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Red Faber

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Full Name: Urban Clarence Faber Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: April 17, 1914
Birthdate: September 6, 1888 Final Game: September 20, 1933
Birthplace: Cascade, Iowa MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: September 25, 1976
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 6, 1888 in Cascade, Iowa, Red Faber (Urban Clarence Faber) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 20 year career. Faber broke into the bigs on April 17, 1914 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.68 ERA in 181.1 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Red Faber's best season was 1915 Major League Baseball 1915, when he posted a 2.55 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 182 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1914 CHI A 40 19 10 9 2.68 88 77 54 11 2 4 181.1 154 3 64 0 8 12
1915 CHI A 50 32 24 14 2.55 182 118 85 21 2 2 299.2 264 3 99 0 4 11
1916 CHI A 35 25 17 9 2.02 87 67 46 15 3 1 205.1 167 1 61 0 0 5
1917 CHI A 41 29 16 13 1.92 84 92 53 16 3 3 248 224 1 85 0 1 10
1918 CHI A 11 9 4 1 1.23 26 23 11 5 1 1 80.2 70 3 23 0 2 0
1919 CHI A 25 20 11 9 3.83 45 92 69 9 0 0 162.1 185 7 45 0 2 8
1920 CHI A 40 39 23 13 2.99 108 136 106 28 2 1 319 332 8 88 0 4 4
1921 CHI A 43 39 25 15 2.48 124 107 91 32 4 1 330.2 293 10 87 0 5 7
1922 CHI A 43 38 21 17 2.81 148 128 110 31 4 2 352 334 10 83 0 2 6
1923 CHI A 32 31 14 11 3.41 91 114 88 15 2 0 232.1 233 6 62 0 5 6
1924 CHI A 21 20 9 11 3.85 47 78 69 9 0 0 161.1 173 5 58 0 4 2
1925 CHI A 34 32 12 11 3.78 71 117 100 16 1 0 238 266 8 59 0 0 2
1926 CHI A 27 25 15 9 3.56 65 84 73 13 1 0 184.2 203 3 57 0 1 2
1927 CHI A 18 15 4 7 4.55 39 64 56 6 0 0 110.2 131 2 41 0 3 5
1928 CHI A 27 27 13 9 3.75 43 98 84 16 2 0 201.1 223 11 68 0 1 4
1929 CHI A 31 31 13 13 3.88 68 119 101 15 1 0 234 241 10 61 0 3 9
1930 CHI A 29 26 8 13 4.21 62 101 79 10 0 1 169 188 7 49 0 3 5
1931 CHI A 44 19 10 14 3.82 49 96 78 5 1 1 184 210 11 57 0 0 3
1932 CHI A 42 5 2 11 3.74 26 61 44 0 0 6 106 123 0 38 0 1 1
1933 CHI A 36 2 3 4 3.44 18 41 33 0 0 5 86.1 92 2 28 0 3 1
Total 669 483 254 213 3.15 1471 1813 1430 273 29 28 4086.2 4106 111 1213 0 52 103

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1914 CHI A P 40 0 0 7 58 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1915 CHI A P 50 0 0 7 85 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1916 CHI A P 35 0 0 3 71 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1917 CHI A P 41 0 0 13 84 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .924
1918 CHI A P 11 0 0 1 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1919 CHI A P 25 0 0 6 48 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .915
1920 CHI A P 40 0 0 15 78 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1921 CHI A P 43 0 0 10 90 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1922 CHI A P 43 0 0 4 94 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1923 CHI A P 32 0 0 8 70 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1924 CHI A P 21 0 0 4 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1925 CHI A P 34 0 0 13 67 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1926 CHI A P 27 0 0 1 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1927 CHI A P 18 0 0 5 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 CHI A P 27 0 0 11 52 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1929 CHI A P 31 0 0 7 61 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1930 CHI A P 29 0 0 3 47 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1931 CHI A P 44 0 0 6 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1932 CHI A P 42 0 0 3 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1933 CHI A P 36 0 0 3 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .846
Total P 669 0 0 130 1108 71 33 0 0 0 0 0 .946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1914 CHI A 40 55 3 8 0 1 .145 .277 .164 1 0 10 16 0 2 0 0 0
1915 CHI A 50 84 11 11 0 6 .131 .311 .190 1 2 20 33 2 12 4 0 0
1916 CHI A 35 63 4 6 0 2 .095 .174 .095 0 0 5 34 1 4 0 0 0
1917 CHI A 41 69 1 4 0 2 .058 .177 .072 1 0 10 38 0 8 0 0 0
1918 CHI A 11 24 1 1 0 0 .042 .148 .042 0 0 3 11 0 2 0 0 0
1919 CHI A 25 54 8 10 0 4 .185 .267 .185 0 0 6 20 0 3 0 0 0
1920 CHI A 40 104 10 11 0 1 .106 .244 .115 1 0 19 39 0 6 1 0 0
1921 CHI A 43 108 8 16 0 4 .148 .270 .148 0 0 17 35 1 8 1 0 0
1922 CHI A 43 125 8 25 0 5 .200 .248 .216 2 0 7 42 1 10 0 0 0
1923 CHI A 33 69 7 15 1 5 .217 .316 .304 3 0 10 28 0 8 1 0 0
1924 CHI A 21 54 6 8 0 1 .148 .246 .148 0 0 7 15 0 2 0 0 0
1925 CHI A 34 77 3 8 0 4 .104 .225 .117 1 0 10 24 2 6 0 0 0
1926 CHI A 27 60 7 9 0 10 .150 .250 .183 2 0 8 21 0 6 0 0 0
1927 CHI A 18 37 2 10 0 4 .270 .308 .351 3 0 2 8 0 5 0 0 0
1928 CHI A 27 70 3 8 1 10 .114 .162 .186 2 0 4 31 0 4 0 0 0
1929 CHI A 31 78 8 10 1 5 .128 .209 .192 2 0 8 24 0 4 0 0 0
1930 CHI A 29 49 4 2 0 2 .041 .190 .041 0 0 9 21 0 5 0 0 0
1931 CHI A 44 53 4 4 0 3 .075 .183 .094 1 0 6 26 1 4 0 0 0
1932 CHI A 42 18 0 4 0 1 .222 .462 .278 1 0 8 7 0 4 0 0 0
1933 CHI A 36 18 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
Total 670 1269 98 170 3 70 .134 .240 .161 21 2 169 479 8 104 7 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Dubuque (Three-I) in the Rule 5 major league draft on ([[September, 1909).
  • Sold by the Pittsburgh Pirates to Des Moines (Western) (1912).
  • Sold by the Des Moines (Western) to the Chicago White Sox on (August 25, 1913).
  • Released by the Chicago White Sox on (February 26, 1934).

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