Ralph Branca
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Ralph Branca was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for giving up the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run to Bobby Thomson in 1951.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ralph Branca canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2469824 — 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)
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Target entity: Ralph Branca Context triple: [Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States, notableBurial, Ralph Branca]
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A.
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell was a Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher famed for his devastating screwball and dominance with the New York Giants during the 1930s.
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B.
Carl Mays
Carl Mays was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century, best known for his submarine pitching style and his controversial role in the fatal beaning of Ray Chapman.
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C.
Johnny Podres
Johnny Podres was an American left-handed pitcher best known for his clutch performances with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s, including a legendary complete-game shutout in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series.
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D.
Bill Klem
Bill Klem was a pioneering Major League Baseball umpire, often called the "father of modern umpiring," known for his long career and influential role in shaping officiating standards.
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E.
Bob Feller
Bob Feller was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his blazing fastball and long career with the Cleveland Indians from the 1930s to the 1950s.
- 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: Ralph Branca Target entity description: Ralph Branca was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for giving up the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run to Bobby Thomson in 1951.
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A.
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell was a Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher famed for his devastating screwball and dominance with the New York Giants during the 1930s.
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B.
Carl Mays
Carl Mays was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century, best known for his submarine pitching style and his controversial role in the fatal beaning of Ray Chapman.
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C.
Johnny Podres
Johnny Podres was an American left-handed pitcher best known for his clutch performances with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s, including a legendary complete-game shutout in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series.
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D.
Bill Klem
Bill Klem was a pioneering Major League Baseball umpire, often called the "father of modern umpiring," known for his long career and influential role in shaping officiating standards.
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E.
Bob Feller
Bob Feller was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his blazing fastball and long career with the Cleveland Indians from the 1930s to the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball player
ⓘ
human ⓘ pitcher ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 90 ⓘ |
| allStarSelection |
1947
ⓘ
1948 ⓘ 1949 ⓘ |
| bats | Right ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | "A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-01-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-11-23 ⓘ |
| earnedRunAverage | 3.79 ⓘ |
| event | 1951 National League pennant playoff ⓘ |
| familyName | Branca ⓘ |
| finalMLBgameDate | 1956-09-07 ⓘ |
| finalMLBteam |
Brooklyn Dodgers
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| fullName | Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca ⓘ |
| gameDateOfFamousHomeRun | 1951-10-03 ⓘ |
| givenName | Ralph ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
New York Mets Hall of Fame (as broadcaster/figure associated with team events)
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linked to:
Mets Hall of Fame and Museum
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| heritage |
Italian American
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Jewish ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| MLBdebutDate | 1944-06-06 ⓘ |
| MLBdebutTeam |
Brooklyn Dodgers
ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn Superbas
|
| notableFor | allowing the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run ⓘ |
| notableTeammate | Jackie Robinson ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation | Major League Baseball pitcher ⓘ |
| opponentBatterInFamousHomeRun | Bobby Thomson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mount Vernon, New York, United States
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linked to:
Mount Vernon, New York
|
| placeOfDeath |
Rye, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Rye, New York
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| postPlayingCareer |
served as a broadcaster and public speaker
ⓘ
worked in insurance business ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Branca ⓘ |
| strikeouts | 829 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | book "A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" ⓘ |
| supported | Jackie Robinson's integration into Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles Dodgers
Detroit Tigers ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ |
| throws | Right ⓘ |
| winLossRecord | 88–68 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ralph Branca Description of subject: Ralph Branca was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for giving up the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run to Bobby Thomson in 1951.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.