Answer the following question: Sean Patrick Mulligan (born April 25 1970 in Lynwood California) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A catcher in the minor leagues Mulligan played in two games as a pinch hitter for the San Diego Padres in 1996. He was famously traded away from San Diego in exchange for $50000 and a treadmill. He last played professional baseball in 2001.Mulligan played college baseball at Illinois. 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