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.

An established veteran when he signed with the Diamondbacks in 2000, Craig Counsell was never going to be a player who challenged for an All-Star, but the infielder

Shortstop did show decent Batting Average on occasion (he batted .275 and .282 in the two seasons where he had over 100 Hits for Arizona), and he had good defensive prowess.  Essentially, Counsell was best served as a utility infielder throughout his career, but D-Back fans will always remember his performance in the 2001 NLCS, where he was named the MVP of the series (.381 BA/4 RBI).  He would later help Arizona win its first World Series, notably hitting a solo shot in Game 1.

Counsell was traded to the Dodgers after 2003 but returned as a Free Agent in 2005 for another two years as a D-Back, where in '05 he had his best defensive season (3.5 Defensive bWAR) of his career, while also posting a career-best 148 Hits.  Overall, Counsell had 611 Hits for the team.

A First Round pick in 2004, Infielder Stephen Drew played his first six-and-a-half seasons with the Diamondbacks, with his peak coming from 2008 to 2010.  In those campaigns, Drew managed at least 10 Triples (he had 52 overall with Arizona).  He was not a power hitter, but did have a 21-Home Run year in 2008, with a surprising .502 Slugging Percentage.  Traded to Oakland in the 2012 season, “Dirt” had 776 Hits with a .266 Batting Average for the D-Backs.

Drew later won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2013.