Nicholas Ryan Allen was originally signed by A’s scout Anthony Aliosi…graduated from Francis Parker High School (Calif.)…hit .469 as a junior…garnered 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-American honors as a senior.
2021
Made his Double-A and Triple-A debuts in 2021 and in between played for Team USA in the Olympics…combined to hit .288 with six home runs and 41 RBI in 89 games with Midland and Las Vegas...Was named the A’s Organizational Player of the Year...The six home runs were a career high as he had just four in 228 games entering the season…also had a career-high in RBI...Tied for seventh in the A’s farm system in hits (98)...Hit .319 with all six of his home runs and a .845 OPS in 50 games with Midland…was moved up to Las Vegas after returning from the Olympics and finished the year by hitting .243 with a .603 OPS in 39 games with the Aviators...Combined with both clubs to bat .385 (30-for-78) with a .993 OPS against left-handed pitchers…hit .260 (68-for-262) with a .676 OPS against right-handers...Combined for a .425 batting average and 1.067 OPS in his home ballparks compared to .226 with a .599 OPS on the road…hit .517 at Midland’s Momentum Bank Ballpark...Batted .248 with a .625 OPS, one home run and 10 RBI over innings 1-4…then hit .319 with a .845 OPS, five home runs and 31 RBI from the fifth inning on...Started 48 games at shortstop and 36 at second base…committed 11 errors, all as a shortstop (.944 fielding percentage)…had 182 errorless chances at second base and now has a 51-game errorless streak as a second baseman dating back to his last error on May 2, 2019...Hit five of his six home runs as a second baseman but drove in 25 of his 41 runs as a shortstop…was also 7-for-12 (.583) with two doubles and a triple as the designated hitter...Saw his most playing time batting second (40 games), ninth (28) and first (15)…hit .329 with five of his six home runs and 27 of his 41 RBI as the two-hitter...Was named to the All-Olympic Team and earned Best Defensive Player honors after going 6-for-21 (.286) with two doubles, a home run and two RBI to help Team USA to the Silver Medal...Was rated as the A’s third best prospect by Baseball America following the season.
2020
Was a non-roster invitee with the A’s and went 3-for-5 (.600) with a double, home run and two RBI in three spring training games…was added to the A’s 60-man player pool on June 29 but did not play in 2020…was rated as the A’s number six prospect by Baseball America.
2019
Batted a career-high .292 with three home runs and 25 RBI in 72 games with Single-A Stockton in a season cut short by an ankle injury in late June…the home runs were also a career high, as were his 22 doubles, 30 extra base hits, .363 on-base percentage and .434 slugging percentage…was named to the California League Midseason All-Star team…hit .397 with a 1.130 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .265 with a .712 OPS against right-handers…batted .316 with runners in scoring position…hit all three of his home runs at home…all three were solo shots…had a .311 batting average in 59 games at night, .191 in 13 day games…started 45 games at shortstop and 24 at second base…committed four errors as a shortstop for a .979 fielding percentage…made two errors as a second baseman (.982)…also went 2-for-8 (.250) in two games as the designated hitter…hit exclusively in the leadoff spot in the batting order…played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season and hit .194 with six RBI in 18 games… was rated as the A’s number 10 prospect by Baseball America…walked three times in a game for the first time in his career on Opening Day, April 4 against Rancho Cucamonga…hit his first home run April 5 against Rancho Cucamonga…it was his first round tripper since July 24, 2017, snapping a 143-game homerless streak…had a season-best 13-game hitting streak from April 16 to 30 (20-for-56, .357)…drove in a season-high two runs April 30 against Visalia, his first of five twoRBI games…batted .286 in 24 games in April and was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts… went 16-for-40 (.400) with seven multiple hit games, five doubles, three triples, a home run and six walks over a 10-game stretch from May 4 to 14 (1.230 OPS)…hit his third and final home run of the season May 5 against Modesto…finished the season with a 44-game homerless streak… also scored a career-high tying three runs in that game, which he matched June 9 vs. San Jose and June 13 at Modesto…matched his career high with three walks May 12 at Inland Empire…went 3-for-5 May 30 at Lancaster, his first of six three-hit games…that began a season-ending stretch where he hit .340 over his final 25 games…grounded into his first double play of the season June 11 against San Jose, his 59th game…had back-to-back two-double games on June 13 and 14 at Modesto…the doubles matched his career high…started at shortstop and batted leadoff for the North in the California League All-Star Game on June 18 and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout…was placed on the injured list June 28 with a sprained left ankle and missed the remainder of the season.
2018
Spent his first full professional season at Single-A Beloit and hit .239 with no home runs and 34 RBI in 121 games…had career highs in runs (51), hits (110), triples (6), RBI (34), walks (34), hit by pitches (9), stolen bases (24), games, at bats (460) and strikeouts (85)…tied for fourth in the A’s farm system in stolen bases and tied for eighth in triples…batted .242 with 33 of his 34 RBI against right-handed pitchers compared to .227 against left-handers…was hitting .198 at the All-Star Break…then batted .274 after the break…appeared exclusively at shortstop where he made 120 starts…committed 17 errors for a .965 fielding percentage…saw his most action with 74 games batting leadoff and 45 in the nine spot…had a season-high three RBI June 3 at Quad Cities (also Aug. 30 at Wisconsin)…batted .300 over a 20-game span from June 16 to July 11…capped that stretch by going 4-for-6 with a pair of doubles and two RBI July 11 at South Bend…it was his first career four-hit game…stole two bases July 15 at West Michigan, his second career multi-steal game…reached base safely in each of his final 25 games from Aug. 3 to Sept. 3…hit .323 with a .367 on-base percentage during the streak…had a season-high 11-game hitting streak from Aug. 4-15 (16-for-47, .340)…went 0-for-7 with five strikeouts in two postseason games for the Snappers.
2017
Batted .254 with a home run and 14 RBI in 35 games in his professional debut with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League…hit .333 with an .884 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .222 with a .553 OPS against righties…batted .308 at home and .308 with runners in scoring position…started 32 games at shortstop and committed 12 errors in 33 games overall for a .917 fielding percentage…made his debut July 1 against the Giants and collected his first hit in his next game on July 3 against the Dodgers…his first RBI came on July 10 at the Diamondbacks when he went 3-for-5 with two RBI…also stole his first base in that game…hit his first home run July 24 at the Royals.
