Question: Rudolph May Jr. (born July 18 1944 in Coffeyville Kansas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1965 to 1983 for the California Angels New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. May was noted for possessing a very good curveball[citation needed]. May was the 1980 American League ERA leader. 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?
Answer:
Athlete