Scott Kazmir

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Major League Baseball pitcher baseball player human

Scott Kazmir is an American left-handed pitcher who became a three-time MLB All-Star, known for his early success with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and a long career marked by comebacks from injury.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Scott Kazmir canonical	2
Kazmir	1
Scott Edward Kazmir	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11283759 — 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: Scott Kazmir
Context triple: [Hudson Valley Renegades, notableAlumni, Scott Kazmir]

A. Jeff Reardon
Jeff Reardon is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who was one of the game's dominant closers in the 1980s and at one point held the all-time saves record.
B. Tim Marcum
Tim Marcum was a highly successful American football coach best known for becoming the winningest head coach in Arena Football League history and leading multiple teams to ArenaBowl championships.
C. Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his dominant control, Cy Young Award-winning 2008 season, and standout postseason performances.
D. Robb Nen
Robb Nen is a former Major League Baseball closer best known for his dominant fastball and successful tenure with the San Francisco Giants in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
E. Roy Oswalt
Roy Oswalt is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher best known for his dominant years with the Houston Astros in the 2000s.
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: Scott Kazmir
Target entity description: Scott Kazmir is an American left-handed pitcher who became a three-time MLB All-Star, known for his early success with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and a long career marked by comebacks from injury.

A. Jeff Reardon
Jeff Reardon is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who was one of the game's dominant closers in the 1980s and at one point held the all-time saves record.
B. Tim Marcum
Tim Marcum was a highly successful American football coach best known for becoming the winningest head coach in Arena Football League history and leading multiple teams to ArenaBowl championships.
C. Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his dominant control, Cy Young Award-winning 2008 season, and standout postseason performances.
D. Robb Nen
Robb Nen is a former Major League Baseball closer best known for his dominant fastball and successful tenure with the San Francisco Giants in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
E. Roy Oswalt
Roy Oswalt is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher best known for his dominant years with the Houston Astros in the 2000s.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball pitcher ⓘ baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ
AllStarSelectionYear	2006 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ
bats	left ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1984-01-24 ⓘ
draftedBy	New York Mets ⓘ
draftRound	first round ⓘ
draftYear	2002 ⓘ
educatedAt	Cypress Falls High School ⓘ
eraLeader	American League ERA leader with Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
familyName	Kazmir ⓘ linked to: Scott Kazmir
fullName	Scott Edward Kazmir ⓘ linked to: Scott Kazmir
givenName	Scott ⓘ
handedness	left-handed pitcher ⓘ
hasRole	left-handed starter ⓘ starting pitcher ⓘ
height	approximately 6 ft 0 in ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the youngest aces in MLB with Tampa Bay ⓘ
league	Major League Baseball ⓘ
MLBDebutDate	2004-08-23 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam	Tampa Bay Devil Rays ⓘ linked to: Tampa Bay Rays
notableFor	comebacks from injury ⓘ high strikeout rates early in his career ⓘ resurgence with the Cleveland Indians in 2013 ⓘ
notableTeam	Tampa Bay Devil Rays ⓘ linked to: Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
numberOfAllStarSelections	3 ⓘ
occupation	professional baseball player ⓘ
participatedIn	Major League Baseball postseason ⓘ linked to: MLB playoffs
placeOfBirth	Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
playedFor	Cleveland Indians ⓘ Houston Astros ⓘ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Angels Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ Oakland Athletics ⓘ San Francisco Giants ⓘ Tampa Bay Devil Rays ⓘ linked to: Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
positionPlayed	pitcher ⓘ
residence	Texas, United States ⓘ linked to: Texas
retiredFrom	Major League Baseball pitching ⓘ
selectedTo	MLB All-Star Game ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
throws	left ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson Valley Renegades → notableAlumni → Scott Kazmir ⓘ

2008 MLB All-Star Game → winningPitcher → Scott Kazmir ⓘ

Scott Kazmir → fullName → Scott Edward Kazmir ⓘ

linked to: Scott Kazmir

Scott Kazmir → familyName → Kazmir ⓘ