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Octavio Dotel

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut June 26, 1999

Born November 25, 1973 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 25 NYM NL   8   3  19  14   0   0   1  0   85.3   69   52   51  12   49   85   6   3   368   1   2  5.38  4.43   82 1.383
 2000 26 HOU NL   3   7  50  16   0   0  25 16  125.0  127   80   75  26   61  142   7   6   563   3   0  5.40  4.96   92 1.504
 2001 27 HOU NL   7   5  61   4   0   0  20  2  105.0   79   35   31   5   47  145   2   4   438   2   0  2.66  4.62  174 1.200
 2002 28 HOU NL   6   4  83   0   0   0  22  6   97.3   58   21   20   7   27  118   4   2   376   2   0  1.85  4.32  234 0.873
 2003 29 HOU NL   6   4  76   0   0   0  13  4   87.0   53   25   24   9   31   97   3   2   346   2   0  2.48  4.37  176 0.966
 2004 30 TOT      6   6  77   0   0   0  70 36   85.3   68   38   35  13   33  122   4   4   356   7   1  3.69  4.47  121 1.184
         HOU NL   0   4  32   0   0   0  29 14   34.7   27   15   12   4   15   50   1   3   146   4   1  3.12  4.36  140 1.212
         OAK AL   6   2  45   0   0   0  41 22   50.7   41   23   23   9   18   72   3   1   210   3   0  4.09  4.54  111 1.164
 2005 31 OAK AL   1   2  15   0   0   0  13  7   15.3   10    6    6   2   11   16   0   1    65   2   0  3.52  4.36  124 1.370
 2006 32 NYY AL   0   0  14   0   0   0   7  0   10.0   18   13   12   2   11    7   0   3    59   1   0 10.80  4.52   42 2.900
 2007 33 TOT      2   1  33   0   0   0  25 11   30.7   29   16   14   4   12   41   4   2   138   4   0  4.11  4.59  112 1.337
         KCR AL   2   1  24   0   0   0  22 11   23.0   24   11   10   3   11   29   4   2   108   4   0  3.91  4.70  120 1.522
         ATL NL   0   0   9   0   0   0   3  0    7.7    5    5    4   1    1   12   0   0    30   0   0  4.70  4.26   91 0.783
 2008 34 CHW AL   4   4  54   0   0   0   9  1   50.7   36   23   17   5   23   72   5   4   219   2   0  3.02  4.45  147 1.164
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .544  43  36 482  34   0   0 205 83  691.7  547  309  285  85  305  845  35  31  2928  26   3  3.71  4.55  123 1.232
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   4  63   4   0   0  27 10   91.0   72   40   37  11   40  111   4   4   385   3   0  3.71  4.55  123 1.232
 Career High      8   7  83  16   0   0  70 36  125.0  127   80   75  26   61  145   7   6   563   7   2  1.85  4.96  234 0.873

