In 2001, Byung hyun Kim made history as the first Korean born player to win a World Series and though his performance in the Fall Classic was poor (0-1 with a 13.50 ERA), he was not a bystander in getting the team there.  Kim took over as the Diamondbacks closer that year and in 2002 he had his best regular season with 36 Saves (eight overall in the NL), a 2.04 ERA and his first and only trip to the All Star Game.  Kim would record 70 Saves for Arizona and will always be remembered in the desert for that submarine delivery.

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.

In terms of baseball history, Jay Bell is probably better known for his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was an All-Star in 1993, but it was in Arizona (where he was an All-Star in 1999) that he would win the World Series.

Bell was one of the first players signed by the expansion team, and though he wasn’t the same defensive presence he had been in previous years, he still had decent offensive skills.  Bell’s power numbers skyrocketed in Arizona; in his All-Star year, he belted 38 Home Runs, a far higher number than the 21 he had two years earlier.  In the 2001 World Series, Bell scored the Series-winning run, giving him a distinct place in Diamondbacks history.

Bell had 91 Home Runs and 573 Hits as a Diamondback, which certainly helped Arizona during his tenure.

Beginning his career in Detroit, Robbie Ray was traded to Arizona, and while it was clear he had the goods to strike out Major League batters, he was still allowing baserunners.  The talent was there, but he just needed to put it together, and in 2017 (his third year in Arizona), that is what Ray accomplished.

Ray was an All-Star for the first time, had 218 Strikeouts (which matched the year before), and was the NL leader in SO/9 with an ERA of 2.89.  He was seventh in Cy Young voting, but in the years that followed, he could not replicate the success.  While still being a serviceable starting pitcher, Arizona traded him to Toronto, where he won the Cy Young in 2021. 

With Arizona, Ray went 47-46 with 998 Strikeouts.