Yadier Molina
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Yadier Molina is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher renowned for his elite defense, leadership, and key role in multiple St. Louis Cardinals championship teams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yadier Molina canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10200085 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Yadier Molina Context triple: [Puerto Rico national baseball team, notablePlayerProduced, Yadier Molina]
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A.
Buster Posey
Buster Posey is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known for his stellar career with the San Francisco Giants, where he won multiple World Series titles and an MVP award.
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B.
Salvador Pérez
Salvador Pérez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher renowned for his power hitting, defensive excellence, and leadership, primarily with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
Jason Varitek
Jason Varitek is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known as a longtime Boston Red Sox captain and key leader on their mid-2000s championship teams.
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D.
Carlos Beltrán
Carlos Beltrán is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and nine-time All-Star known for his power-speed combination, elite defense in center field, and postseason performances.
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E.
Matt Holliday
Matt Holliday is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known as a star slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won a World Series championship and became a franchise icon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Yadier Molina Target entity description: Yadier Molina is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher renowned for his elite defense, leadership, and key role in multiple St. Louis Cardinals championship teams.
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A.
Buster Posey
Buster Posey is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known for his stellar career with the San Francisco Giants, where he won multiple World Series titles and an MVP award.
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B.
Salvador Pérez
Salvador Pérez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher renowned for his power hitting, defensive excellence, and leadership, primarily with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
Jason Varitek
Jason Varitek is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known as a longtime Boston Red Sox captain and key leader on their mid-2000s championship teams.
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D.
Carlos Beltrán
Carlos Beltrán is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and nine-time All-Star known for his power-speed combination, elite defense in center field, and postseason performances.
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E.
Matt Holliday
Matt Holliday is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known as a star slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won a World Series championship and became a franchise icon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball player
ⓘ
catcher ⓘ human ⓘ |
| AllStarGameSelection |
2009
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2010 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2018 ⓘ 2021 ⓘ |
| AllStarSelectionCount | 10 ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| careerEnd | 2022 ⓘ |
| careerStart | 2004 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1982-07-13 ⓘ |
| defensiveReputation | one of the best defensive catchers of his era ⓘ |
| familyName | Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Yadier Benjamín Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Yadier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GoldGloveAwardCount | 9 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
durability as a catcher
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elite defense ⓘ game-calling ability ⓘ leadership ⓘ pitch framing ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| memberOf | Molina baseball family ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 2004-06-03 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableForFranchise | key figure in St. Louis Cardinals championship teams GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberRetiredBy | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bayamón, Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PlatinumGloveAwardCount | 4 ⓘ |
| playedFor | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedIn |
National League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Baseball Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOfGoldGloveAwards | catcher ⓘ |
| postPlayingCareerRole |
coach
ⓘ
manager ⓘ |
| primaryPosition | catcher ⓘ |
| representedNationalTeam | Puerto Rico national baseball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
on-field manager-type catcher
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team leader ⓘ |
| sibling |
Bengie Molina
NERFINISHED
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José Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SilverSluggerAwardCount | 1 ⓘ |
| teamTenure | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| uniformNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesAppearance |
2004
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2006 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion |
2006
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2011 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yadier Molina Description of subject: Yadier Molina is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher renowned for his elite defense, leadership, and key role in multiple St. Louis Cardinals championship teams.
Referenced by (4)
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