Dotel

Dotel is a surname. The most widely known bearer is Octavio Dotel, born in 1973 in the Dominican Republic, a former professional baseball pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball from 1999 through 2013. Dotel began his major league career with the New York Mets and went on to play for several teams across the league. He was primarily used as a relief pitcher, including stints as a closer with various clubs, and was known for a high-velocity fastball and strong strikeout ability. Beyond Octavio Dotel, the surname appears in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities, but there is no single widely documented figure, institution, or location that defines the name in major reference works. As a result, Dotel is typically treated as a biographical surname with limited common references, and many uses of the term may require disambiguation in context.