Red Faber

Red Faber
Pitcher
Born: September 6th, 1888 Cascade , United States
Died on: September 25, 1976 Chicago , United States
Suggested: Switch	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 17,  1914  with the  Chicago White Sox
Last MLB assignment
September 20,  1933  with the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win-Loss Record	254-213
Earned Run Average	3.15
Strikeouts	1,471
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1914-1933)
Awards
World Series Winner (1917)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1964
Special selection	Veteran's Committee

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (born September 6, 1888 in Cascade , Iowa , † September 25, 1976 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

biography

Red Faber began his career as a right-handed pitcher in minor league baseball . In 1910 he even threw a perfect game , but after that he always had to struggle with inflammation in his arm. As a result, he decided to use the Spitball , which was later banned. Faber was the last player to legally use this throw.

Faber made his debut in the American League on April 16, 1914 with the Chicago White Sox , the team to which he would remain loyal throughout his twenty-year career. Outstanding were his achievements in the World Series of 1917. In the series against the New York Giants , he won three games and helped his team to the first title. He spent most of the season in 1918 with the Navy in the First World War . In 1919 he was struggling with arm problems again and only had an ERA of 3.83, the worst in his first nine years in MLB. In the scandal set the Black Sox , he had to because of arm problems and a flu on the bench take a seat and was therefore not involved in the events surrounding the series.

Due to the departures of players after these events, the White Sox were usually only able to place themselves in the lower half of the table after 1920. From 1920 to 1922 he achieved over 20 wins each and led the American League in the ERA category in 1921 and 1922. From 1920 to 1931 he only allowed 91 home runs , which corresponds to an average of only one home run a month. He played his last big game on May 29, 1929 with a one-hitter against the Detroit Tigers . From the 1931 season he was mainly used as a substitute thrower. He played his last game on September 20, 1933 at the age of 45. A total of 254 wins and 213 losses and an ERA of 3.15 were in his statistics. After his playing career, he worked at times as a coach for the White Sox.

In 1964, Red Faber was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . He died in Chicago in 1976 at the age of 88.

His stations as a player

• 1914-1933 Chicago White Sox

Web links

• Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography of Red Faber (English)
• Red Faber in the Hall of Fame (English)