Please answer the following question: Matthew Paul Clement (born August 12 1974 in Butler Pennsylvania) is a retired Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres (1998-2000) Florida Marlins (2001) Chicago Cubs (2002-2004) and Boston Red Sox (2005-2006). While on the Red Sox active roster he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed.Clement had a sinking fastball in the low 90s and a hard slider he mixed with a four-seamer and a changeup. 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