Nick Ahmed

BIOGRAPHY

Nicholas Mark Ahmed was born on March 15, 1990, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is a shortstop in the MLB. 

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.

The Atlanta Braves drafted Ahmed in the second round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, 85th overall. After the 2012 season, the Braves traded Ahmed to the Diamondbacks, and Ahmed began the 2015 season as the Diamondbacks' starting shortstop.

Ahmed entered the 2018 season fully healthy and went on to finish the season with career bests offensively. In 153 games, Ahmed hit .234 with 16 home runs, 70 RBIs and 33 doubles. He also had his best defensive season, leading National League shortstops with 21 defensive runs saved en route to his first career Gold Glove Award.

On November 3, 2019, Ahmed won his second Gold Glove Award.

In 2021, Ahmed appeared in 129 games for the Diamondbacks, posting a slash of .221/.280/.339 with 5 home runs, 38 RBI, and 7 stolen bases. Ahmed played in 17 games for Arizona in 2022, slashing .231/.259/.442 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI. On June 8, 2022, he was placed on the 60-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation.