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Red Faber

Full name Urban Clarence Faber
Born September 6, 1888, Cascade, Iowa
Died September 25, 1976, Chicago, Illinois
Buried at Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois (Rose Section.- Block 5- Lot SE2- Grave 2)
First Game: April 17, 1914; Final Game: September 20, 1933
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1964
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1914 CHI A    Daily Splits   40    55    3    8   1   0   0    1   10   0i  16   0   2   0   3i  0i   0   0  .145  .277  .164   0.0 1914 CHI A
1915 CHI A    Daily Splits   50    84   11   11   1   2   0    6   20   0i  33   2  12   0   3i  0i   4   0  .131  .311  .190   0.0 1915 CHI A
1916 CHI A    Daily Splits   35    63    4    6   0   0   0    2    5   0i  34   1   4   0i  0i  0i   0   0  .095  .174  .095   0.0 1916 CHI A
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits   41    69    1    4   1   0   0    3   10   0i  38   0   8   0i  2i  0i   0   0i .058  .177  .072   0.0 1917 CHI A
1918 CHI A    Daily Splits   11    24    1    1   0   0   0    0    3   0i  11   0   2   0i  0i  0i   0   0i .042  .148  .042   0.0 1918 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits   25    54    8   10   0   0   0    4    6   0   20   0   3   0   0   2    0   0  .185  .267  .185   0.0 1919 CHI A
1920 CHI A    Daily Splits   40   104   10   11   1   0   0    1   19   0   39   0   6   0   1   0    1   0  .106  .244  .115   0.0 1920 CHI A
1921 CHI A    Daily Splits   43   108    8   16   0   0   0    4   17   0   35   1   8   0   1   0    1   0  .148  .270  .148   0.0 1921 CHI A
1922 CHI A    Daily Splits   43   125    8   25   2   0   0    5    7   0   42   1  10   0   4   3    0   0  .200  .248  .216   0.0 1922 CHI A
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits   33    69    7   15   3   0   1    5   10   0   28   0   8   0   3   1    1   0  .217  .316  .304   0.0 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits   21    54    6    8   0   0   0    1    7   0   15   0   2   0   0   0    0   0  .148  .246  .148   0.0 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits   34    77    3    8   1   0   0    4   10   0   24   2   6   0   2   1    0   0  .104  .225  .117   0.0 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits   27    60    7    9   2   0   0   10    8   0   21   0   6   0   0   0    0   0  .150  .250  .183   0.0 1926 CHI A
1927 CHI A    Daily Splits   18    37    2   10   3   0   0    4    2   0    8   0   5   0   0   2    0   0  .270  .308  .351   0.0 1927 CHI A
1928 CHI A    Daily Splits   27    70    3    8   2   0   1   10    4   0   31   0   4   0   2   0    0   0  .114  .162  .186   0.0 1928 CHI A
1929 CHI A    Daily Splits   31    78    8   10   2   0   1    5    8   0   24   0   4   0   2   3    0   0  .128  .209  .192   0.0 1929 CHI A
1930 CHI A    Daily Splits   29    49    4    2   0   0   0    2    9   0   21   0   5   0   0   1    0   0  .041  .190  .041   0.0 1930 CHI A
1931 CHI A    Daily Splits   44    53    4    4   1   0   0    3    6   0   26   1   4   0   0   1    0   0  .075  .183  .094   0.0 1931 CHI A
1932 CHI A    Daily Splits   42    18    0    4   1   0   0    1    8   0    7   0   4   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .462  .278   0.0 1932 CHI A
1933 CHI A    Daily Splits   36    18    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    6   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1933 CHI A
Total    (20 Years) Splits  670  1269   98  170  21   2   3   71  169   0i 479   8 104   0i 23i 15i   7   0i .134  .240  .161   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits    4     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    2   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .333  .143 1917 CHI A

