Arquimedez Pozo

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Pozo's Moments in the Sun 3 Awards 4 Trivia 5 Transactions 6 External Links

Overall Career

Arquimedez Pozo Ortiz (born August 24, 1973 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) played briefly in the major leagues in the mid-1990s for the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox. He was born in the Dominican Republic. Pozo's primary position was third base, although he also played second occasionally. After 26 games in the majors (25 with Boston and 1 with Seattle), Pozo went on to play in Japan for the Yokohama Bay Stars.

Pozo is remembered in Boston not for anything he achieved, but rather for what he was once expected to achieve. Traded to the Red Sox in 1996 for an unsung third baseman named Jeff Manto (who was re-acquired by Boston later that summer), Pozo was later described by General Manager Dan Duquette as a future top-notch infielder and the long-awaited successor to the great Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs.

Pozo's Moments in the Sun

• 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 compiling a career batting average of only .189, he played his last major league game at the age of 23. Despite Pozo's four RBI, the Sox lost the game. When he was slated to appear on WEEI's postgame show with Joe Castiglione, he refused to go on, leaving the clubhouse boy to tell the listeners "This is the clubhouse kid. Pozo says he doesn't speak English so he's not coming on."

Awards

• 1993 California League All-Star (A).
• 1997 International League All-Star (AAA).

Trivia

• Pozo holds the dubious 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.

Transactions

• August 26, 1990: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.
• July 23, 1996: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Manto.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis