Bub McAtee

{{Short description|American baseball player (1845–1876)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Bub McAtee

| image = Bubmcatee.jpg

| position = First baseman

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Right

| birth_date = March 1845

| birth_place = Troy, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1876|10|18|1845|3}}

| death_place = Troy, New York

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = May 8

| debutyear = {{baseball year|1871}}

| debutteam = Chicago White Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 23

| finalyear = {{baseball year|1872}}

| finalteam = Troy Haymakers

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Games played

| stat1value = 51

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 65

| stat3label = Batting average

| stat3value = .249

| teams =

;  National Association of Base Ball Players

: Troy Haymakers (1866–1869)

: Chicago White Stockings (1870)

;  National Association of Professional BBP

: Chicago White Stockings ({{baseball year|1871}})

: Troy Haymakers ({{baseball year|1872}})

| highlights =

}}

Michael James "Bub" McAtee (March 1845 – October 18, 1876) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played two seasons in the NAPBBP. He played one season for the Chicago White Stockings (1871) and one for the Troy Haymakers (1872). He was the regular first baseman for both clubs. At the plate he went 65-for-264, for a .246 batting average, with 25 RBIs and 64 runs scored.{{cite web |title=Bub McAtee's career statistics |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmcatb101.htm |accessdate=2009-03-29 |website=retrosheet.org}}

McAtee died at the age of 31 in his hometown of Troy, New York, from consumption, and is interred at Saint John Cemetery.{{Cite news |date=1876-10-27 |title=Death of Mike McAtee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-death-of-mike-m/167542950/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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