Colby Lewis

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baseball player human pitcher

Colby Lewis is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his tenure with the Texas Rangers, including key contributions to their World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colby Preston Lewis	2
Colby Lewis canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3715546 — 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: Colby Lewis
Context triple: [Bakersfield High School, notableAlumnus, Colby Lewis]

A. Kyle Gibson
Kyle Gibson is an American professional baseball pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball for multiple teams, including the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, and Philadelphia Phillies.
B. Trevor Bauer
Trevor Bauer is an American professional baseball pitcher known for his high strikeout rates, analytical approach to pitching, and a Cy Young Award–winning season in Major League Baseball.
C. Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin is an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his key role with the Washington Nationals during their 2019 championship season.
D. Garret Price
Garret Price is a documentary filmmaker best known for directing the acclaimed film "Love, Antosha" about the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
E. Paul Mejia
Paul Mejia is a former ballet dancer and choreographer, known for his work with major American ballet companies and his marriage to renowned ballerina Suzanne Farrell.
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: Colby Lewis
Target entity description: Colby Lewis is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his tenure with the Texas Rangers, including key contributions to their World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011.

A. Kyle Gibson
Kyle Gibson is an American professional baseball pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball for multiple teams, including the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, and Philadelphia Phillies.
B. Trevor Bauer
Trevor Bauer is an American professional baseball pitcher known for his high strikeout rates, analytical approach to pitching, and a Cy Young Award–winning season in Major League Baseball.
C. Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin is an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his key role with the Washington Nationals during their 2019 championship season.
D. Garret Price
Garret Price is a documentary filmmaker best known for directing the acclaimed film "Love, Antosha" about the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
E. Paul Mejia
Paul Mejia is a former ballet dancer and choreographer, known for his work with major American ballet companies and his marriage to renowned ballerina Suzanne Farrell.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ pitcher ⓘ
bats	right ⓘ
birthName	Colby Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colby Preston Lewis
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1979-08-02 ⓘ
draftedBy	Texas Rangers ⓘ
draftedFrom	Bakersfield College ⓘ
draftPickOverall	38 ⓘ
draftRound	1st round supplemental ⓘ
draftYear	1999 ⓘ
education	Bakersfield College ⓘ
familyName	Lewis ⓘ
finalMLBgameDate	2016-09-28 ⓘ
finalMLBteam	Texas Rangers ⓘ
fullName	Colby Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colby Preston Lewis
givenName	Colby ⓘ
helpedTeamReach	2010 World Series ⓘ 2011 World Series ⓘ
isKnownFor	key contributions to Texas Rangers 2010 World Series appearance ⓘ key contributions to Texas Rangers 2011 World Series appearance ⓘ
jerseyNumber	48 ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn	Major League Baseball ⓘ Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
MLBdebutDate	2002-08-02 ⓘ
MLBdebutTeam	Texas Rangers ⓘ
notableEvent	starting pitcher in 2010 American League Championship Series ⓘ starting pitcher in 2011 American League Championship Series ⓘ
NPBdebutTeam	Hiroshima Toyo Carp ⓘ
occupation	former professional baseball pitcher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bakersfield ⓘ surface form: Bakersfield, California, United States
playedFor	Detroit Tigers ⓘ Hiroshima Toyo Carp ⓘ Oakland Athletics ⓘ Texas Rangers ⓘ
positionPlayed	pitcher ⓘ
retiredFrom	professional baseball ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
teamTenure	Detroit Tigers 2006 ⓘ Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2008–2009 ⓘ Oakland Athletics 2007 ⓘ Texas Rangers 2002–2004 ⓘ Texas Rangers 2010–2016 ⓘ
throws	right ⓘ
worldSeriesTeam	Texas Rangers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Bakersfield High School → notableAlumnus → Colby Lewis ⓘ

Colby Lewis → fullName → Colby Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colby Preston Lewis

Colby Lewis → birthName → Colby Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