Arquimedez Pozo

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Arquimedez Pozo

Third base

Born: August 24, 1973(1973-08-24)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 1995 for the Seattle Mariners
Final game
September 28, 1997 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.189
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	14
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1995) Boston Red Sox (1996-1997) Yokohama BayStars (1999)
Career highlights and awards
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.

1 Career
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[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.