Michael James "Bub" McAtee (March, 1845 – October 18, 1876) was an American

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) ...

first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the major ...

who played two seasons in the

NAPBBP The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully- professional sports league in baseball. The NA was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 se ...

. 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 Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average i ...

, with 25

RBIs A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the batt ...

and 64

runs scored In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls ...

. McAtee died at the age of 31 in his hometown of

Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany ...

, from consumption, and is interred at Saint John Cemetery.http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html

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* Major League Baseball first basemen Troy Haymakers (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings players Troy Haymakers players Baseball players from New York (state) 19th-century baseball players 1845 births 1876 deaths 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in New York (state) {{baseball-first-baseman-stub