Arquimedez Pozo Ortiz (born August 24, 1973) is a Dominican former

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player. He played parts of three seasons in

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(MLB) in the mid-1990s for the

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and

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. He also played one season each in

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and the Korea Baseball Organization. Pozo's primary position was

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, and he occasionally played second base.

Career

Pozo was signed as an undrafted amateur

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by the

in August 1990. He spent three years in the Mariners' minor league system, advancing from the

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to the Triple-A

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. 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 the Tacoma Rainiers, Pozo was traded to the

for

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in July. Pozo spent the next two seasons splitting time between Boston and the Triple-A

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. In his third game with the Red Sox, on July 28, 1996, he hit a

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off of Minnesota Twins

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. In 26 MLB career games, Pozo batted 14-for-74 (.189) with one

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and 14 RBIs. After spending the entire 1998 season with the Pawtucket Red Sox, Pozo signed with the

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of the Japanese

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for 1999. In 91 games with Yokohama, Pozo batted .297 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs. In 2000, Pozo played for the

Haitai Tigers Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...

of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), batting .213 in 39 games, and the Tigres del México in the

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. He played outfield rather than infield in the Mexican League. Pozo did not play professionally after the 2000 season.

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from Korea Baseball Organization {{DEFAULTSORT:Pozo, Arquimedez 1973 births Living people Bellingham Mariners players Boston Red Sox players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Japan Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Haitai Tigers players Jacksonville Suns players Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Major League Baseball third basemen Mexican League baseball left fielders Mexican League baseball right fielders Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen Pawtucket Red Sox players Riverside Pilots players San Bernardino Spirit players Seattle Mariners players Sportspeople from Santo Domingo Tacoma Rainiers players Tigres del México players Yokohama BayStars players

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