Cy Young Award

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baseball award sports award

The Cy Young Award is Major League Baseball’s annual honor given to the best pitchers in each league, named after Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young.

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Label	Occurrences
American League Cy Young Award	24
Cy Young Award canonical	22
National League Cy Young Award	20
1960 Cy Young Award	1
1960 National League Cy Young Award	1
1967 American League Cy Young Award	1
1976 National League Cy Young Award	1
1988 National League Cy Young Award	1
1994 American League Cy Young Award	1
2007 AL Cy Young Award	1
2008 American League Cy Young Award	1
2010 American League Cy Young Award	1
AL Cy Young Award	1
Cy Young Award in the National League	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T260588 — 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: Cy Young Award
Context triple: [Pedro Martínez, awarded, Cy Young Award]

A. World Series Most Valuable Player Award
The World Series Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the player judged to have delivered the most outstanding performance in the World Series championship.
B. Silver Slugger Award
The Silver Slugger Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the best offensive players at each position in both the American and National Leagues.
C. American League Championship Series MVP Award
The American League Championship Series MVP Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the most outstanding player in the American League Championship Series.
D. Roberto Clemente Award
The Roberto Clemente Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, community involvement, and positive contributions on and off the field.
E. Gold Glove Award
The Gold Glove Award is a prestigious Major League Baseball honor given annually to players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performance at each position.
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: Cy Young Award
Target entity description: The Cy Young Award is Major League Baseball’s annual honor given to the best pitchers in each league, named after Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young.

A. World Series Most Valuable Player Award
The World Series Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the player judged to have delivered the most outstanding performance in the World Series championship.
B. Silver Slugger Award
The Silver Slugger Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the best offensive players at each position in both the American and National Leagues.
C. American League Championship Series MVP Award
The American League Championship Series MVP Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the most outstanding player in the American League Championship Series.
D. Roberto Clemente Award
The Roberto Clemente Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, community involvement, and positive contributions on and off the field.
E. Gold Glove Award
The Gold Glove Award is a prestigious Major League Baseball honor given annually to players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performance at each position.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball award ⓘ sports award ⓘ
abbreviation	Cy Young ⓘ
awardedFor	best regular-season pitching performance ⓘ
category	pitching award ⓘ
considerationIncludes	earned run average ⓘ innings pitched ⓘ overall value to team ⓘ strikeouts ⓘ wins ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentScope	American League ⓘ National League ⓘ
eligibility	Major League Baseball pitchers ⓘ
firstAwarded	1956 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasAmericanLeagueVersion	Cy Young Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: American League Cy Young Award
hasGenderRestriction	no ⓘ
hasNationalLeagueVersion	Cy Young Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National League Cy Young Award
hasStatisticalCriteria	pitching statistics ⓘ
honors	best pitcher ⓘ
inceptionSeason	1956 MLB season ⓘ
isIndividualAward	yes ⓘ
isMajorMLBAward	yes ⓘ
isTeamAward	no ⓘ
league	Major League Baseball ⓘ
namedAfter	Cy Young ⓘ
namedForRole	Hall of Fame pitcher ⓘ
notableMultipleTimeWinners	Greg Maddux ⓘ Randy Johnson ⓘ Roger Clemens ⓘ Steve Carlton ⓘ
originalScope	all of Major League Baseball ⓘ
presentedBy	Major League Baseball ⓘ
relatedAward	Manager of the Year Award ⓘ Most Valuable Player award ⓘ surface form: Most Valuable Player Award Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
selectionBody	Baseball Writers' Association of America ⓘ surface form: Baseball Writers Association of America
selectionMethod	voting by Baseball Writers Association of America ⓘ
separateAwardsByLeagueSince	1967 ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
timeOfYearAwarded	postseason ⓘ
typeOfRecognition	individual performance award ⓘ

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Pedro Martínez → awarded → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Max Scherzer → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Max Scherzer → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Cy Young → hasAwardNamedAfter → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Major League Baseball awards → hasComponent → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Steve Carlton → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Roberto Clemente Award → distinctFrom → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Fergie Jenkins → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

David Cone → CyYoungAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1994 American League Cy Young Award

Dwight Gooden → award → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Clayton Kershaw → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Cy Young Award → hasAmericanLeagueVersion → Cy Young Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Cy Young Award → hasNationalLeagueVersion → Cy Young Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Fernando Valenzuela → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Orel Hershiser → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1988 National League Cy Young Award

American League Rookie of the Year → isRelatedTo → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Greg Maddux → wonAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Bob Gibson → award → Cy Young Award ⓘ

NL → hasAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

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this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Bret Saberhagen → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

John Smoltz → award → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Cliff Lee → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Cliff Lee → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2008 American League Cy Young Award

Justin Verlander → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Jake Peavy → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

1988 American League → featuredAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

subject surface form: 1988 American League season

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Gerrit Cole → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Randy Jones → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Randy Jones → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1976 National League Cy Young Award

Felix Hernandez → CyYoungAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2010 American League Cy Young Award

Felix Hernandez → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Manager of the Year Award → relatedAward → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award → isDifferentFrom → Cy Young Award ⓘ

David Price → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

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Rookie of the Year Award → notableMultipleAwardWinnersAlsoWon → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Tim Lincecum → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

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Fergie → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

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this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Rollie Fingers → award → Cy Young Award ⓘ

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Denton True Young → awardNamedAfter → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Ferguson Arthur Jenkins → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Jim Lonborg → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Jim Lonborg → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1967 American League Cy Young Award

Vern Law → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 Cy Young Award

Vern Law → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Vern Law → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 National League Cy Young Award

Eiji Sawamura Award → comparableTo → Cy Young Award ⓘ

Johan Santana → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: American League Cy Young Award

Doc → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

Dr. K → awardReceived → Cy Young Award ⓘ

subject surface form: Dwight Gooden

this entity surface form: National League Cy Young Award

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