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1914 CHI A    Daily Splits   40  19  11   2  17   4  181.1  154   721   3   77   54   64   1i  88  20i  8  12   0  18i 10i  3i 15i 10   9   2.68  3.68   0.3 1914 CHI A
1915 CHI A    Daily Splits   50  32  21   2  14   2  299.2  264  1212   3  118   85   99   1i 182  37i  4  11   0  31i 17i 14i 28i 24  14   2.55  5.47   1.9 1915 CHI A
1916 CHI A    Daily Splits   35  25  15   3   7   1  205.1  167   798   1   67   46   61   2i  87  31i  0   5   1  14i 10i  5i 19i 17   9   2.02  3.72   1.7 1916 CHI A
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits   41  29  16   3  10   3  248    224  1001   1   92   53   85   2i  84  28i  1  10   1  15i 10i 14i 23i 16  13   1.92  4.17   1.2 1917 CHI A
1918 CHI A    Daily Splits   11   9   5   1   1   1   80.2   70   319   3   23   11   23   0i  26  10   2   0   0   4   2   3i  5i  4   1   1.23  3.56   0.5 1918 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits   25  20   9   0   3   0  162.1  185   698   7   92   69   45   1   45  26   2   8   0  24  11  10  21  11   9   3.83  4.55  -1.6 1919 CHI A
1920 CHI A    Daily Splits   40  39  28   2   1   1  319    332  1291   8  136  106   88   4  108  60   4   4   0  45  18  23  35  23  13   2.99  5.87   2.0 1920 CHI A
1921 CHI A    Daily Splits   43  39  32   4   4   1  330.2  293  1350  10  107   91   87   1  124  45   5   7   0  51   8  25  30  25  15   2.48  4.28   6.9 1921 CHI A
1922 CHI A    Daily Splits   43  38  31   4   5   2  352    334  1464  10  128  110   83   0  148  51   2   6   0  45  10  22  31  21  17   2.81  4.29   4.6 1922 CHI A
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits   32  31  15   2   1   0  232.1  233  1000   6  114   88   62   3   91  33   5   6   0  27   5  19  31  14  11   3.41  4.77   1.4 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits   21  20   9   0   1   0  161.1  173   698   5   78   69   58   2   47  24   4   2   0  31   2  10  16   9  11   3.85  5.20   0.4 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits   34  32  16   1   1   0  238    266  1009   8  117  100   59   0   71  26   0   2   0  39   7  21  24  12  11   3.78  5.25   0.5 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits   27  25  13   1   0   0  184.2  203   798   3   84   73   57   0   65  17   1   2   0  32   9  12  18  15   9   3.56  5.04   0.6 1926 CHI A
1927 CHI A    Daily Splits   18  15   6   0   1   0  110.2  131   488   2   64   56   41   1   39  22   3   5   0  23   4   8  10   4   7   4.55  3.73  -0.2 1927 CHI A
1928 CHI A    Daily Splits   27  27  16   2   0   0  201.1  223   876  11   98   84   68   2   43  25   1   4   0  34  12  16  21  13   9   3.75  4.52   0.4 1928 CHI A
1929 CHI A    Daily Splits   31  31  15   1   0   0  234    241   984  10  119  101   61   3   68  32   3   9   0  44  11  13  18  13  13   3.88  4.42   0.8 1929 CHI A
1930 CHI A    Daily Splits   29  26  10   0   2   1  169    188   742   7  101   79   49   1   62  24   3   5   0  32   5  17  23   8  13   4.21  4.46   0.3 1930 CHI A
1931 CHI A    Daily Splits   44  19   5   1  14   1  184    210   807  11   96   78   57   3   49  10   0   3   0  34   2  22  24  10  14   3.82  3.53   0.6 1931 CHI A
1932 CHI A    Daily Splits   42   5   0   0  28   5  106    123   472   0   61   44   38   1   26   9   1   1   0  25   4  11  24   2  11   3.74  6.00   0.8 1932 CHI A
1933 CHI A    Daily Splits   36   2   0   0  24   5   86.1   92   376   2   41   33   28   0   18  12   3   1   0  17   3   7   8   3   4   3.44  2.50   0.3 1933 CHI A
Total    (20 Years) Splits  669 483 273  29 134  27 4086.2 4106 17104 111 1813 1430 1213  28 1471 542  52 103   2 585 160 275 424i254 213   3.15  4.60  23.4 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits    4   3   2   0   1   0   27     21   101   1    7    5    3   0    9   1   0   1   2   0   1   1   2   0   3   1   1.67  3.67 1917 CHI A

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1914 CHI A Daily Splits   P   40   19   11   180.2     7   58    2    3   0    3   22i  21    2i .970
1915 CHI A Daily Splits   P   50   32   21   300       7   85    8    4   0    6   25i  26    0i .920
1916 CHI A Daily Splits   P   35   25   15   205.1     3   71    5    1   0    0   20i  16    2i .937
1917 CHI A Daily Splits   P   41   29   16   248.2    13   84    8    0   0    3   27i  30    0i .924
1918 CHI A Daily Splits   P   11    9    5    80.2     1   29    1    1   0    1    9    5    0i .968
1919 CHI A Daily Splits   P   25   20    9   162.1     6   48    5    1   0    1   22   14    2  .915
1920 CHI A Daily Splits   P   40   39   28   319      15   78   10    5   0    3   15   22    2  .903
1921 CHI A Daily Splits   P   43   39   32   330.2    10   90    5    5   0    4   17   15    4  .952
1922 CHI A Daily Splits   P   43   38   31   351.2     4   94    4    1   0    2   14   16    7  .961
1923 CHI A Daily Splits   P   32   31   15   234.1     8   70    4    3   0    3   24   10    1  .951
1924 CHI A Daily Splits   P   21   20    9   160.1     4   31    1    1   0    2   16    8    0  .972
1925 CHI A Daily Splits   P   34   32   16   237.1    13   67    4    1   0    2    4   16    0  .952
1926 CHI A Daily Splits   P   27   25   13   184.2     1   33    2    1   0    1    6   12    3  .944
1927 CHI A Daily Splits   P   18   15    6   110.2     5   37    0    1   0    2    6    9    3 1.000
1928 CHI A Daily Splits   P   27   27   16   201.1    11   52    1    2   0    2   12   10    3  .984
1929 CHI A Daily Splits   P   31   31   15   234       7   61    2    1   0    0   19   12    4  .971
1930 CHI A Daily Splits   P   29   26   10   169       3   47    1    2   0    3   15    6    1  .980
1931 CHI A Daily Splits   P   44   19    5   185       6   33    3    0   0    3   17    6    1  .929
1932 CHI A Daily Splits   P   42    5    0   106       3   21    1    1   0    1    9    7    0  .960
1933 CHI A Daily Splits   P   36    2    0    86.1     3   19    4    1   0    0    7    1    0  .846
Total (20 Years) Splits   P  669  483  273  4088     130 1108   71   35   0   42  306i 262   35i .946
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1917 CHI A Daily Splits   P    4    3    2    27       1    9    0    2   0    1    0    1    0 1.000

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1946 CHI A   5-26   9-29
1947 CHI A   4-15   9-28
1948 CHI A   4-20  10- 3
Total ( 3 Years) 

Transaction Information

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Dubuque (Three-I) in the major league draft (September 1, 1909).

Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Des Moines (Western) (1912).

Sold by Des Moines (Western) to Chicago White Sox (August 25, 1913).

Released by Chicago White Sox (February 26, 1934).
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