1988 National League Cy Young Award
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The 1988 National League Cy Young Award honored the league’s top pitcher for that season, recognizing the most outstanding pitching performance in Major League Baseball’s National League.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1988 National League Cy Young Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10063369 — 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: 1988 National League Cy Young Award Context triple: [Orel Hershiser, awardReceived, 1988 National League Cy Young Award]
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A.
1969 National League Cy Young Award
The 1969 National League Cy Young Award honored the league's most outstanding pitcher for that Major League Baseball season.
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B.
Reliever of the Year Award
The Reliever of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the most outstanding relief pitchers in each league.
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C.
Warren Spahn Award
The Warren Spahn Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the sport's top left-handed pitcher, named after Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.
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D.
The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual honor presented by The Sporting News to recognize the most outstanding Major League Baseball pitcher in each league.
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E.
1985 Cy Young Award season
The 1985 Cy Young Award season refers to the Major League Baseball campaign in which pitchers Bret Saberhagen (American League) and Dwight Gooden (National League) delivered dominant performances that earned them the league’s top pitching honor.
- 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: 1988 National League Cy Young Award Target entity description: The 1988 National League Cy Young Award honored the league’s top pitcher for that season, recognizing the most outstanding pitching performance in Major League Baseball’s National League.
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A.
1969 National League Cy Young Award
The 1969 National League Cy Young Award honored the league's most outstanding pitcher for that Major League Baseball season.
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B.
Reliever of the Year Award
The Reliever of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the most outstanding relief pitchers in each league.
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C.
Warren Spahn Award
The Warren Spahn Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the sport's top left-handed pitcher, named after Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.
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D.
The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual honor presented by The Sporting News to recognize the most outstanding Major League Baseball pitcher in each league.
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E.
1985 Cy Young Award season
The 1985 Cy Young Award season refers to the Major League Baseball campaign in which pitchers Bret Saberhagen (American League) and Dwight Gooden (National League) delivered dominant performances that earned them the league’s top pitching honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cy Young Award
ⓘ
baseball award ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ |
| category |
1988 in baseball
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Major League Baseball pitching awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | 1989 National League Cy Young Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | 1987 National League Cy Young Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Cy Young Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major League Baseball awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueMVPWinner | Kirk Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cy Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position |
pitcher
ⓘ
pitcher ⓘ pitcher ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Baseball Writers' Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedFor | best pitcher in the National League ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Danny Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpTeam | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 1988 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| team |
Cincinnati Reds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingBody | Baseball Writers' Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingResultFirstPlaceVotes | 24 ⓘ |
| votingResultTotalBallots | 24 ⓘ |
| votingResultType | unanimous selection ⓘ |
| winner | Orel Hershiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerAge | 29 ⓘ |
| winnerCompleteGames | 15 ⓘ |
| winnerConsecutiveScorelessInnings | 59 ⓘ |
| winnerConsecutiveScorelessInningsRecordType | Major League Baseball record ⓘ |
| winnerERA | 2.26 ⓘ |
| winnerInningsPitched | 267 ⓘ |
| winnerLeague | National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerLosses | 8 ⓘ |
| winnerShutouts | 8 ⓘ |
| winnerStrikeouts | 178 ⓘ |
| winnerTeam | Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerTeamResult | 1988 World Series champion ⓘ |
| winnerWins | 23 ⓘ |
| year | 1988 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: 1988 National League Cy Young Award Description of subject: The 1988 National League Cy Young Award honored the league’s top pitcher for that season, recognizing the most outstanding pitching performance in Major League Baseball’s National League.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Orel Hershiser