Righty swinging 2B Junior Spivey was only with the Diamondbacks for three years but he was a really solid player for them. Spivey’s best season for the Diamondbacks came back in 2002 when he was a N.L. All-Star. Spivey played in 143 games for the Diamondbacks in 2002 and he was 162 for 538 (.301 avg, .865 OPS) with 103 runs scored, 16 homers, 78 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. Spivey played in 321 games in his three years with the Diamondbacks and he was 297 for 1,066 (.279 avg, .816 OPS) with 188 runs scored, 34 homers, 139 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. Spivey was dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of the trade that brought 1B Richie Sexson to the Diamondbacks on December 1st, 2003.

33-year old righty reliever Jose Valverde is currently the closer for the Detroit Tigers, but he is still the D-Backs’ all-time leader in saves. His best year came in 2007 with the Diamondbacks. He pitched in 65 games (0 starts) with the D-Backs in 2007 and he was 1-4 with 47 saves, a 2.66 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. Valverde led the majors in saves in 2007. He pitched in 253 games (0 starts) in his 7 years with the Diamondbacks and he was 9-14 with 98 saves, a 3.29 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. Valverde is the D-Backs’ all-time leader in both games pitched (253) and saves (98). He is also #9 in D-Backs’ history with 331 strikeouts. He was a very solid pitcher with the Diamondbacks.

Lefty swinging CF Steve Finley only played six years (1999-2004) for the Diamondbacks but he made his mark. Finley played in 849 games in his six years with the D-Backs and he was 847 of 3,049 (.278 avg, .851 OPS) with 491 runs scored, 153 homers, 479 RBIs and 70 stolen bases. His first two years with the D-Backs were his best offensively as he combined to score 200 runs in those years while he whacked 69 homers and drove in 199 runs. Finley won 3 Gold Gloves for the Diamondbacks and he made 1 All-Star team. Finley is #2 in D-Backs’ history in games played with 849. He is also #2 in hits (847), #2 in runs scored (491), #4 in doubles (150), #3 in triples (34), #2 in walks (337), #2 in homers (153), #2 in RBIs (479) and he’s #4 in stolen bases (70) in Diamondbacks’ history. Finley was only with the Diamondbacks for a short time, but, he was a part of the best years in franchise history.

42-year old 2B Roberto Alomar has been elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame. He played in 38 games for the D-Backs in his last year in the majors (2004) and he was 34 of 110 (.309 avg, .855 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 3 homers and 16 RBIs. Alomar looked like he had something left in the tank when he hung up his cleats. Overall, Alomar played in 2,379 games in his 17 years in the majors and he was 2,724 of 9,073 (.300 avg, .814 OPS) with 1,508 runs scored, 210 homers, 1,134 RBIs and 474 stolen bases.

Greg Olson was the D-Backs closer for the first two years in team history. He pitched in 125 games (0 starts) those two years and he was 12-8 with 44 saves, a 3.34 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. Olson only gave up 110 hits in 129 1/3 innings in his two years with the Diamondbacks. Olson is still fifth in team history with his 44 saves! His years with the D-Backs were his last effective ones. He pitched in 2 years for the Dodgers appearing in 41 games (0 starts) after leaving Arizona and he was 0-2 with a 6.80 ERA and a 1.75 WHIP. Olson wasn’t with the D-Backs long but he still has a place in team history.