Given the question: Jay Lindsey Tibbs (born January 4 1962 in Birmingham Alabama) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher with a seven-year career from 1984 to 1990. He played for the Cincinnati Reds Montreal Expos Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates. He had two winning seasons and a career earned run average of 4.20. 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