Octavio Dotel

Q: When was Octavio Dotel born?

Octavio Dotel was born on November 25, 1973.

Q: Where was Octavio Dotel born?

Octavio Dotel was born in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional.

Q: How tall is Octavio Dotel?

Octavio Dotel is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Octavio Dotel weigh when playing?

Octavio Dotel weighed 230 lbs (104 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Octavio Dotel play?

Octavio Dotel played 15 seasons.

Q: Is Octavio Dotel in the Hall of Fame?

Octavio Dotel has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Octavio Dotel have?

Octavio Dotel had 1,143 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Octavio Dotel played for?

Octavio Dotel played for 13 teams; the New York Mets, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers.

Q: How many World Series has Octavio Dotel won?

Octavio Dotel has won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Octavio Dotel retire?

Octavio Dotel last played in 2013.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 230lb (183cm, 104kg)

Born: November 25, 1973 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Liceo Eansino Afuera (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Debut: June 26, 1999 (Age 25-213d, 17,489th in major league history)
vs. ATL 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: April 19, 2013 (Age 39-145d)
vs. LAA 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Dan Horwits

Full Name: Octavio Eduardo Dotel

Pronunciation: \OC-tay-vee-oh, DOH-tel\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

ERA

3.78

758

109

951.0

1143

WHIP

1.238

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	21	NYM-min	Rk,A+	8	4	.667	2.51	16	12	3	2	0	0	82.1	58	28	23	1	21	1	95	5	0	11	331			0.960	6.3	0.1	2.3	10.4	4.52	MET,SCE GULF,FLOR
1996	22	NYM-min	A	11	3	.786	3.59	22	19	3	0	0	0	115.1	89	49	46	7	49	0	142	7	4	12	480			1.197	6.9	0.5	3.8	11.1	2.90	CLM SALL
1997	23	NYM-min	AA,A+,Rk	8	6	.571	4.07	24	22	2	1	1	1	115.0	119	69	52	7	63	1	86	2	4	7	517			1.583	9.3	0.5	4.9	6.7	1.37	BNG,SCE,MET EL,FLOR,GULF
1998	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA	12	8	.600	2.84	27	26	0	3	1	0	167.2	123	66	53	13	67	2	200	2	2	9	685			1.133	6.6	0.7	3.6	10.7	2.99	NFK,BNG IL,EL
1999	25	NYM-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.84	13	13	0	1	0	0	70.1	52	33	30	9	34	1	90	2	1	3	293			1.223	6.7	1.2	4.4	11.5	2.65	NFK IL
1999	25	NYM	NL	8	3	.727	5.38	19	14	1	0	0	0	85.1	69	52	51	12	49	1	85	6	2	3	368	83	4.90	1.383	7.3	1.3	5.2	9.0	1.73
2000	26	HOU	NL	3	7	.300	5.40	50	16	25	0	0	16	125.0	127	80	75	26	61	3	142	7	0	6	563	92	5.20	1.504	9.1	1.9	4.4	10.2	2.33
2001	27	HOU	NL	7	5	.583	2.66	61	4	20	0	0	2	105.0	79	35	31	5	47	2	145	2	0	4	438	175	2.31	1.200	6.8	0.4	4.0	12.4	3.09
2002	28	HOU	NL	6	4	.600	1.85	83	0	22	0	0	6	97.1	58	21	20	7	27	2	118	4	0	2	376	234	2.43	0.873	5.4	0.6	2.5	10.9	4.37
2003	29	HOU	NL	6	4	.600	2.48	76	0	13	0	0	4	87.0	53	25	24	9	31	2	97	3	0	2	346	177	3.32	0.966	5.5	0.9	3.2	10.0	3.13
2004	30	TOT	MLB	6	6	.500	3.69	77	0	70	0	0	36	85.1	68	38	35	13	33	7	122	4	1	4	356	122	3.47	1.184	7.2	1.4	3.5	12.9	3.70
2004	30	HOU	NL	0	4	.000	3.12	32	0	29	0	0	14	34.2	27	15	12	4	15	4	50	1	1	3	146	140	3.05	1.212	7.0	1.0	3.9	13.0	3.33
2004	30	OAK	AL	6	2	.750	4.09	45	0	41	0	0	22	50.2	41	23	23	9	18	3	72	3	0	1	210	112	3.76	1.164	7.3	1.6	3.2	12.8	4.00
2005	31	OAK	AL	1	2	.333	3.52	15	0	13	0	0	7	15.1	10	6	6	2	11	2	16	0	0	1	65	127	4.78	1.370	5.9	1.2	6.5	9.4	1.45
2006	32	NYY-min	AAA,Rk,A+,AA,A-	0	0		1.35	13	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	10	2	2	1	1	0	20	2	0	1	52			0.825	6.8	0.7	0.7	13.5	20.00	CLB,YNK,TAM,TRE,STI IL,GULF,FLOR,EL,NYPL
2006	32	NYY	AL	0	0		10.80	14	0	7	0	0	0	10.0	18	13	12	2	11	1	7	0	0	3	59	43	7.65	2.900	16.2	1.8	9.9	6.3	0.64
2007	33	KCR-min	AA	0	1	.000	3.00	3	1	2	0	0	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	11			0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	12.0		WCH TL
2007	33	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	4.11	33	0	25	0	0	11	30.2	29	16	14	4	12	4	41	4	0	2	138	112	3.83	1.337	8.5	1.2	3.5	12.0	3.42
