Richard Wallace Hall (born September 27 1930 in St. Louis Missouri) was a Pitcher and part-time Outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates (195257 and 1959) Kansas City Athletics (1960) Baltimore Orioles (196166 and 196971) and Philadelphia Phillies (196768). 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