Tom Henke
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Tom Henke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known as a dominant closer for the Toronto Blue Jays and a key contributor to their early 1990s success.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Henke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6274270 — 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: Tom Henke Context triple: [Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, notableInductee, Tom Henke]
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A.
Klaus Heissler
Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
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B.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
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C.
Thomas Schippers
Thomas Schippers was an American conductor renowned for his dynamic interpretations of opera and orchestral repertoire, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Carl Hasenauer
Carl Hasenauer was a prominent 19th-century Austrian architect known for his monumental historicist buildings in Vienna.
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E.
Karl Jarres
Karl Jarres was a German conservative politician of the Weimar Republic who served as Vice-Chancellor and Interior Minister and was a prominent right-wing candidate in the 1925 presidential election.
- 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: Tom Henke Target entity description: Tom Henke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known as a dominant closer for the Toronto Blue Jays and a key contributor to their early 1990s success.
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A.
Klaus Heissler
Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
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B.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
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C.
Thomas Schippers
Thomas Schippers was an American conductor renowned for his dynamic interpretations of opera and orchestral repertoire, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Carl Hasenauer
Carl Hasenauer was a prominent 19th-century Austrian architect known for his monumental historicist buildings in Vienna.
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E.
Karl Jarres
Karl Jarres was a German conservative politician of the Weimar Republic who served as Vice-Chancellor and Interior Minister and was a prominent right-wing candidate in the 1925 presidential election.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball player
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closer ⓘ human ⓘ pitcher ⓘ relief pitcher ⓘ |
| allStarSelection | 1995 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Rolaids Relief Man Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| careerERA | 2.67 ⓘ |
| careerGamesPitched | 642 ⓘ |
| careerSaves | 311 ⓘ |
| careerStrikeouts | 861 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-12-21 ⓘ |
| familyName | Henke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 1995-09-30 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Anthony Henke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 6 ft 5 in ⓘ |
| inductedInto | Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 50 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a dominant closer for the Toronto Blue Jays
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contributing to the Toronto Blue Jays success in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| madeMLBDebutFor | Texas Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 1982-09-10 ⓘ |
| nickname | The Terminator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePitch |
fastball
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forkball ⓘ |
| occupation | former professional baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
St. Louis Cardinals
NERFINISHED
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Texas Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto Blue Jays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
closer
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pitcher ⓘ relief pitcher ⓘ |
| retired | true ⓘ |
| roleInChampionship | closer ⓘ |
| teamInChampionship | Toronto Blue Jays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| won | 1992 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAward | 1995 ⓘ |
| yearOfInduction | 2011 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Henke Description of subject: Tom Henke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known as a dominant closer for the Toronto Blue Jays and a key contributor to their early 1990s success.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.