1961 World Series
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The 1961 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds to claim the title.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1961 World Series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5246849 — 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: 1961 World Series Context triple: [Tony Kubek, playedInWorldSeries, 1961 World Series]
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1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was a historic Major League Baseball championship between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees, famously decided by Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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B.
1963 World Series
The 1963 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship in which the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four games.
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C.
1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Baltimore Orioles swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series title.
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D.
1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ seven-game victory and the end of the Yankees’ early-20th-century dynasty era.
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E.
1965 World Series
The 1965 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Minnesota Twins, remembered for Sandy Koufax’s dominant pitching and the Dodgers’ seven-game victory.
- 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: 1961 World Series Target entity description: The 1961 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds to claim the title.
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A.
1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was a historic Major League Baseball championship between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees, famously decided by Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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B.
1963 World Series
The 1963 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship in which the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four games.
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C.
1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Baltimore Orioles swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series title.
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D.
1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ seven-game victory and the end of the Yankees’ early-20th-century dynasty era.
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E.
1965 World Series
The 1965 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Minnesota Twins, remembered for Sandy Koufax’s dominant pitching and the Dodgers’ seven-game victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball championship series
ⓘ
World Series ⓘ |
| bestOfFormat | best-of-seven series ⓘ |
| champion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championLeaguePennant | 1961 American League pennant ⓘ |
| championshipNumberForYankees | 19 ⓘ |
| city |
Cincinnati
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1961-10-09 ⓘ |
| game |
Game 1
ⓘ
Game 2 ⓘ Game 3 ⓘ Game 4 ⓘ Game 5 ⓘ |
| game1WinningTeam | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game2WinningTeam | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game4WinningTeam | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game5WinningTeam | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league |
American League
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National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfChampion | Ralph Houk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfRunnerUp | Fred Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Whitey Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayerTeam | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 1962 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Elston Howard
NERFINISHED
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Frank Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim O’Toole NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Mantle NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Maris NERFINISHED ⓘ Vada Pinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitey Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogi Berra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGames | 5 ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1960 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioNetwork | NBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpLeaguePennant | 1961 National League pennant ⓘ |
| season | 1961 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| seriesResult | New York Yankees won 4–1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1961-10-04 ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| umpireCrewChief | Bill Jackowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venue |
Crosley Field
NERFINISHED
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Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1961 World Series Description of subject: The 1961 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds to claim the title.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.