Given the question: Emil Ogden Yde (January 28 1900 in Great Lakes Illinois December 4 1968 in Leesburg Florida) was a left-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (192427) and Detroit Tigers in 1929. As a rookie in 1924 Yde led the National League in shutouts with four and in winning percentage (.842) with a Winloss record of 163. 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