Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager and longtime face of the Los Angeles Dodgers, known for leading the team to multiple World Series titles and his colorful, outspoken personality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tommy Lasorda canonical | 16 |
| Thomas Charles Lasorda | 2 |
| Jo Lasorda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T234794 — 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: Tommy Lasorda Context triple: [Los Angeles Dodgers, notablePlayer, Tommy Lasorda]
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A.
Ozzie Guillén
Ozzie Guillén is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to a World Series championship in 2005.
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B.
Tito Francona
Tito Francona was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman who played primarily in the 1950s and 1960s and is also known as the father of manager Terry Francona.
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C.
Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia is a former Major League Baseball catcher and longtime Los Angeles Angels manager who led the team to its first World Series title in 2002.
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D.
Grady Little
Grady Little is an American former Major League Baseball manager best known for his controversial handling of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff during the 2003 postseason.
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E.
Connie Mack
Connie Mack was a legendary Major League Baseball manager and team owner best known for his record-long tenure with the Philadelphia Athletics and for building multiple championship teams in the early 20th century.
- 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: Tommy Lasorda Target entity description: Tommy Lasorda was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager and longtime face of the Los Angeles Dodgers, known for leading the team to multiple World Series titles and his colorful, outspoken personality.
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A.
Ozzie Guillén
Ozzie Guillén is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to a World Series championship in 2005.
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B.
Tito Francona
Tito Francona was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman who played primarily in the 1950s and 1960s and is also known as the father of manager Terry Francona.
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C.
Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia is a former Major League Baseball catcher and longtime Los Angeles Angels manager who led the team to its first World Series title in 2002.
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D.
Grady Little
Grady Little is an American former Major League Baseball manager best known for his controversial handling of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff during the 2003 postseason.
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E.
Connie Mack
Connie Mack was a legendary Major League Baseball manager and team owner best known for his record-long tenure with the Philadelphia Athletics and for building multiple championship teams in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian American
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Major League Baseball manager ⓘ baseball manager ⓘ baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| achievement | managed United States to baseball gold medal at 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| bats | left ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1927-09-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2021-01-07 ⓘ |
| employer | Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ |
| familyName | Lasorda ⓘ |
| fullName |
Tommy Lasorda
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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| gamesManaged | 3040 ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hallOfFameCategory | manager ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | 1997 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetiredBy | Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
colorful personality
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lifelong association with the Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ outspoken style ⓘ |
| leagueManagedIn | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| lossesAsManager | 1439 ⓘ |
| managedFrom | 1976 ⓘ |
| managedNationalTeam |
United States national baseball team
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surface form:
United States Olympic baseball team
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| managedTeam | Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ |
| managedTo | 1996 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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surface form:
National Baseball Hall of Fame
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| MLBPlayingDebutTeam |
Brooklyn Superbas
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surface form:
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| MLBPlayingDebutYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| nickname | Tommy ⓘ |
| occupation |
baseball manager
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baseball player ⓘ coach ⓘ executive ⓘ |
| pennantsWonAsManager |
1977
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1978 ⓘ 1981 ⓘ 1988 ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Brooklyn Superbas
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surface form:
Brooklyn Dodgers
Oakland Athletics ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Athletics
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| positionPlayed | pitcher ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Fullerton, California, United States ⓘ |
| role | vice president of the Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ |
| spouse |
Tommy Lasorda
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jo Lasorda
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| throws | left ⓘ |
| winsAsManager | 1599 ⓘ |
| worldSeriesTitlesAsManager |
1981
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1988 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tommy Lasorda Description of subject: Tommy Lasorda was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager and longtime face of the Los Angeles Dodgers, known for leading the team to multiple World Series titles and his colorful, outspoken personality.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thomas Charles Lasorda
this entity surface form:
Jo Lasorda
subject surface form:
Norristown, Pennsylvania
subject surface form:
Norristown, Pennsylvania
subject surface form:
Tommy Lasorda
this entity surface form:
Thomas Charles Lasorda
subject surface form:
1977 World Series