Given the question: Mark Anthony Brown (born July 13 1959) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball 1984 for the Baltimore Orioles and 1985 for the Minnesota Twins. He played college baseball for the University of Massachusetts. 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?
The answer is:
Athlete