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Bronson Anthony Arroyo (born February 24, 1977 in Key West, Florida) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He had played with the Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005, and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002.

Career

In a six-season career, Arroyo has compiled a 33-33 record with 367 strikeouts and a 4.59 ERA in 588.1 innings.

Arroyo's fastball is in the upper 80-MPH and is quite effective considering his excellent command. Nevertheless, his best pitch is a sharp slider, moving away from right-handers. He is good at pulling the string on the curveball, and he has a straight changeup as well. He also is good at holding runners, and he covers his ground well and knows what to do when he gets the ball. Arroyo incorporates a leg kick in his pitching motion that is unique among active major leaguers: he extends his front leg completely straight and lifts it up to a level above his waist before delivering the ball. His kick often appears to reach head level. Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1995 draft, Arroyo made his major league debut with Pittsburgh in 2000. He came to the Boston Red Sox being selected off waivers before the 2003 season. Arroyo improved in 2004, while jumping from middle relief to starting, to strengthen his role as the Red Sox No. 5 starter. He compiled a 10-9 mark with a 4.03 ERA in 178.2 innings, while posting a very respectable 3.02 strikeout-to-walk ratio (142-to-47). His most productive season came in 2005, when he posted career-highs in wins (14), starts (32), innings (205.1) and pitching appearances (35). He also excelled at holding runners, as he only gave up five stolen bases.

Before the 2006 season, Arroyo signed a three year $11.2 million contract with the Red Sox. Arroyo said the deal was a "hometown discount" and agreed to the terms against the advice of his agent. Arroyo was later traded during spring training of the 2006 season for Cincinnati Reds outfielder Wily Mo Peña.

Highlight

On August 10, 2003, Arroyo pitched the fourth nine-inning perfect game in the 121-year history of the International League as the Pawtucket Red Sox beat the Buffalo Bisons 7–0 at McCoy Stadium. He needed 101 pitches to throw his masterpiece (73 strikes), struck out nine, and got 10 fly outs and eight ground balls from the Buffalo 27 batters. Amazingly, he went to a three-ball count to just three hitters all game. At the end of the month, he was with the big club for good.

Trivia

Arroyo was named for the late actor Charles Bronson, who starred in the Death Wish series of films.
In 2004, Arroyo joined the ever-growing number of Red Sox players who sport their own unique hairstyle (Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar, etc,). For his part, he spent much of the later half of the season (and the postseason) with cornrows.
An avid musician, Arroyo taught Kevin Millar
how to play guitar and performed vocals for the song Tessie by the Dropkick Murphys.
His musical career took off in 2005, with the release of his debut CD Covering The Bases on July 12.
Often referred to jokingly as "Brandon Arroyo," a reference to what baseball broadcaster Tim McCarver
called Bronson during the 2004 playoffs.

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