Batting average .222 Role Baseball player Siblings Michael Ahmed Name Nick Ahmed Salary 500,000 USD (2014) | Runs batted in 38 Weight 93 kg Home runs 10 Nationality American | |
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Current team Arizona Diamondbacks (#13 / Infielder) Similar People Chris Owings, AJ Pollock, Jake Lamb, David Peralta, Brandon Drury Profiles | ||
Nick ahmed career highlights
Nicholas Mark Ahmed (born March 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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- Nick ahmed career highlights
- Nick ahmed ss arizona diamondbacks
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- Personal life
- References
Nick ahmed ss arizona diamondbacks
Amateur career
Ahmed attended East Longmeadow High School in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, where he played as a pitcher (posting a career record of 21-3), was a member of the National Honor Society, and also played basketball. He then enrolled at the University of Connecticut, where he majored in sport management and played shortstop and pitcher for the Connecticut Huskies baseball team. 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.
Professional career
The Atlanta Braves drafted Ahmed in the second round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, 85th overall. He played in minor league baseball for the Lynchburg Hillcats in 2012, and was named fastest baserunner in the league by Baseball America. 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.
Ahmed was called up to the major leagues for the first time on June 29, 2014. In 2014 he hit .200. In 2015 he batted .226. In 2016 he batted .218.
On June 27, 2017, his right hand was broken by a fastball, leading to a long layoff, and two months later his right wrist was fractured when he was hit by a pitch in a rehab appearance.
Personal life
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. His uncle, Raphael Cerrato, is the head baseball coach at the University of Rhode Island. Ahmed is married to Amanda.
