Year of the Pitcher
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"Year of the Pitcher" is the nickname given to the 1968 Major League Baseball season, renowned for its historically dominant pitching performances and unusually low offensive statistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Year of the Pitcher canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8919149 — 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: Year of the Pitcher Context triple: [1968 MLB All-Star Game, eraNickname, Year of the Pitcher]
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A.
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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B.
The God of Batting
The God of Batting is the legendary Japanese baseball figure Tetsuharu Kawakami, renowned as one of Japan’s greatest hitters and a central icon of the Yomiuri Giants.
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C.
The Bambino
The Bambino is the legendary nickname of Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s greatest sluggers and most iconic sports figures.
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D.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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E.
The Change-Up
The Change-Up is a 2011 American comedy film about two friends who magically swap bodies and must navigate each other’s very different lives.
- 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: Year of the Pitcher Target entity description: "Year of the Pitcher" is the nickname given to the 1968 Major League Baseball season, renowned for its historically dominant pitching performances and unusually low offensive statistics.
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A.
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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B.
The God of Batting
The God of Batting is the legendary Japanese baseball figure Tetsuharu Kawakami, renowned as one of Japan’s greatest hitters and a central icon of the Yomiuri Giants.
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C.
The Bambino
The Bambino is the legendary nickname of Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s greatest sluggers and most iconic sports figures.
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D.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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E.
The Change-Up
The Change-Up is a 2011 American comedy film about two friends who magically swap bodies and must navigate each other’s very different lives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball season
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sports nickname ⓘ |
| associatedTeam |
Cleveland Indians
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Detroit Tigers ⓘ Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ San Francisco Giants ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
dominant pitching
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low batting averages ⓘ low earned run averages ⓘ low offensive statistics ⓘ low run scoring ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| eraContext | expansion-era baseball ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1969 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
benchmark for dominant pitching seasons
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frequent reference in discussions of pitcher-hitter balance ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
1968 All-Star Game 1–0 score
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1968 World Series ⓘ Bob Gibson 1.12 ERA season ⓘ Denny McLain 31-win season ⓘ Don Drysdale 58⅔ consecutive scoreless innings ⓘ |
| hasNotablePlayer |
Bob Gibson
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Denny McLain ⓘ Don Drysdale ⓘ Juan Marichal ⓘ Luis Tiant ⓘ Tom Seaver ⓘ
linked to:
George Thomas Seaver
|
| hasStatisticalTrend |
league-wide ERA decline
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league-wide batting average decline ⓘ |
| impactOn |
MLB rules committee decisions
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linked to:
Major League Baseball Rules Committee
offensive strategy in baseball ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| nicknameUsedBy |
baseball historians
ⓘ
sports media ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historically low league-wide ERA
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multiple pitching records ⓘ rule changes to favor hitters in 1969 ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1967 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| refersTo | 1968 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
lowering of pitching mound in 1969
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shrinking of strike zone in 1969 ⓘ |
| ruleChangeConsequenceFor |
pitching mound height
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strike zone definition ⓘ |
| seasonStartYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1968 MLB postseason
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1968 MLB regular season ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Year of the Pitcher Description of subject: "Year of the Pitcher" is the nickname given to the 1968 Major League Baseball season, renowned for its historically dominant pitching performances and unusually low offensive statistics.
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