Given the question: Randall William Randy Nosek (born January 8 1967 in Omaha Nebraska) is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Nosek played for the Detroit Tigers in 1989 and 1990. 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?
The answer is:
Athlete