Monty Stratton
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Monty Stratton was an American Major League Baseball pitcher whose career and life story, including his comeback after a leg amputation, were dramatized in the film "The Stratton Story."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monty Stratton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10812660 — 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: Monty Stratton Context triple: [The Stratton Story, mainSubject, Monty Stratton]
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A.
Monty Montgomery
Monty Montgomery is an American film producer and occasional actor best known for his work on distinctive, offbeat films such as David Lynch’s "Wild at Heart."
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B.
Monty Banks
Monty Banks was an Italian-born silent film comedian, actor, and director who became a prominent figure in early Hollywood and later worked in British cinema.
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C.
Monty Brogan
Monty Brogan is a New York drug dealer facing his last 24 hours of freedom before beginning a seven-year prison sentence in the film "25th Hour."
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D.
Leo Hunt
Leo Hunt is a fictional child character in the television series "Grey's Anatomy," known as the son of trauma surgeon Owen Hunt.
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E.
Monty Ross
Monty Ross is an American film producer best known for his frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee on several influential independent and studio 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: Monty Stratton Target entity description: Monty Stratton was an American Major League Baseball pitcher whose career and life story, including his comeback after a leg amputation, were dramatized in the film "The Stratton Story."
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A.
Monty Montgomery
Monty Montgomery is an American film producer and occasional actor best known for his work on distinctive, offbeat films such as David Lynch’s "Wild at Heart."
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B.
Monty Banks
Monty Banks was an Italian-born silent film comedian, actor, and director who became a prominent figure in early Hollywood and later worked in British cinema.
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C.
Monty Brogan
Monty Brogan is a New York drug dealer facing his last 24 hours of freedom before beginning a seven-year prison sentence in the film "25th Hour."
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D.
Leo Hunt
Leo Hunt is a fictional child character in the television series "Grey's Anatomy," known as the son of trauma surgeon Owen Hunt.
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E.
Monty Ross
Monty Ross is an American film producer best known for his frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee on several influential independent and studio films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball pitcher
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | American League All-Star selection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Memoryland Memorial Park, Greenville, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-09-29 ⓘ |
| earnedRunAverage | 3.71 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | professional sports ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 1938-09-27 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Chicago White Sox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Montgomery Ernest Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability | sports biography ⓘ |
| givenName | Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Dennis Stratton
NERFINISHED
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Monty Stratton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Texan ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | The Stratton Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 26 ⓘ |
| knownFor | comeback to baseball after leg amputation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | right leg amputation ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Chicago White Sox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 1934-06-02 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | Chicago White Sox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocusOf | inspirational sports drama ⓘ |
| notableEvent | accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to right leg in 1938 ⓘ |
| notableSeason | 1937 American League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | inspiration for the film "The Stratton Story" ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Major League Baseball All-Star Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Palestine, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Greenville, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor | minor league and semi-pro teams after amputation ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | pitcher ⓘ |
| residence | Greenville, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| spouse | Ethel Mae Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strikeouts | 196 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Stratton Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| winLossRecord | 36–23 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Monty Stratton Description of subject: Monty Stratton was an American Major League Baseball pitcher whose career and life story, including his comeback after a leg amputation, were dramatized in the film "The Stratton Story."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.