Please answer the following question: Michael Anthony Smith (born February 23 1961) is a retired American professional baseball player a right-handed pitcher who worked in 33 Major League games over five seasons (1984–1986; 1988–1989) doe the Cincinnati Reds Montreal Expos and Pittsburgh Pirates. 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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Athlete