- Team WAR
- 12.9 12.2 bat / 0.6 pitch
- Win %
- .321 pyth .377
- Run diff
- -214 4.19 / 5.51 per g
- wRC+
- 88
- ERA
- 5.21 FIP 4.90
- Home runs
- 153
The Arizona Diamondbacks went 52-110 in 2021, a .321 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 679 runs and allowed 893, a run differential of -214. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.21 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Ketel Marte led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and Merrill Kelly the rotation at a 4.44 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,355 team hits
Batting
44 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ketel Marte | CF | 90 | 374 | 108 | 14 | 50 | 2 | .318 | .377 | .532 | .387 | 146 | 3.6 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 146 | 599 | 139 | 28 | 90 | 1 | .253 | .314 | .472 | .336 | 111 | 3.0 |
| Josh Rojas | 2B | 138 | 550 | 128 | 11 | 44 | 9 | .264 | .341 | .411 | .331 | 107 | 2.5 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 97 | 359 | 73 | 13 | 46 | 0 | .240 | .343 | .411 | .332 | 108 | 2.3 |
| Daulton Varsho | C | 93 | 315 | 70 | 11 | 38 | 6 | .246 | .318 | .437 | .325 | 103 | 1.5 |
| Pavin Smith | RF | 145 | 545 | 133 | 11 | 49 | 1 | .267 | .328 | .404 | .321 | 101 | 1.3 |
| David Peralta | LF | 149 | 538 | 126 | 8 | 63 | 2 | .259 | .325 | .402 | .317 | 98 | 1.1 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 3B | 110 | 352 | 71 | 7 | 42 | 1 | .230 | .313 | .366 | .301 | 87 | 0.6 |
| Andrew Young | 2B | 55 | 104 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .209 | .298 | .484 | .335 | 110 | 0.4 |
| Nick Ahmed | SS | 127 | 473 | 96 | 5 | 38 | 7 | .221 | .280 | .339 | .272 | 67 | 0.4 |
| Josh VanMeter | 2B | 111 | 310 | 58 | 6 | 36 | 3 | .212 | .297 | .354 | .290 | 80 | 0.3 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 77 | 238 | 41 | 7 | 25 | 0 | .195 | .283 | .333 | .273 | 68 | 0.3 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | SS | 11 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .378 | .419 | .336 | 111 | 0.2 |
| Seth Beer | DH | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .444 | .500 | .889 | .572 | 271 | 0.2 |
| Jake McCarthy | CF | 24 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .220 | .333 | .373 | .319 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Humberto Castellanos | P | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .500 | .429 | 1.000 | .534 | 246 | 0.1 |
| Christian Walker | 1B | 115 | 445 | 98 | 10 | 46 | 0 | .244 | .315 | .382 | .307 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Jake Faria | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .417 | 166 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Clarke | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Kole Calhoun | RF | 51 | 182 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .235 | .297 | .373 | .295 | 83 | 0.0 |
| Jon Duplantier | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .251 | 53 | -0.0 |
| Corbin Martin | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | -0.0 |
| Matt Peacock | P | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .249 | 52 | -0.0 |
| Seth Frankoff | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .181 | 6 | -0.0 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 13 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .265 | .258 | .242 | 47 | -0.1 |
| Humberto Mejía | P | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .179 | 4 | -0.1 |
| Alex Young | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Stuart Fairchild | CF | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .212 | 27 | -0.1 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 54 | 158 | 39 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .258 | .285 | .371 | .284 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Henry Ramos | RF | 18 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .200 | .255 | .300 | .246 | 50 | -0.2 |
| Madison Bumgarner | P | 25 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .103 | .280 | .128 | .223 | 34 | -0.2 |
| Caleb Smith | P | 16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .167 | .136 | .150 | -15 | -0.2 |
| Jake Hager | 2B | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .115 | .233 | .115 | .184 | 8 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Gilbert | P | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.3 |
| Zac Gallen | P | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .188 | .212 | .250 | .204 | 21 | -0.3 |
| Taylor Widener | P | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .094 | -54 | -0.3 |
| Luke Weaver | P | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .124 | -33 | -0.3 |
| Drew Ellis | 3B | 28 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .130 | .277 | .203 | .235 | 42 | -0.3 |
| Wyatt Mathisen | 1B | 22 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .119 | .255 | .190 | .223 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Nick Heath | CF | 15 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .231 | .171 | .182 | 6 | -0.4 |
| Riley Smith | P | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.4 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2B | 34 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .156 | .217 | .221 | .195 | 15 | -0.6 |
| Tim Locastro | CF | 58 | 156 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .180 | .263 | .252 | .240 | 46 | -0.6 |
