Question: Robert Bernard Meinke (June 25 1887 December 29 1952) was an American baseball shortstop who appeared in 2 games for the Cincinnati Reds in 1910. He batted and threw right-handed. His father Frank Meinke played for the Detroit Wolverines of the National League from 18841885. 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