Before the 2006 Season, Orlando Hudson was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the D-Backs were not disappointed with the defensive presence he would bring to their infield.

Already a Gold Glove winner in Toronto, Hudson would win two more Gold Gloves (2006 & 2007) with Arizona.  Hudson would also hit 150 Hits in back-to-back years, both of which saw him bat over .280, and he was a nice spark to their 2007 NL West Title.   The O-Dog would also go to the All-Star Game in 2007 and had 442 Hits for Arizona.

The first nine seasons of David Peralta’s career were in the desert, but to get there, the Venezuelan-born player had to convert from a failed Pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. 

“The Freight Train” played at Leftfield and truly arrived in 2015, when he led the National League in Triples (10) and batted .312 with 17 taters.  He later won a Silver Slugger (2018) when he had career highs in Home Runs (30), RBIs (87), Slugging (.516), and OPS (.868), and a year later, he won a Silver Slugger. 

Arizona traded Peralta to the contending Tampa Bay Rays during the 2022 Season, but the way that he grinded out a career in the Majors, and connected with the D-Backs faithful place him high on this list.

He concluded his Diamondbacks run with 960 Hits, 110 Home Runs, and a .283 Batting Average. 

While the best years were well behind him by the time Matt Williams arrived in Arizona, he proved to be very popular among Diamondbacks fans as one of the team’s original members and instantly brought gravitas before the team ever played a game.

This is not to say that Williams still did not have some great moments left in him.  In 1999, Williams would blast 35 Home Runs, 142 Runs Batted In (a career high) with a .303 Batting Average, which was enough for him to finish third in National League MVP voting.  Williams would later help Arizona win the 2001 World Series, notably with a three-run Game 2 blast.

Overall, as a Diamondback, Williams had 629 Hits, 99 Home Runs with a Batting Average of .278, and the lunch pail work ethic made him the perfect man to bring attention to a winning attitude to the state of Arizona.

While Gerardo Parra was never known for his power numbers (his season-high is 14), he made history when he became the 100th player in Major League Baseball history to hit a Home Run in his first-ever at-bat.  Parra may not have had many more of those for Arizona, but he did have three 130 Hit seasons and an impressive defensive resume.  Parra would win a Gold Glove playing both Leftfield (2011) and Rightfield (2013), the latter of which would see him win the Wilson Overall Defensive Player Award.  In both of those Gold Glove years, Parra showcased his cannon of an arm, leading the NL in Outfield Assists

Parra batted .274 with 728 Hits with Arizona, but his main contribution was his defensive skills.