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 25 NYM NL  18   24    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  17  .125  .276  .125    8    3   1   0   0   1   0
 2000 26 HOU NL  49   32    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  16  .031  .061  .031  -76    1   7   0   0   0   0
 2001 27 HOU NL  57   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .091  .091  .091  -54    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2002 28 HOU NL  80    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 29 HOU NL  71    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     353   74    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  42  .068  .138  .068  -46    5   9   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         34    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  19  .068  .138  .068  -46    2   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     80   32    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  17                           3   7   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 25 NYM NL   30   22    1   1.2   114| .125  .273| .276  .348| .125  .440| .401  .788|   8  .063  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2000 26 HOU NL   40   38    0   0.0   122| .031  .281| .061  .360| .031  .460| .092  .820| -76  .000  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 2001 27 HOU NL   12   11    0   0.0   117| .091  .277| .091  .349| .091  .453| .182  .802| -54  .000  -2.6  -0.2   0%
 2002 28 HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .273| .000  .348| .000  .434| .000  .782|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 29 HOU NL    6    6    0   0.0   112| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .436| .000  .781|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       89   78    1   0.3   118| .068  .277| .138  .353| .068  .450| .206  .803| -46  .007 -17.3  -1.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 25 NYM NL P 19 8 9 1 0 .944 .950 0.89 0.48 1.79 1.72 14 85.3 2000 26 HOU NL P 50 4 14 1 1 .947 .963 0.36 0.48 1.30 1.74 16 125.0 2001 27 HOU NL P 61 9 15 2 3 .923 .960 0.39 0.46 2.06 1.75 4 105.0 2002 28 HOU NL P 83 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.10 0.48 0.74 1.83 0 97.3 2003 29 HOU NL P 76 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.48 0.62 1.85 0 87.0 2004 30 TOT P 77 6 5 0 1 1.000 .957 0.14 0.46 1.16 1.74 0 85.4 HOU NL P 32 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.12 0.47 1.04 1.84 0 34.7 OAK AL P 45 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 0.16 0.45 1.24 1.67 0 50.7 2005 31 OAK AL P 15 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.07 0.46 0.59 1.71 0 15.3 2006 32 NYY AL P 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.41 1.80 1.53 0 10.0 2007 33 TOT P 33 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.06 0.42 0.59 1.61 0 30.7 KCR AL P 24 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.42 0.78 1.60 0 23.0 ATL NL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.64 0 7.7 2008 34 CHW AL P 54 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.11 0.45 1.07 1.67 0 50.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 25 NYM NL P 19 8 9 1 0 .944 .950 0.89 0.48 1.79 1.72 14 85.3 2000 26 HOU NL P 50 4 14 1 1 .947 .963 0.36 0.48 1.30 1.74 16 125.0 2001 27 HOU NL P 61 9 15 2 3 .923 .960 0.39 0.46 2.06 1.75 4 105.0 2002 28 HOU NL P 83 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.10 0.48 0.74 1.83 0 97.3 2003 29 HOU NL P 76 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.48 0.62 1.85 0 87.0 2004 30 TOT P 77 6 5 0 1 1.000 .957 0.14 0.46 1.16 1.74 0 85.4 HOU NL P 32 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.12 0.47 1.04 1.84 0 34.7 OAK AL P 45 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 0.16 0.45 1.24 1.67 0 50.7 2005 31 OAK AL P 15 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.07 0.46 0.59 1.71 0 15.3 2006 32 NYY AL P 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.41 1.80 1.53 0 10.0 2007 33 TOT P 33 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.06 0.42 0.59 1.61 0 30.7 KCR AL P 24 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.42 0.78 1.60 0 23.0 ATL NL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.64 0 7.7 2008 34 CHW AL P 54 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.11 0.45 1.07 1.67 0 50.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 482 31 64 6 5 .941 .958 0.20 0.46 1.24 1.75 34 691.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 482 31 64 6 5 .941 .958 0.20 0.46 1.24 1.75 34 692
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   1   0  54.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   2   2   0 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   1   0   3.00  1  0  0  0   3     4   1   2   5 
 2001   NLDS  HOU ATL     L   2   0   5.40  0  0  0  0   3.1   5   2   0   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   9.82  0  0  0  0   3.2   6   4   2   5 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   4   0   6.75  1  0  0  0   6.2  10   5   4  10 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  HOU ATL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2002 NL-83-2
2008 AL-54-3

Saves
2004 AL-22-7

Games Finished
2004 AL-41-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1834) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (861) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

March 20, 1993: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

December 23, 1999: Traded by the New York Mets with Kyle Kessel (minors) and Roger Cedeno to the Houston Astros for Derek Bell and Mike Hampton.

June 24, 2004: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Mike Wood and Mark Teahen to the Kansas City Royals. The Houston Astros sent John Buck and cash to the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals sent Carlos Beltran to the Houston Astros.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 31, 2007: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Kyle Davies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999New York Mets$200,000
2000Houston Astros$240,000
2001Houston Astros$305,000
2002Houston Astros$435,000
2003Houston Astros$1,600,000
2004Houston Astros$2,800,000
2005Oakland Athletics$4,750,000
2006New York Yankees$2,000,000
2007Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,330,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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