Nick Ahmed
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Ahmed with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2015
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| Born: March 15, 1990 East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
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| MLB statistics (through May 31, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .219 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 53 | ||
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Nicholas Mark Ahmed (born March 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Ahmed attended East Longmeadow High School in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts,[1] where he played as a pitcher, was a member of the National Honor Society, and also played basketball.[2] At East Longmeadow, he earned numerous honors and posted a career record of 21-3 as a pitcher. He then enrolled at the University of Connecticut, where he majored in sport management[1] and played shortstop and pitcher for the Connecticut Huskies baseball team.[3] As a freshman, he batted .288 and .300 as a sophomore, and played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League during the summer of his sophomore year. As a junior, Ahmed hit .326.[4]
Professional career
The Atlanta Braves drafted Ahmed in the second round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, 85th overall.[1] He played in minor league baseball for the Lynchburg Hillcats in 2012,[3] and was named fastest baserunner in the league by Baseball America.[5] After the 2012 season, the Braves traded Ahmed, Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, Zeke Spruill, and Brandon Drury to the Diamondbacks for Justin Upton and Chris Johnson.[6]
Ahmed was called up to the major leagues for the first time on June 29, 2014.[7] In 159 career games thus far with the Diamondbacks, Ahmed has batted .222 with a .616 OPS.
Personal
Ahmed has a younger brother, Michael, who played college baseball for the Holy Cross Crusaders and was selected in the 20th round (604th overall) of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1][8] His uncle, Raphael Cerrato, is the head baseball coach at the University of Rhode Island.[1][9] Ahmed is married to Amanda Coughlin, whom he began dating in high school.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Nick Ahmed on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Arizona Diamondbacks players
- Connecticut Huskies baseball players
- Danville Braves players
- Lynchburg Hillcats players
- Phoenix Desert Dogs players
- Mobile BayBears players
- Salt River Rafters players
- Reno Aces players
- Baseball players from Massachusetts
- People from Hampden County, Massachusetts
- Major League Baseball shortstops
