Triple Crown (pitching)
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Triple Crown (pitching) is a rare baseball achievement awarded to a pitcher who leads a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) in a single season.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Triple Crown (pitching) canonical | 3 |
| Pitching Triple Crown | 2 |
| Guy Hecker won American Association pitching Triple Crown in 1884 while with Louisville | 1 |
| pitching Triple Crown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1370003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Triple Crown (pitching) Context triple: [Clayton Kershaw, awardReceived, Triple Crown (pitching)]
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A.
Triple Crown
The Triple Crown is a prestigious baseball achievement awarded to a player who leads a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during a single season.
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B.
1967 Triple Crown
The 1967 Triple Crown is a rare Major League Baseball achievement signifying that Carl Yastrzemski led the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during the 1967 season.
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C.
The Pitcher
The Pitcher is the section of the Official Baseball Rules that defines the role, responsibilities, and regulations governing the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
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D.
Cy Young
Cy Young was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher whose dominance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to the sport’s most prestigious pitching award being named in his honor.
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E.
Clemens
Clemens is the birth surname of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Triple Crown (pitching) Target entity description: Triple Crown (pitching) is a rare baseball achievement awarded to a pitcher who leads a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) in a single season.
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A.
Triple Crown
The Triple Crown is a prestigious baseball achievement awarded to a player who leads a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during a single season.
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B.
1967 Triple Crown
The 1967 Triple Crown is a rare Major League Baseball achievement signifying that Carl Yastrzemski led the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during the 1967 season.
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C.
The Pitcher
The Pitcher is the section of the Official Baseball Rules that defines the role, responsibilities, and regulations governing the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
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D.
Cy Young
Cy Young was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher whose dominance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to the sport’s most prestigious pitching award being named in his honor.
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E.
Clemens
Clemens is the birth surname of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball statistical achievement
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pitching award ⓘ |
| abbreviation | pitching Triple Crown ⓘ |
| appliesToRole | pitcher ⓘ |
| category |
baseball pitching statistics
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baseball terminology ⓘ sports achievements ⓘ |
| categoryType | traditional pitching statistics ⓘ |
| comparisonBasis | within the same league ⓘ |
| componentCount | 3 ⓘ |
| context | single season ⓘ |
| criterion |
league leader in earned run average
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league leader in strikeouts ⓘ league leader in wins ⓘ |
| evaluationType | quantitative ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
individual performance
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league leadership ⓘ season-long consistency ⓘ |
| hasOpposite | failure to lead in any major pitching category ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom |
Triple Crown (batting)
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linked to:
Triple Crown
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| language | English term ⓘ |
| leagueScope |
American League
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Major League Baseball ⓘ National League ⓘ major professional baseball league ⓘ |
| measurementERA | earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched ⓘ |
| rarity | rare ⓘ |
| recognition | informal statistical honor ⓘ |
| requires |
dominance in earned run average
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dominance in strikeouts ⓘ dominance in wins ⓘ |
| requiresLeadingIn | three major pitching categories ⓘ |
| requiresQualification | pitcher must qualify for ERA title ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| statCategoryStatus | traditional counting and rate stats ⓘ |
| statistic1 | wins ⓘ |
| statistic2 | strikeouts ⓘ |
| statistic3 | earned run average ⓘ |
| strikeoutsDefinition | batters retired by strikeout ⓘ |
| timeFrame | regular season ⓘ |
| usedBy |
baseball historians
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sports media ⓘ statisticians ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical pitching comparisons
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player accomplishment discussions ⓘ |
| winsDefinition | games won as credited to the pitcher of record ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Triple Crown (pitching) Description of subject: Triple Crown (pitching) is a rare baseball achievement awarded to a pitcher who leads a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) in a single season.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Louisville Colonels
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notableAchievement
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Guy Hecker won American Association pitching Triple Crown in 1884 while with Louisville
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linked to: Triple Crown (pitching)
linked to: Triple Crown (pitching)
linked to: Triple Crown (pitching)
linked to: Triple Crown (pitching)