Q:Raymond William Schalk (August 12 1892 May 19 1970) was an American professional baseball player coach manager and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox for the majority of his career. Known for his fine handling of pitchers and outstanding defensive ability Schalk was considered the greatest defensive catcher of his era. 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