How did the Diamondbacks perform at Chase Field this season?

PHOENIX — With a Pavin Smith walk-off home run and a Nolan Arenado go-ahead grand slam, the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their 2026 home slate on a high note last weekend despite the frustrations that preceded back-to-back wins against the New York Yankees.

Arizona finished 45-36 at home this season, the club’s best home record since 2017, which was the first campaign under general manager Mike Hazen and manager Torey Lovullo.

The D-backs played two home games in Mexico City and went 1-1, so their home win percentage remained the best in nearly a decade:

• 2017: 52-29
• 2018: 40-41
• 2019: 44-37
• 2020: 16-14
• 2021: 32-49
• 2022: 40-41
• 2023: 43-38
• 2024: 44-37
• 2025: 43-38
• 2026: 45-36 at home, 44-35 at Chase Field

“One of the things we talk about at the beginning of the year is protect our turf,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “I feel like our home record indicates that these guys have been very engaged and played good baseball in front of a home crowd. … I want teams to know when they’re walking down the hall and coming off their bus and into their clubhouse that they’re getting ready to play a tough game and it’s going to be a dog fight.”

It has not always felt like the Diamondbacks were particularly strong at home considering some of their worst blowout losses came in front of large crowds at Chase Field. There was the 17-2 defeat to the Atlanta Braves, the game when Zac Gallen got booed off the mound against the Minnesota Twins and a 14-1 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Even during their last homestand, the D-backs dropped critical and winnable series to Miami and Texas before turning things around against New York.

The Diamondbacks, however, have also won some exhilarating games at home.

There was Jose Fernandez’s debut when he hit two home runs in a win over the Detroit Tigers.

The D-backs have hit more walk-off home runs than any other team in MLB with six. The club’s 10 walk-off victories overall are fourth in MLB and the franchise’s most since 2013 (13).

Ketel Marte blasted two walk-off home runs, as did rookie Ryan Waldschmidt. The D-backs have walked off the Los Angeles Dodgers with home runs twice.

Pavin Smith arguably hit what may be looked back on as the most memorable walk-off home run of Arizona’s season on Saturday, as the D-backs were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 2001 World Series in a packed ballpark with the Yankees in town.

Arizona’s next home game is scheduled for April 4, 2027, against the Marlins, barring a miraculous playoff run.

“You want to win for (the fans) because I played here on the other side in a playoff game and it gets really rowdy,” Arenado said, referencing the 2017 Wild Card game. “I remember that environment. So I just would love to bring that back.”

Major League Baseball’s looming lockout could impact when Arizona’s next home game gets played.

What about attendance at Chase Field?

The Diamondbacks finished the season with an announced home attendance of 2,288,586, according to Baseball Reference, marking three straight seasons of surpassing two million.

That is down 105,387 from last season’s 2,393,973, about 4%. The 2025 attendance was the club’s most since 2008, a season coming off a trip to the 2007 National League Championship Series.

The D-backs’ attendance numbers this year are slightly impacted by the Mexico City Series. Instead of hosting the division-rival San Diego Padres on a weekend in Phoenix, they played at the smaller Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, which has a capacity of just over 20,000. That was an opportunity to get in front of new fans and expand the club’s international reach.

Diamondbacks home attendance numbers had grown each year since 2021, with the caveat being that there were no home games in front of crowds in 2020.

The decrease is not surprising considering the D-backs have missed the playoffs in the previous two seasons and hovered around .500 for most of 2026 before picking up the pace around the All-Star break.

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