Given the question: Pat Ahearne -  Patrick Howard Ahearne (born December 10 1969) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1995 and part of the 2007 season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Macoto Cobras. He batted and threw right-handed.Ahearne was drafted by the Tigers in the 7th round of the 1992 draft. In his major league career Ahearne had a 0-2 record with a 11.70 ERA in four games in his one year career. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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Athlete