Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Ron Shoop - Ronald Lee Shoop (September 19 1931 March 14 2003) was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season (1959) with the Detroit Tigers. For his career he compiled a .143 batting average in seven at-bats with one run batted in. He was born and later died in Rural Valley Pennsylvania at the age of 71.
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Athlete