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Spending only the first two years of his career in Arizona (2014 & 2015), Ender Inciarte undeniably saw his offensive numbers climb after joining the Braves. However, his time in the desert was anything but a footnote. He anchored the Diamondbacks' outfield defense with exemplary efficiency, finishing in the top five for Defensive bWAR in both seasons. While high-end defense often flies under the radar, it was more than enough to earn him a spot in the franchise record books.
In the first four seasons of Jose Valverde’s Major League career, he seemingly was fighting for the closers role with the Diamondbacks. When he would win it, injuries would take it away or a slump might have cost him the role. In that time frame the Dominican reliever who would become known as “Papa Grande” would accumulate 56 Saves. That wasn’t bad, but it was in 2007 where he was the undisputed closer of the team where he did more than enough to land him on this list.
Ian Kennedy had an interesting up-and-down career in Major League Baseball, but by far the best season he ever had was in 2011. That year, Kennedy went 21 and 4 with a 2.88 Earned Run Average while finishing fourth in Cy Young voting, and driving the Diamondbacks to a division title. He would secure 15 Wins the next year, but was traded to San Diego during the following season.
Kennedy returned in 2022, though had an awful year with a negative bWAR and an ERA over five. He left again, this time for Texas.
His record with Arizona was 48-34 with 661 Strikeouts.