Q:John Leo Dowd (born John Leo O'Dowd from January 3 1891 to January 31 1981) was a Major League Baseball Shortstop. Dowd played for the New York Highlanders in 1912. In 10 career games he had a .194 batting average with six hits in 31 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed.Dowd was born in Weymouth Massachusetts and died in Fort Lauderdale Florida. 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