William John Bill Owens (November 14 1901 – May 5 1999) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1923 to 1933 with several teams. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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