. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 35 | FA-elig | 35 | 9.0 | 9.7 | +1.6 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 31 | FA-elig | 153 | 6.6 | 2.0 | +6.2 |
| Jay Bell | 33 | FA-elig | 151 | 4.7 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Steve Finley | 34 | FA-elig | 156 | 4.6 | 5.4 | +0.4 |
| Matt Williams | 33 | FA-elig | 154 | 4.0 | 8.1 | -3.1 |
| Omar Daal | 27 | FA-elig | 32 | 4.0 | 2.6 | +2.4 |
| Brian Anderson | 27 | FA-elig | 32 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +0.4 |
| Erubiel Durazo | 25 | pre-arb | 52 | 1.6 | 0.2 | +1.8 |
| Andy Benes | 31 | FA-elig | 33 | 1.4 | 6.0 | -4.2 |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 34 | FA-elig | 17 | 1.4 | 8.0 | -6.2 |
| Armando Reynoso | 33 | FA-elig | 31 | 1.3 | 1.6 | +0.0 |
| Bernard Gilkey | 32 | FA-elig | 94 | 1.1 | 5.2 | -3.8 |
| Damian Miller | 29 | pre-arb | 86 | 1.1 | 0.2 | +1.2 |
| Matt Mantei↔ MIA | 25 | arb | 30 | 1.1 | 0.3 | +1.0 |
| David Dellucci | 25 | pre-arb | 63 | 1.0 | 0.3 | +0.9 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 29 | arb | 88 | 0.9 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Tony Womack | 29 | FA-elig | 144 | 0.6 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| Greg Colbrunn | 29 | FA-elig | 67 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.2 |
| Greg Swindell | 34 | FA-elig | 63 | 0.5 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| Bobby Chouinard | 27 | arb | 32 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Darren Holmes | 33 | FA-elig | 44 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -0.9 |
| Dan Plesac↔ TOR | 37 | FA-elig | 34 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| Turner Ward↔ PIT | 34 | FA-elig | 10 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Tony Batista↔ TOR | 25 | arb | 44 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Vladimir Nunez↔ MIA | 24 | pre-arb | 27 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Hanley Frias | 25 | pre-arb | 69 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Lenny Harris↔ COL | 34 | FA-elig | 19 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Edwin Diaz | 24 | – | 4 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Andy Fox | 28 | arb | 99 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Dan Carlson | 29 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 20 | pre-arb | 25 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.6 |
| Ed Vosberg↔ SDP | 37 | FA-elig | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Rod Barajas | 23 | – | 5 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Gregg Olson | 32 | FA-elig | 61 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| Danny Klassen | 23 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Rob Ryan | 26 | pre-arb | 20 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Erik Sabel | 24 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Ernie Young | 29 | arb | 6 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| Amaury Telemaco↔ PHI | 25 | arb | 5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Travis Lee | 24 | pre-arb | 120 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
| John Frascatore↔ TOR | 29 | arb | 26 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Vicente Padilla | 21 | – | 5 | -0.3 | – | – |
| LeJon Powell | 25 | pre-arb | 22 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 9.0 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 6.6 |
| Steve Finley | 4.6 |
| Erubiel Durazo | 1.6 |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 1.4 |
| Armando Reynoso | 1.3 |
| Player | 1998 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Devon White | 3.7 |
| Jeff Suppan | 0.3 |
| Clint Sodowsky | 0.3 |
| Russ Springer | 0.2 |
| Willie Banks | 0.2 |
| Neil Weber | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 35 | 11.000 | $9.7M | $13.3M | $13.3M | $13.3M | $15.0M | $16.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Williams | 33 | 12.000 | $8.1M | $8.5M | $9.0M | $9.5M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 34 | 11.000 | $8.0M | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | $8.0M | |||
| Jay Bell | 33 | 13.000 | $6.1M | $7.0M | $8.1M | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andy Benes | 31 | 10.000 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Steve Finley | 34 | 10.000 | $5.4M | $5.4M | $5.4M | $5.4M | $4.2M | $4.5M | FREE AGENT |
| Bernard Gilkey | 32 | 9.000 | $5.2M | $2.7M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Omar Daal | 27 | 6.000 | $2.6M | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 31 | 9.000 | $2.0M | $3.3M | $4.8M | $4.3M | $4.0M | $8.2M | $10.1M |
| Brian Anderson | 27 | 6.000 | $1.8M | $2.2M | $4.1M | $5.4M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tony Womack | 29 | 6.000 | $1.6M | $2.5M | $4.0M | $4.5M | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | |
| Armando Reynoso | 33 | 8.000 | $1.6M | $3.4M | $2.0M | $4.1M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Darren Holmes | 33 | 9.000 | $1.5M | $852k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Greg Swindell | 34 | 13.000 | $1.3M | $1.8M | $2.5M | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Greg Colbrunn | 29 | 7.000 | $900k | $1.0M | $1.6M | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | $2.8M | |
| Gregg Olson | 32 | 11.000 | $850k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dan Plesac | 37 | 13.000 | $797k | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Lenny Harris | 34 | 11.000 | $194k | $746k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Turner Ward | 34 | 9.000 | $144k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ed Vosberg | 37 | 13.000 | $142k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Stinnett | 29 | 5.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ernie Young | 29 | 5.000 | $450k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Andy Fox | 28 | 3.000 | $350k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Matt Mantei | 25 | 4.000 | $339k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bobby Chouinard | 27 | 3.000 | $212k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| John Frascatore | 29 | 5.000 | $152k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tony Batista | 25 | 3.000 | $116k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Amaury Telemaco | 25 | 3.000 | $33k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dan Carlson | 29 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 20 | 0.000 | $762k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Travis Lee | 24 | 1.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| David Dellucci | 25 | 2.000 | $260k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Damian Miller | 29 | 2.000 | $240k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Hanley Frias | 25 | 2.000 | $209k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Rob Ryan | 26 | 0.000 | $200k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Erubiel Durazo | 25 | 0.000 | $200k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| LeJon Powell | 25 | 2.000 | $200k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Vladimir Nunez | 24 | 1.000 | $124k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Edwin Diaz | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Danny Klassen | 23 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Rod Barajas | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Vicente Padilla | 21 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Erik Sabel | 24 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Diamondbacks 1999; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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