Octavio Eduardo Dotel (born November 25, 1973 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He has played for a Major League record 13 different teams. Dotel graduated from Liceo Cansino Afuera High School in the Dominican Republic and was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1993. He played for their minor league affiliate in the Dominican League through 1994 and then promoted through the Mets' minor league system for the next several seasons.