2007	33	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	3.91	24	0	22	0	0	11	23.0	24	11	10	3	11	4	29	4	0	2	108	118	4.37	1.522	9.4	1.2	4.3	11.3	2.64
2007	33	ATL	NL	0	0		4.70	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	5	5	4	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	30	97	2.20	0.783	5.9	1.2	1.2	14.1	12.00
2008	34	CHW	AL	4	4	.500	3.76	72	0	10	0	0	1	67.0	52	34	28	12	29	3	92	5	0	4	288	122	4.24	1.209	7.0	1.6	3.9	12.4	3.17
2009	35	CHW	AL	3	3	.500	3.32	62	0	12	0	0	0	62.1	54	26	23	7	36	1	75	0	1	4	268	142	3.88	1.444	7.8	1.0	5.2	10.8	2.08
2010	36	TOT	NL	3	4	.429	4.08	68	0	50	0	0	22	64.0	52	32	29	9	32	5	75	3	0	8	279	101	4.20	1.313	7.3	1.3	4.5	10.5	2.34
2010	36	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	4.28	41	0	37	0	0	21	40.0	35	21	19	5	17	2	48	3	0	2	173	95	3.80	1.300	7.9	1.1	3.8	10.8	2.82
2010	36	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	3.38	19	0	12	0	0	1	18.2	11	7	7	3	11	3	21	0	0	3	78	117	4.69	1.179	5.3	1.4	5.3	10.1	1.91
2010	36	COL	NL	0	1	.000	5.06	8	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	3	28	97	5.52	1.875	10.1	1.7	6.8	10.1	1.50
2011	37	TOT	MLB	5	4	.556	3.50	65	0	21	0	0	3	54.0	36	23	21	6	17	2	62	2	0	1	218	116	3.23	0.981	6.0	1.0	2.8	10.3	3.65
2011	37	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	3.68	36	0	11	0	0	1	29.1	20	13	12	5	12	2	30	2	0	0	122	117	4.63	1.091	6.1	1.5	3.7	9.2	2.50
2011	37	STL	NL	3	3	.500	3.28	29	0	10	0	0	2	24.2	16	10	9	1	5	0	32	0	0	1	96	115	1.57	0.851	5.8	0.4	1.8	11.7	6.40
2012	38	DET	AL	5	3	.625	3.57	57	0	15	0	0	1	58.0	50	23	23	3	12	4	62	1	0	2	234	120	2.30	1.069	7.8	0.5	1.9	9.6	5.17
2013	39	DET-min	A+,Rk,AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	10	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	6	6	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	37			1.750	13.5	0.0	2.3	7.9	3.50	LAK,LAT,TOL FLOR,GULF,IL
2013	39	DET	AL	0	0		13.50	6	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	10	7	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	28	33	3.91	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	1.00
15 Yrs				59	50	.541	3.78	758	34	305	0	0	109	951.0	765	431	399	117	412	39	1143	41	4	46	4024	119	3.70	1.238	7.2	1.1	3.9	10.8	2.77
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.541	3.78	65	3	26	0	0	9	82	66	37	34	10	35	3	98	4	0	4	345	119	3.70	1.238	7.2	1.1	3.9	10.8	2.77
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
HOU (5 yrs)				22	24	.478	3.25	302	20	109	0	0	42	449.0	344	176	162	51	181	13	552	17	1	17	1869	142	3.39	1.169	6.9	1.0	3.6	11.1	3.05
OAK (2 yrs)				7	4	.636	3.95	60	0	54	0	0	29	66.0	51	29	29	11	29	5	88	3	0	2	275	115	4.00	1.212	7.0	1.5	4.0	12.0	3.03
DET (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.31	63	0	16	0	0	1	62.2	60	30	30	3	16	4	66	1	0	2	262	100	2.42	1.213	8.6	0.4	2.3	9.5	4.13
CHW (2 yrs)				7	7	.500	3.55	134	0	22	0	0	1	129.1	106	60	51	19	65	4	167	5	1	8	556	131	4.07	1.322	7.4	1.3	4.5	11.6	2.57
KCR (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.91	24	0	22	0	0	11	23.0	24	11	10	3	11	4	29	4	0	2	108	118	4.37	1.522	9.4	1.2	4.3	11.3	2.64
NYM (1 yr)				8	3	.727	5.38	19	14	1	0	0	0	85.1	69	52	51	12	49	1	85	6	2	3	368	83	4.90	1.383	7.3	1.3	5.2	9.0	1.73
COL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.06	8	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	3	28	97	5.52	1.875	10.1	1.7	6.8	10.1	1.50
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.28	41	0	37	0	0	21	40.0	35	21	19	5	17	2	48	3	0	2	173	95	3.80	1.300	7.9	1.1	3.8	10.8	2.82
ATL (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	5	5	4	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	30	97	2.20	0.783	5.9	1.2	1.2	14.1	12.00
STL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.28	29	0	10	0	0	2	24.2	16	10	9	1	5	0	32	0	0	1	96	115	1.57	0.851	5.8	0.4	1.8	11.7	6.40
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.38	19	0	12	0	0	1	18.2	11	7	7	3	11	3	21	0	0	3	78	117	4.69	1.179	5.3	1.4	5.3	10.1	1.91
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	14	0	7	0	0	0	10.0	18	13	12	2	11	1	7	0	0	3	59	43	7.65	2.900	16.2	1.8	9.9	6.3	0.64
TOR (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.68	36	0	11	0	0	1	29.1	20	13	12	5	12	2	30	2	0	0	122	117	4.63	1.091	6.1	1.5	3.7	9.2	2.50

