Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 main league groups in a 15-year profession and gained a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals, was among the many useless after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic the place he was attending a merengue live performance. He was 51.
Officers initially mentioned Dotel was rescued from the particles and transported to a hospital, however spokesman Satosky Terrero from the Skilled Baseball League of the Dominican Republic confirmed to The Related Press that Dotel died later Tuesday.
A minimum of 58 individuals died and 160 have been injured after the collapse on the Jet Set nightclub, officers mentioned. Tony Blanco, who performed one MLB season and eight years professionally in Japan, additionally died following the collapse, Terrero mentioned.
Dotel signed with the New York Mets in 1993 as an newbie free agent and made his main league debut in 1999. A starter early in his profession, he become a dependable and at instances dominant reliever whereas showing in 758 video games from 1999-2013.
When he took the mound for the Detroit Tigers on April 7, 2012, he set the file taking part in for essentially the most main league groups at 13. Edwin Jackson broke the file in 2019 when he pitched for his 14th workforce.
The Mets held a second of silence for Dotel earlier than their recreation Tuesday in opposition to Miami, and a Dominican flag was proven on the video scoreboard.
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ANAHEIM, CA – AUGUST 26: Pitcher Octavio Dotel #29 of the New York Yankees pitches in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim throughout the MLB recreation held on August 26, 2006 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
Dotel’s greatest years have been with the Houston Astros within the early 2000s. He was a setup man for star nearer Billy Wagner, making 302 appearances and posting a 3.25 ERA in four-plus seasons. He was the fifth of six pitchers to mix on a no-hitter in opposition to the New York Yankees in 2003. The subsequent 12 months, he was a part of the three-way commerce that introduced Carlos Beltran to the Astros.
Dotel pitched for 9 groups earlier than he landed with the Cardinals, who acquired him from Toronto on the 2011 commerce deadline. He appeared in 12 postseason video games, together with 5 within the World Sequence in opposition to Texas.
In 2013, he pitched on the Dominican Republic workforce that gained the World Baseball Traditional with an 8-0 file.
Dotel completed his main league profession with 1,143 strikeouts in 951 innings, an impressive charge of 10.8 per 9 innings. He had a profession 59-50 file, 109 saves and three.78 ERA.
In 2019, Dotel and ex-major leaguer Luis Castillo have been amongst 18 individuals taken into custody throughout a big U.S. and Dominican legislation enforcement operation in opposition to drug trafficking and cash laundering. Dotel and Castillo have been launched when a Dominican Justice of the Peace choose discovered inadequate proof to attach them to the operation.
