Arquimedez Pozo

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Arquimedez Pozo
position=Third base
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1973|8|24|mf=y
deathdate=
debutdate=September 12
debutyear=by|1995
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
finaldate=September 28
finalyear=by|1997
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.189
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=1
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=14
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|1995)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1996-by|1997)
*Yokohama BayStars (by|1999)
highlights=
*1993 - California League All-Star 2B
*1997 - International League All-Star 3B

Arquimedez (Ortiz) Pozo (born August 24, 1973) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is retired baseball player who played briefly in the major leagues in the mid-1990s for the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox. Pozo's primary position was third base, though he also played occasional second.

Career

Pozo was signed as an undrafted amateur free agent by the Seattle Mariners in by|1990, and spent three years in the Mariners minor league system before making his professional debut on September 12, by|1995.

After starting the by|1996 season with the Tacoma Rainiers, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Manto. He spent the next two seasons splitting time between Boston and the Pawtucket Red Sox.

In his third game with the Red Sox, on July 28, by|1996, he hit a grand slam off of Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Eddie Guardado. It was the only home run of Pozo's career.

After spending the entire by|1998 season with the Pawtucket Red Sox, he signed with the Yokohama BayStars of the Japanese Central League. [cite web | url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20060608&content_id=1496224&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc | title = Japanese baseball's golden anniversary season begins tonight| 55 foreigners on hand to fight yakyu wars | author=Wayne Graczyk |work = Tokyo Weekender | date = 1999-04-02 | accessdate = 2008-01-27 ]

Pozo holds the distinction of being the only player in major league history to be named "Arquimedez" and the only one to be named "Pozo." Other players with two unique names, a rare distinction, include Carsten "C.C." Sabathia, Nomar Garciaparra, and Shigetoshi Hasegawa.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster
*Seattle Mariners all-time roster
*Pawtucket Red Sox Alumni
*List of Boston Red Sox people
*List of Major League Baseball players
*List of players from Dominican Republic in Major League Baseball

References

External links

*japanesebaseball|id=1151
* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=11595 Baseball Reference] minor league stats for Arquimedez Pozo
* [http://www.12eight.org/features/the-pozos/ 12eight Arquimedez Pozo Award]
* [http://mlb.com/stats/historical/mlb_player_locator_results.jsp?playerLocator=pozo MLB.com] historical stats for Arquimedez Pozo
* [http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/pozoar01.php Baseball Prospectus] , Arquimedez Pozo