Masaichi Kaneda
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Masaichi Kaneda was a legendary Japanese professional baseball pitcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest in Nippon Professional Baseball history and the only pitcher to win 400 games in the league.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masaichi Kaneda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6921717 — 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: Masaichi Kaneda Context triple: [Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, notableInductee, Masaichi Kaneda]
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A.
Jujiro Matsuda
Jujiro Matsuda was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the automobile manufacturer Mazda.
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B.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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C.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Tsutomu Kitagawa
Tsutomu Kitagawa is a Japanese suit actor best known for playing Godzilla in the franchise’s Millennium era films.
- 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: Masaichi Kaneda Target entity description: Masaichi Kaneda was a legendary Japanese professional baseball pitcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest in Nippon Professional Baseball history and the only pitcher to win 400 games in the league.
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A.
Jujiro Matsuda
Jujiro Matsuda was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the automobile manufacturer Mazda.
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B.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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C.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Tsutomu Kitagawa
Tsutomu Kitagawa is a Japanese suit actor best known for playing Godzilla in the franchise’s Millennium era films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nippon Professional Baseball player
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baseball pitcher ⓘ human ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ |
| allStarSelections | multiple NPB All-Star selections ⓘ |
| awards | Sawamura Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bats | left ⓘ |
| careerCompleteGames | 365 ⓘ |
| careerInningsPitched | 5526.2 ⓘ |
| careerShutouts | 82 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-10-06 ⓘ |
| debutLeague | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| earnedRunAverage | 2.34 ⓘ |
| era | postwar Japanese professional baseball ⓘ |
| familyName | Kaneda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| gamesWon | 400 ⓘ |
| genre | sports ⓘ |
| givenName | Masaichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holdsRecord |
most career wins in Nippon Professional Baseball
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only NPB pitcher with 400 career wins ⓘ |
| inductionYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 34 ⓘ |
| league | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOf | Lotte Orions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Masaichi Kaneda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 金田正一 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | The Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the greatest pitchers in NPB history
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durability and high strikeout totals ⓘ |
| occupation |
baseball commentator
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baseball manager ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Heiwa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | pitcher ⓘ |
| retiredNumber | 34 ⓘ |
| retiredNumberBy | Tokyo Yakult Swallows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| strikeouts | 4490 ⓘ |
| team |
Kokutetsu Swallows
NERFINISHED
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Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | left ⓘ |
| winLossRecord | 400–298 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Masaichi Kaneda Description of subject: Masaichi Kaneda was a legendary Japanese professional baseball pitcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest in Nippon Professional Baseball history and the only pitcher to win 400 games in the league.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.