Born:
September 6, 1888
1909:
Drafted by Pirates
1910:
Pitched Perfect Game in minors
1912:
Purchased by De Moines from Pirates
1913:
Purchased by White Sox
Debut:
April 17, 1914 (White Sox)
1915: Threw
67 pitches in a complete game 3-hitter
1917: Won 3
games in 2 days
1917: Set
record with 4 decisions in a single World Series (3-1 record)
1917: White
Sox won World Series
1918: World
War I service
1919:
Suffered from flu much of the season, which cost the Sox the World Series
1919: Black
Sox throw World Series.
1920:
Spitball banned; Faber is grandfathered in
1921: Won
25 games for a team that won 62. (25-15, 2.48 ERA, 1.149 WHIP)
1929:
Pitched a 1-hitter at age 40
1934:
Released by White Sox
1934:
Retired the last spitball pitcher in AL
He worked
as a coach and later on the Cook County highway survey team into his late 70s.
1964:
Elected to Hall of Fame
Died: 1976
Accomplishments:
1917 World
Champion
254-213
3.15 ERA
483
starts-283 CG
4086 IP
1471
strikeouts
1.302 WHIP
29 Shutouts
Won 15+
Games: 7x
Won 20+
games: 4x
Led league
in ERA: 2x
Sub 3.50
ERA: 8x
Sub 3 ERA:
7x
Sub 2.50
ERA: 3x
1.92 ERA
(1917)
Led league
in games (50): 1915
Led league
in GS (39): 1920
Led league
in CG: 2x
10+ CG: 13x
15+ CG: 10x
20+ CG: 4x
30+ CG: 2x
Led league
in saves (4): 1914
200+ IP:
10x
250+ IP: 4x
300+ IP: 3x
Led league
in IP (352): 1922
Led league
in WHIP: 2x
Postseason:
3-1, 2.33 ERA, 0.889 WHIP, 27 IP, 2 CG, 9 Ks (1917 World Series)
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