How Octavio Dotel's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Octavio Dotel posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 1.51, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.08 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1999, posting 4.47, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.02 that year. The lowest point came in 2006 at .500, well below the relief pitcher average of .933 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .950 in 2011 to 1.09 in 2012 and .670 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from .500 to 4.47 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Octavio Dotel Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Octavio Dotel's Strikeouts Per Game for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game by Team

Octavio Dotel's career Strikeouts Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Octavio Dotel career Strikeouts Per Game by team bar chart

Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Octavio Dotel's career Strikeouts Per Game shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Octavio Dotel's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Octavio Dotel's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Octavio Dotel Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table