Answer the following question: John M. Gilroy (18691897) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played for the Washington Senators of the National League during the 1895 and 1896 baseball seasons. He was playing with the Norfolk Jewels of the Atlantic League in 1897 when he died.He was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington D.C. 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