Mac MacArthur
{{Short description|Scottish baseball player (1862–1932)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Mac MacArthur
| image =
| position = Pitcher
| bats = Unknown
| throws = Right
| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|1|19}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1932|10|18|1862|1|19}}
| death_place = Detroit, Michigan
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = May 2
| debutyear = 1884
| debutteam = Indianapolis Hoosiers
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = June 9
| finalyear = 1884
| finalteam = Indianapolis Hoosiers
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = Games pitched
| stat1value = 6
| stat2label = Win–loss record
| stat2value = 1–5
| stat3label = Earned run average
| stat3value = 5.02
| teams =
- Indianapolis Hoosiers ({{baseball year|1884}})
| highlights =
}}
Malcolm M. MacArthur (January 19, 1862 – October 18, 1932) was a Scottish professional baseball player, who played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association from May 2, 1884, to June 9, 1884.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmacam101.htm|title=Mac MacArthur|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=January 11, 2010}} He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of only nine individuals in Major League Baseball history to be a Scottish native.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/MISC/PN_163.htm#5|title=Birth, Death and Cemetery Locations in Scotland|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=January 11, 2010}} MacArthur was a starting pitcher for six games with the Hoosiers, completed each game, and had a win–loss record of 1–5 in 52 innings pitched. In those six starts, he gave up 49 runs, 29 of them were earned, on 57 hits, and had 21 walks, and hit two batsmen. He had his only major league victory, and 8–2 defeat of the Louisville Colonels on May 9 at Eclipse Park in Louisville, Kentucky.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1884/VIN201884.htm|title=The 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers Regular Season Game Log|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=January 11, 2010}}
Before his time with the Hoosiers, he had played professionally for the East Saginaw Grays of the Northwestern League in 1883. After his departure from the Hoosiers, he finished the 1884 season the Minneapolis Millers, also of the Northwestern league. He also played minor league baseball with the Syracuse Stars of the New York State League in 1885, the Toledo Avengers of the Western League in 1885, the Hamilton Clippers of the International Association in 1886, the Savannah team of the Southern Association in 1887, the Detroit Wolverines of the International Association in 1889, and the Lansing team of the Michigan State League in 1889.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=macart001mac|title=Mac MacArthur|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=January 11, 2010}}
MacArthur died at the age of 70 in Detroit, Michigan, and is interred at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Category:Indianapolis Hoosiers (AA) players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Major League Baseball players from Scotland
Category:Scottish baseball players
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:East Saginaw Grays players
Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Category:Toledo Avengers players
Category:Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players
Category:Hamilton Clippers players
Category:Steubenville Stubs players
Category:Savannah (minor league baseball) players
Category:Lansing Farmers players
Category:Detroit Wolverines (minor league) players
Category:Sportspeople from Glasgow
Category:Scottish emigrants to the United States