NL (9 yrs)				36	34	.514	3.64	427	34	173	0	0	66	630.2	486	275	255	74	268	19	756	26	3	29	2642	123	3.59	1.196	6.9	1.1	3.8	10.8	2.82
AL (9 yrs)				23	16	.590	4.05	331	0	132	0	0	43	320.1	279	156	144	43	144	20	387	15	1	17	1382	112	3.91	1.320	7.8	1.2	4.0	10.9	2.69

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Octavio Dotel?

Octavio Dotel is 50 years old.

When was Octavio Dotel born?

Octavio Dotel was born on November 25, 1973.

Where was Octavio Dotel born?

Octavio Dotel was born in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional.

How tall is Octavio Dotel?

Octavio Dotel is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Octavio Dotel weigh when playing?

Octavio Dotel weighed 230 lbs (104 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Octavio Dotel play?

Octavio Dotel played 15 seasons.

Is Octavio Dotel in the Hall of Fame?

Octavio Dotel has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Octavio Dotel play?

Octavio Dotel was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Octavio Dotel have?

Octavio Dotel had 1,143 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Octavio Dotel played for?

Octavio Dotel played for 13 teams; the New York Mets, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers.

How many World Series has Octavio Dotel won?

Octavio Dotel has won 1 World Series.

When did Octavio Dotel retire?

Octavio Dotel last played in 2013.

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