George Henry Derby (July 6 1857 July 4 1925) nicknamed Johan was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (18811883) with the Detroit Wolverines and Buffalo Bisons. He was the National League strikeout champion as a rookie in 1881 with Detroit. For his career he compiled a 4856 record in 110 appearances with a 3.01 ERA and 428 strikeouts. 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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