Despite frequent claims to the contrary, I’m not sure there’s necessarily any real thing as a “Diamondbacks killer.” Sure, some players seem to hit better against the D-backs than in general. But given that batting average doesn’t stabilize until over 900 at-bats, the noise of random fluctuation is likely drowning out any signal. No player has ever reached that threshold for AB against the D-backs. Leading the pack is Todd Helton, who had an OPS of .960 over 797 at-bats - almost exactly the same as his career average OPS of .
Those who kill the D-backs, and the D-backs who kill
