Jim Thome
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Jim Thome is a Hall of Fame American power-hitting first baseman and designated hitter known for his prolific home run totals and long tenure in Major League Baseball.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Thome canonical | 2 |
| James Howard Thome | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T886811 — 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: Jim Thome Context triple: [Cleveland Indians, notablePlayer, Jim Thome]
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A.
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter, best known for his powerful hitting and two MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox.
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B.
Carlton Fisk
Carlton Fisk is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher best known for his dramatic, game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
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C.
Dave Winfield
Dave Winfield is a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned for his stellar Major League career as a power-hitting outfielder and multi-sport collegiate star.
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D.
Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa is a Dominican former Major League Baseball slugger best known for his prolific home run hitting during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Jack Morris
Jack Morris is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his clutch postseason performances in the 1980s and early 1990s, including a legendary 10-inning shutout in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
- 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: Jim Thome Target entity description: Jim Thome is a Hall of Fame American power-hitting first baseman and designated hitter known for his prolific home run totals and long tenure in Major League Baseball.
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A.
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter, best known for his powerful hitting and two MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox.
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B.
Carlton Fisk
Carlton Fisk is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher best known for his dramatic, game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
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C.
Dave Winfield
Dave Winfield is a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned for his stellar Major League career as a power-hitting outfielder and multi-sport collegiate star.
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D.
Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa is a Dominican former Major League Baseball slugger best known for his prolific home run hitting during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Jack Morris
Jack Morris is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his clutch postseason performances in the 1980s and early 1990s, including a legendary 10-inning shutout in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hall of Famer
ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allStarSelection | 5 ⓘ |
| bats | left ⓘ |
| batsFrom | left side of the plate ⓘ |
| battedBattingAverage | .276 ⓘ |
| battedHomeRuns | 612 ⓘ |
| battedOnBasePercentage | .402 ⓘ |
| battedOPS | .956 ⓘ |
| battedRunsBattedIn | 1699 ⓘ |
| battedSluggingPercentage | .554 ⓘ |
| battedWalks | 1747 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-08-27 ⓘ |
| familyName | Thome ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 2012-10-03 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Baltimore Orioles ⓘ |
| fullName |
Jim Thome
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
James Howard Thome
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| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hallOfFame |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
National Baseball Hall of Fame
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| hallOfFameBallot | first ballot inductee ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| homeRunRankAllTime | one of the highest totals in MLB history ⓘ |
| honor | statue outside Progressive Field in Cleveland ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber |
25
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7 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high home run totals
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high on-base percentage ⓘ patience at the plate ⓘ power hitting ⓘ |
| league |
American League
ⓘ
National League ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 1991-09-04 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | Cleveland Indians ⓘ |
| notableTrait | sportsmanship and humility ⓘ |
| occupation | MLB front office executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Baltimore Orioles
ⓘ
Chicago White Sox ⓘ Cleveland Indians ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland Guardians organization
Cleveland Indians ⓘ Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ Minnesota Twins ⓘ Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ |
| position |
designated hitter
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third baseman ⓘ |
| postPlayingRole |
special assistant with the Chicago White Sox
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special assistant with the Cleveland Indians ⓘ |
| primaryPosition | first baseman ⓘ |
| silverSluggerAwards | 1 ⓘ |
| statistic | 612 career home runs ⓘ |
| teamHallOfFame |
Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame
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surface form:
Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame
|
| throws | right ⓘ |
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: Jim Thome Description of subject: Jim Thome is a Hall of Fame American power-hitting first baseman and designated hitter known for his prolific home run totals and long tenure in Major League Baseball.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Howard Thome