- Team WAR
- 31.8 15.0 bat / 16.8 pitch
- Win %
- .506 pyth .533
- Run diff
- +49 4.28 / 3.98 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 3.58 FIP 3.84
- Home runs
- 169
The Arizona Diamondbacks went 82-80 in 2018, a .506 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 693 runs and allowed 644, a run differential of +49. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.58 staff ERA was the third best. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Paul Goldschmidt led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Patrick Corbin the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,302 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 158 | 690 | 172 | 33 | 83 | 7 | .290 | .389 | .533 | .395 | 151 | 5.1 |
| David Peralta | LF | 146 | 614 | 164 | 30 | 87 | 4 | .293 | .352 | .516 | .372 | 135 | 4.0 |
| Ketel Marte | 2B | 151 | 580 | 135 | 14 | 59 | 6 | .260 | .332 | .437 | .336 | 110 | 3.1 |
| AJ Pollock | CF | 113 | 460 | 106 | 21 | 65 | 13 | .257 | .316 | .484 | .342 | 115 | 2.8 |
| Daniel Descalso | 2B | 138 | 423 | 83 | 13 | 57 | 0 | .238 | .353 | .436 | .346 | 117 | 2.2 |
| Nick Ahmed | SS | 149 | 564 | 121 | 16 | 70 | 5 | .234 | .290 | .411 | .304 | 89 | 1.9 |
| Jon Jay | RF | 143 | 586 | 141 | 3 | 40 | 4 | .268 | .330 | .347 | .305 | 89 | 0.6 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 71 | 272 | 53 | 5 | 29 | 6 | .220 | .309 | .369 | .304 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Alex Avila | C | 79 | 234 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 0 | .165 | .299 | .304 | .276 | 70 | 0.3 |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 56 | 238 | 46 | 6 | 31 | 1 | .222 | .307 | .348 | .293 | 81 | 0.3 |
| John Ryan Murphy | C | 77 | 223 | 42 | 9 | 24 | 0 | .202 | .244 | .375 | .267 | 63 | 0.2 |
| Patrick Kivlehan | LF | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .538 | .359 | 126 | 0.1 |
| Jorge De La Rosa | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 122 | 0.0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | PH | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .269 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Fernando Salas | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Troy Scribner | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Yoshihisa Hirano | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Matt Andriese | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Kris Medlen | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Braden Shipley | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Shelby Miller | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .141 | -22 | -0.1 |
| Zack Greinke | P | 30 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .234 | .269 | .297 | .252 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Taijuan Walker | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Mathis | C | 67 | 218 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .200 | .272 | .272 | .247 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Christian Walker | PH | 36 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .163 | .226 | .388 | .267 | 63 | -0.2 |
| T.J. McFarland | P | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.2 |
| Matt Koch | P | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .150 | -16 | -0.2 |
| Sócrates Brito | RF | 22 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .175 | .227 | .250 | .214 | 28 | -0.3 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 66 | 237 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .189 | .282 | .257 | .248 | 51 | -0.4 |
| Patrick Corbin | P | 30 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .197 | .222 | .213 | .196 | 15 | -0.4 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 35 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .167 | .224 | .205 | .199 | 17 | -0.5 |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 15 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .065 | .094 | .097 | .089 | -57 | -0.6 |
| Robbie Ray | P | 24 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .077 | .075 | .103 | .076 | -67 | -0.7 |
| Chris Owings | RF | 105 | 309 | 58 | 4 | 22 | 11 | .206 | .272 | .302 | .253 | 54 | -0.8 |
| Zack Godley | P | 31 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .057 | .123 | .057 | .096 | -53 | -1.0 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Patrick Corbin | 33 | 33 | 200.0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 246 | 3.15 | 2.47 | 1.05 | 11.1 | 5.8 |
| Zack Greinke | 33 | 33 | 207.2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 199 | 3.21 | 3.70 | 1.08 | 8.6 | 3.1 |
| Zack Godley | 33 | 32 | 178.1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 185 | 4.74 | 3.82 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 2.4 |
| Clay Buchholz | 17 | 16 | 98.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 2.01 | 3.47 | 1.04 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| Andrew Chafin | 77 | 0 | 49.1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 3.10 | 2.65 | 1.34 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| Robbie Ray | 24 | 24 | 123.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 3.93 | 4.31 | 1.35 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
| T.J. McFarland | 47 | 0 | 72.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 2.00 | 3.63 | 1.19 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
| Archie Bradley | 76 | 0 | 71.2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 3.64 | 3.70 | 1.14 | 9.4 | 0.7 |
| Yoshihisa Hirano | 75 | 0 | 66.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 2.44 | 3.69 | 1.09 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Silvino Bracho | 31 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3.19 | 3.26 | 1.19 | 9.9 | 0.5 |
| Taijuan Walker | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.46 | 3.93 | 1.54 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Jorge De La Rosa | 59 | 0 | 56.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 3.38 | 4.37 | 1.39 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Fernando Salas | 41 | 0 | 40.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4.50 | 4.34 | 1.32 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| James Sherfy | 15 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.65 | 4.08 | 1.10 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Yoan López | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.00 | 3.94 | 0.89 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Braden Shipley | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.20 | 3.76 | 1.20 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Kris Medlen | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15.75 | 4.16 | 3.25 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Jake Barrett | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.14 | 4.16 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Alex Avila | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Brad Boxberger | 60 | 0 | 53.1 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 71 | 4.39 | 4.55 | 1.43 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| Joey Krehbiel | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Troy Scribner | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.91 | 5.89 | 2.73 | 9.8 | -0.0 |
| Jeff Mathis | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.16 | 1.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Descalso | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.10 | 10.66 | 1.50 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Shelby Miller | 5 | 4 | 16.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10.69 | 6.35 | 2.00 | 10.7 | -0.2 |
| Randall Delgado | 10 | 0 | 11.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.76 | 7.31 | 1.50 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Matt Koch | 19 | 14 | 86.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 4.15 | 5.83 | 1.27 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Arizona Diamondbacks are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +49 run differential implies .533. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.