Red Faber

Urban Clarence Faber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 6, 1888 in Cascade, IA
High School: St. Joseph's Academy (Dubuque, IA)
School: Loras College (Dubuque, IA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1914 (Age 25)
Team: WhiteSox 1914-1933

Final Game: September 20, 1933 (Age 45)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1964.
View Red Faber Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: September 25, 1976 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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Hall of Fame

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1914	CHW	AL	25	P	40			181.1	67	7	58	2	3	.970	3.23	1.63	.936	2.96	2.93
1915	CHW	AL	26	P	50			299.2	100	7	85	8	4	.920	2.76	1.84	.937	3.01	3.00
1916	CHW	AL	27	P	35	25	15	205.1	79	3	71	5	1	.937	3.24	2.11	.945	2.95	2.96
1917	CHW	AL	28	P	41	29	16	248.0	105	13	84	8	0	.924	3.52	2.37	.947	3.04	3.05
1918	CHW	AL	29	P	11	9	5	80.2	31	1	29	1	1	.968	3.35	2.73	.952	2.82	2.84
1919	CHW	AL	30	P	25	20	9	162.1	59	6	48	5	1	.915	2.99	2.16	.948	2.83	2.83
1920	CHW	AL	31	P	40	39	28	319.0	103	15	78	10	5	.903	2.62	2.33	.949	2.70	2.68
1921	CHW	AL	32	P	43	39	32	330.2	105	10	90	5	5	.952	2.72	2.33	.956	2.70	2.68
1922	CHW	AL	33	P	43	38	31	352.0	102	4	94	4	1	.961	2.51	2.28	.963	2.60	2.59
1923	CHW	AL	34	P	32	31	15	232.1	82	8	70	4	3	.951	3.02	2.44	.959	2.72	2.70
1924	CHW	AL	35	P	21	20	9	161.1	36	4	31	1	1	.972	1.95	1.67	.959	2.53	2.49
1925	CHW	AL	36	P	34	32	16	238.0	84	13	67	4	1	.952	3.03	2.35	.960	2.66	2.64
1926	CHW	AL	37	P	27	25	13	184.2	36	1	33	2	1	.944	1.66	1.26	.957	2.66	2.63
1927	CHW	AL	38	P	18	15	6	110.2	42	5	37	0	1	1.000	3.42	2.33	.959	2.62	2.59
1928	CHW	AL	39	P	27	27	16	201.1	64	11	52	1	2	.984	2.82	2.33	.957	2.44	2.42
1929	CHW	AL	40	P	31	31	15	234.0	70	7	61	2	1	.971	2.62	2.19	.958	2.34	2.31
1930	CHW	AL	41	P	29	26	10	169.0	51	3	47	1	2	.980	2.66	1.72	.946	2.20	2.17
1931	CHW	AL	42	P	44	19	5	184.0	42	6	33	3	0	.929	1.91	0.89	.954	2.21	2.19
1932	CHW	AL	43	P	42	5	0	106.0	25	3	21	1	1	.960	2.04	0.57	.958	2.24	2.23
1933	CHW	AL	44	P	36	2	0	86.1	26	3	19	4	1	.846	2.29	0.61	.960	2.28	2.27
	20 Seasons			P	669	432	241	4086.2	1309	130	1108	71	35	.946	2.73	1.85	.952	2.66	2.61
	20 Seasons			TOT	669	432	241	4086.2	1309	130	1108	71	35	.946	2.73	1.85	.952	2.66	2.61
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1914	CHW	AL	25	40		40		40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	CHW	AL	26	50		50		50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	CHW	AL	27	35		35		35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	CHW	AL	28	41		41		41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	CHW	AL	29	11		11		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	CHW	AL	30	25	20	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	CHW	AL	31	40	39	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921	CHW	AL	32	43	39	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922	CHW	AL	33	43	38	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923	CHW	AL	34	33	31	33	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1924	CHW	AL	35	21	20	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925	CHW	AL	36	34	32	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1926	CHW	AL	37	27	25	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1927	CHW	AL	38	18	15	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	CHW	AL	39	27	27	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929	CHW	AL	40	31	31	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930	CHW	AL	41	29	26	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931	CHW	AL	42	44	19	44	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1932	CHW	AL	43	42	5	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	CHW	AL	44	36	2	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20 Seasons			670	369	670	492	669	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 1.5%) 1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1939 BBWAA ( 1.1%) 1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1948 BBWAA ( 2.5%) 1949 BBWAA ( 3.9%) 1950 BBWAA ( 5.4%) 1951 BBWAA ( 3.5%) 1952 BBWAA ( 3.8%) 1953 BBWAA ( 3.4%) 1954 BBWAA ( 4.8%) 1955 BBWAA (10.8%) 1956 BBWAA (17.6%) 1958 BBWAA (25.6%) 1960 BBWAA (30.9%) 1962 BBWAA (18.8%) 1964 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 1964 by Veteran's Committee	Awards (yr lg award) 1921 AL pitching_title 1922 AL pitching_title	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1915 AL 50 (1st)	Assists as P s c a p y 1917 AL 84 (5th) 1921 AL 90 (5th) 1922 AL 94 (1st) Career 1,108 (16th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1915 AL 8 (5th) 1917 AL 8 (3rd) 1919 AL 5 (5th) 1920 AL 10 (2nd) 1921 AL 5 (5th) 1925 AL 4 (5th) 1933 AL 4 (2nd) Career 71 (40th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1922 AL 2.28 (5th) 1923 AL 2.44 (4th) 1925 AL 2.35 (3rd) 1928 AL 2.33 (2nd) 1929 AL 2.19 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1914 AL .970 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1926 AL born 1888-09-06 (8th) 1927 AL born 1888-09-06 (10th) 1928 AL born 1888-09-06 (5th) 1929 AL born 1888-09-06 (7th) 1930 AL born 1888-09-06 (4th) 1931 AL born 1888-09-06 (2nd) 1932 AL born 1888-09-06 (1st) 1933 AL born 1888-09-06 (2nd)

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