Arquimedez Pozo
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| Arquimedez Pozo | ||
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| Third base | ||
| Born: August 24, 1973 | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 12, 1995 for the Seattle Mariners |
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| Final game | ||
| September 28, 1997 for the Boston Red Sox |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .189 | |
| Home runs | 1 | |
| Runs batted in | 14 | |
| Teams | ||
| Career highlights and awards | ||
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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.
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[edit] Career
Pozo was signed as an undrafted amateur free agent by the Seattle Mariners in 1990, and spent three years in the Mariners minor league system before making his professional debut on September 12, 1995.
After starting the 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, 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 1998 season with the Pawtucket Red Sox, he signed with the Yokohama BayStars of the Japanese Central League.[1]
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.
[edit] See 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
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Reference minor league stats for Arquimedez Pozo
- 12eight Arquimedez Pozo Award
- MLB.com historical stats for Arquimedez Pozo
- Japanese Baseball, Arquimedez Pozo
- Baseball Prospectus, Arquimedez Pozo
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