Arquimedez Pozo

Arquimedez Pozo Ortiz (born August 24, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the mid-1990s for the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox. He also played one season each in Nippon Professional Baseball and the Korea Baseball Organization. Pozo's primary position was third base, and he occasionally played second base.

Career Pozo was signed as an undrafted amateur free agent by the Seattle Mariners in August 1990. He spent three years in the Mariners' minor league system, advancing from the Class A Short-Season Bellingham Mariners to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. He was the Mariners' minor league player of the year in 1993, leading the all minor leaguers with 44 doubles and was named the California League Player of the Month in July in August while playing for the Riverside Pilots. Baseball America ranked him as the #60 prospect in baseball following that season.

Pozo made his major league debut on September 12, 1995, with Seattle, hitting a pop out in one at bat; it was his only MLB appearance with the Mariners.

After starting the 1996 season with Tacoma, Pozo was traded to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Manto in July. Pozo spent the next two seasons splitting time between Boston and the Triple-A 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. In 26 MLB games, Pozo batted 14-for-74 (.189) with one home run and 14 RBIs.