Eiji Sawamura Award
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The Eiji Sawamura Award is Japanese professional baseball’s most prestigious annual honor given to the league’s top starting pitcher, similar to Major League Baseball’s Cy Young Award.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eiji Sawamura Award canonical | 2 |
| Eiji Sawamura Award 1999 | 1 |
| Eiji Sawamura Award 2002 | 1 |
| Sawamura Award | 1 |
| 沢村栄治賞 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392760 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eiji Sawamura Award Context triple: [Senichi Hoshino, awardReceived, Eiji Sawamura Award]
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A.
Central League Golden Glove
The Central League Golden Glove is a Japanese professional baseball award given annually to the best defensive players at each position in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League.
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B.
Edgar Martínez Award
The Edgar Martínez Award is Major League Baseball’s annual honor given to the most outstanding designated hitter in the American League.
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C.
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the player who best exemplifies the character, integrity, and leadership of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig both on and off the field.
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D.
Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
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E.
Central League Rookie of the Year
The Central League Rookie of the Year is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball award recognizing the most outstanding first-year player in Japan’s Central League.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eiji Sawamura Award Target entity description: The Eiji Sawamura Award is Japanese professional baseball’s most prestigious annual honor given to the league’s top starting pitcher, similar to Major League Baseball’s Cy Young Award.
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A.
Central League Golden Glove
The Central League Golden Glove is a Japanese professional baseball award given annually to the best defensive players at each position in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League.
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B.
Edgar Martínez Award
The Edgar Martínez Award is Major League Baseball’s annual honor given to the most outstanding designated hitter in the American League.
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C.
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the player who best exemplifies the character, integrity, and leadership of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig both on and off the field.
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D.
Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
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E.
Central League Rookie of the Year
The Central League Rookie of the Year is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball award recognizing the most outstanding first-year player in Japan’s Central League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual award
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baseball award ⓘ sports award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eiji Sawamura Award
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surface form:
Sawamura Award
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| awardedFor |
best starting pitcher in Japanese professional baseball
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top starting pitcher of the season ⓘ |
| comparableTo | Cy Young Award ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| eligibility |
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
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starting pitchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
professional baseball
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professional sports ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1947 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | individual player award ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Japanese sports trophies and awards
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Nippon Professional Baseball awards ⓘ pitching awards ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male leagues ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| isMajorPitchingAward | true ⓘ |
| league | Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ |
| location | Japan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eiji Sawamura ⓘ |
| namedForLeague | Japanese professional baseball ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | pitcher ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
complete games
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earned run average ⓘ games started ⓘ innings pitched ⓘ strikeouts ⓘ winning percentage ⓘ wins ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | selection committee vote ⓘ |
| significance | most prestigious pitching award in Japanese professional baseball ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementTime | after regular season ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eiji Sawamura Award Description of subject: The Eiji Sawamura Award is Japanese professional baseball’s most prestigious annual honor given to the league’s top starting pitcher, similar to Major League Baseball’s Cy Young Award.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eiji Sawamura Award 1999
this entity surface form:
Eiji Sawamura Award 2002
this entity surface form:
Sawamura Award