George Lynford Throop (born November 24 1950 at Pasadena California) is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher Throop appeared in 30 games all in relief over parts of four Major League seasons between 1975 and 1979. 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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