Octavio Dotel

Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz (November 25, 1973 – April 8, 2025) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for 13 major league teams, the second-most of any player in history. Dotel spent most of his career as a relief pitcher, including several stints as a closer, during which time he recorded 109 saves. Dotel's longest tenure with a single team was the five seasons he spent with the Houston Astros. On June 11, 2003, he combined with five other Astros pitchers to throw a no-hitter.

Dotel won the 2011 World Series while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. As a member of the Detroit Tigers in 2012, he set the record for playing with the most major league teams, a record that stood until 2019. In 2013, as a member of the Dominican national team, Dotel won the World Baseball Classic championship; along with fellow Dominicans Robinson Canó and Santiago Casilla, he became one of the few players in history to win both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic. He died in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo.