Howard Ehmke
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Howard Ehmke was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his remarkable late-career performance with the Philadelphia Athletics, including a record-setting strikeout game in the 1929 World Series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard Ehmke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2053122 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Ehmke Context triple: [1929 World Series, mostValuablePlayer, Howard Ehmke]
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A.
Jake Peavy
Jake Peavy is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and Cy Young Award winner who starred in the 2000s, particularly known for his dominance with the San Diego Padres.
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B.
Cole Hamels
Cole Hamels is an American left-handed pitcher best known for starring with the Philadelphia Phillies, including winning the 2008 World Series MVP.
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C.
Matt Frewer
Matt Frewer is a Canadian-American actor and voice actor best known for his iconic role as the artificial intelligence character Max Headroom and for numerous appearances in film and television, including genre and science fiction works.
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D.
Kyle Budwell
Kyle Budwell is a desperate working-class man who takes a financial TV host hostage on live television after losing his savings to a bad stock tip in the film "Money Monster."
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E.
Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin is an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his key role with the Washington Nationals during their 2019 championship season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Ehmke Target entity description: Howard Ehmke was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his remarkable late-career performance with the Philadelphia Athletics, including a record-setting strikeout game in the 1929 World Series.
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A.
Jake Peavy
Jake Peavy is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and Cy Young Award winner who starred in the 2000s, particularly known for his dominance with the San Diego Padres.
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B.
Cole Hamels
Cole Hamels is an American left-handed pitcher best known for starring with the Philadelphia Phillies, including winning the 2008 World Series MVP.
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C.
Matt Frewer
Matt Frewer is a Canadian-American actor and voice actor best known for his iconic role as the artificial intelligence character Max Headroom and for numerous appearances in film and television, including genre and science fiction works.
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D.
Kyle Budwell
Kyle Budwell is a desperate working-class man who takes a financial TV host hostage on live television after losing his savings to a bad stock tip in the film "Money Monster."
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E.
Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin is an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his key role with the Washington Nationals during their 2019 championship season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball pitcher
ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ageDuring1929WorldSeries | 35 ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-04-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1959-03-17 ⓘ |
| eraPlayedIn |
Dead-ball era
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Live-ball era ⓘ |
| familyName | Ehmke ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 1930-09-20 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ |
| founded | Ehmke Manufacturing Company ⓘ |
| fullName | Howard Jonathan Ehmke ⓘ |
| givenName | Howard ⓘ |
| hallOfFameStatus | not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| industryOfFoundedCompany | industrial fabrics and tarpaulins ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | not consistently documented ⓘ |
| knownFor |
late-career pitching performance with the Philadelphia Athletics
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setting a then-World Series record for strikeouts in a single game ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| managedBy | Connie Mack ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 1915-09-12 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | Buffalo Blues ⓘ |
| notableFor | record-setting strikeout performance in Game 1 of the 1929 World Series ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Silver Creek, New York, United States
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linked to:
Silver Creek, New York
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| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| playedFor |
Boston Red Sox
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Buffalo Blues ⓘ Detroit Tigers ⓘ Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | pitcher ⓘ |
| postPlayingCareer | businessman ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| struckOut | 13 batters in Game 1 of the 1929 World Series ⓘ |
| teamInWorldSeries | Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ |
| threwCompleteGame |
Game 1 of the 1929 World Series
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linked to:
1929 World Series
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| throws | right ⓘ |
| worldSeriesAppearance | 1929 World Series ⓘ |
| worldSeriesOpponent | Chicago Cubs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Howard Ehmke Description of subject: Howard Ehmke was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his remarkable late-career performance with the Philadelphia Athletics, including a record-setting strikeout game in the 1929 World Series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.