Q:Chad Samuel Tracy (born July 4 1985) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Baltimore orioles of MLB. Prior to beginning his professional career he played college baseball at Pepperdine University. Tracy has also competed for the United States national baseball team. 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