| Merrill Kelly | P | 27 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .064 | .137 | .085 | .116 | -39 | -0.8 |
Pitching
38 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Merrill Kelly | 27 | 27 | 158.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 130 | 4.44 | 4.11 | 1.29 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Zac Gallen | 23 | 23 | 121.1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 139 | 4.30 | 4.25 | 1.29 | 10.3 | 1.2 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 26 | 26 | 146.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 124 | 4.67 | 4.63 | 1.18 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| Joe Mantiply | 57 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3.40 | 2.94 | 1.56 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Taylor Clarke | 43 | 0 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 4.98 | 3.54 | 1.52 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Luke Weaver | 13 | 13 | 65.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 4.25 | 4.42 | 1.19 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Tyler Gilbert | 9 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3.15 | 4.27 | 1.02 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Noé Ramirez | 38 | 0 | 36.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 3.00 | 3.89 | 0.97 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| Sean Poppen | 24 | 0 | 22.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5.16 | 3.61 | 1.76 | 10.3 | 0.3 |
| Joakim Soria | 41 | 0 | 37.1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 5.06 | 4.16 | 1.37 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Jake Faria | 24 | 3 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5.51 | 4.58 | 1.59 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Miguel Aguilar | 9 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.43 | 4.03 | 1.43 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wyatt Mathisen | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Clippard | 26 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 3.20 | 4.71 | 1.30 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Humberto Castellanos | 14 | 7 | 45.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4.93 | 5.01 | 1.38 | 5.7 | -0.0 |
| Riley Smith | 24 | 6 | 67.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 6.01 | 4.88 | 1.50 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
| Luis Frías | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.70 | 5.87 | 2.10 | 8.1 | -0.0 |
| Humberto Mejía | 5 | 5 | 22.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7.25 | 5.50 | 1.84 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Yoan López | 13 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.57 | 5.68 | 1.95 | 9.5 | -0.1 |
| David Peralta | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 17.17 | 4.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Matt Peacock | 35 | 8 | 86.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 4.90 | 4.98 | 1.56 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Chris Devenski | 8 | 0 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8.59 | 6.58 | 1.77 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Josh Reddick | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 27.17 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Stefan Crichton | 31 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7.33 | 5.44 | 1.93 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Bryan Holaday | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 22.17 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Brett de Geus | 47 | 0 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7.56 | 5.07 | 1.74 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| J.B. Bukauskas | 21 | 0 | 17.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.79 | 5.77 | 1.79 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| Keury Mella | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.40 | 19.97 | 6.00 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| Caleb Smith | 45 | 13 | 113.2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 124 | 4.83 | 5.10 | 1.37 | 9.8 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Ginkel | 32 | 0 | 28.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6.35 | 5.89 | 1.55 | 9.8 | -0.4 |
| Seth Frankoff | 4 | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9.20 | 7.47 | 1.98 | 6.8 | -0.4 |
| Brandyn Sittinger | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 13.03 | 1.50 | 1.9 | -0.4 |
| Taylor Widener | 23 | 13 | 70.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 4.35 | 5.56 | 1.45 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
| Jon Duplantier | 4 | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 13.15 | 8.63 | 2.08 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Buchter | 18 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6.61 | 7.95 | 1.78 | 8.8 | -0.6 |
| Corbin Martin | 5 | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10.69 | 8.42 | 2.31 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
| Alex Young | 40 | 2 | 52.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 6.58 | 6.25 | 1.77 | 7.4 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Arizona Diamondbacks are 52-110, a .321 win rate, while their -214 run differential implies .377. That is about 9 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.