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Time for us to figure out who is on the Mount Rushmore of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Here are the top 15 batters and pitchers, each by WAR:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	From	To
1	Luis Gonzalez	28.3	1999	2006
2	Steve Finley	16.9	1999	2004
3	Chris Young	12.8	2006	2012
4	Stephen Drew	11.7	2006	2011
5	Justin Upton	11.3	2007	2012
6	Craig Counsell	11.1	2000	2006
7	Orlando Hudson	9.5	2006	2008
8	Jay Bell	8.7	1998	2002
9	Matt Williams	7.4	1998	2003
10	Miguel Montero	7.4	2006	2012
11	Damian Miller	5.4	1998	2002
12	Chad Tracy	5.2	2004	2009
13	Ryan Roberts	4.9	2009	2012
14	Junior Spivey	4.8	2001	2003
15	Mark Reynolds	4.7	2007	2010

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Justin Upton has posted the 3rd-highest single-season WAR total among batters, and other surprising entries in the top 10 include Craig Counsell, Jay Bell, and Orlando Hudson. It’s also surprising that Mark Grace doesn’t show up on the list above.

Rk	Player	WAR	From	To
1	Randy Johnson	50.7	1999	2008
2	Brandon Webb	31.5	2003	2009
3	Curt Schilling	25.0	2000	2003
4	Dan Haren	12.5	2008	2010
5	Miguel Batista	10.9	2001	2006
6	Byung-Hyun Kim	7.9	1999	2007
7	Ian Kennedy	7.6	2010	2012
8	Doug Davis	6.7	2007	2009
9	Brian Anderson	6.7	1998	2002
10	Omar Daal	6.3	1998	2000
11	Jose Valverde	5.4	2003	2007
12	Daniel Hudson	4.8	2010	2012
13	Greg Swindell	3.8	1999	2002
14	Juan Cruz	3.5	2006	2008
15	Andy Benes	3.3	1998	1999

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On the pitching side, the highest single-season WAR by a guy not named Johnson, Schilling, Webb, or Haren was 4.7, in 2011, by Ian Kennedy, and that’s good for only 15th on the list!

Alright, have a peek at the poll below. Vote for 4 guys.

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bstar

12 years ago

No Matt Williams? He is, after all, a part of the Legends Race pictured above that includes Gonzalez, Big Unit, and Mark Grace. Not sure why Grace is considered a legend in his time with the D-Backs.

Jacob

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It’s mostly because Grace is currently
one of the team’s announcers.

Dave V.

I voted for RJ, Schilling, L.Gonzalez and Upton (who if he can have a year close to what he had last year, he’ll be pretty close to #2 on the D-bags, er D-backs hitting list with plenty of time to get to the #1 spot).

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Andy

I am glad to get the Rays and D-backs out of the way because I don’t think either team is terribly interesting. Rockies and Marlins will be slightly better but also a bit painful.

brp

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Marlins are going to be interesting because most of their good players were only there for 3 or 4 years. Jeff Conine better be on there…

For the D-Backs I think Schilling/Johnson/Gonzo are a given and you can plug anyone in the 4th spot. For me I took Upton because of expected future production but Finley or Webb are better choices for “what have you done so far.”

mosc

Give me the diamondbacks as a team that wouldn’t put up 4 faces yet for $200 alex…

Tmckelv

Randy Johnson (deserved) Luis Gonzalez (because of the bloop single to win the WS) Curt Schilling (because he probably won’t make it for Boston or Philadelphia) Brandon Webb (because he is the best of the guys you think of as a Diamondback first) Write-in candidates: Tony Womack and Bob Brenley In my post for the Devil Rays/Rays, I said how I thought it would be easier to choose 4 guys for teams with less reasonable candidates, as opposed to 100+ year teams (contrary to Andy who suggested it would be tougher). Now I see what he meant. It is tougher… Read more »

I’d go with heroes from 1999 and/or 2001, the D-Backs’ two most memorable years. In 1999 they won the NL West by 14 games and won 100 in their second year of existence. Obviously, in 2001 Luis Gonzalez’ single won them the World Series over the Yanks. So I’d vote for Big Unit, Schilling, Gonzalez, and Matt Williams.

I can’t stand Schilling so I picked Finley instead (with Johnson, Gonzlaez & Webb), I’d be a bad HOF voter, I know

Thomas Court

Johnson, Lugo, Upton and a player to be named later.

Brent

I know Schilling was great with the Dbacks and helped win a WS, I just tend to think of Finley and Webb more as Dbacks than I do Schilling. I would say Johnson, Webb, Finley and Gonzo.