Given the question: Marino Pieretti - Marino Paul Pieretti (September 23 1920 January 30 1981) was an Italian-born American professional baseball player. Born in Lucca in Tuscany he grew up in San Francisco's North Beach district. He was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 194 games 68 as a starter in the Major Leagues from 1945 through 1950 for the Washington Senators Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. Pieretti stood 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall and weighed 153 pounds (69 kg). 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