Red Faber
A Biography of the Hall of Fame Spitball Pitcher
Brian E.
Cooper
ISBN
978-0-7864-2721-5
41 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
279pp.
softcover
2007
Available for immediate shipment
Description
This is the first full biography of Hall of Famer Urban “Red” Faber, who won a record three World Series games in 1917—until 2005, the last time the Chicago White Sox won it all. The winningest spitball pitcher in the American League and one of the oldest players ever to wear a major league uniform, Faber regularly challenged the game’s top hitters. He experienced the heights of championship baseball until the Black Sox scandal decimated Charles Comiskey’s team and relegated Faber to stardom on second-division White Sox clubs.
About the Author
Brian E. Cooper is the executive editor and editorial board chairman of the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa). His 2007 biography of Red Faber was a finalist for the Larry Ritter Award. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he lives in Dubuque.
 Award Winner
Finalist, Larry Ritter Book Award—SABR
Reviews
“Meticulously researched”—Telegraph Herald
“Offers the first full biography of Faber”—Sports Collectors Digest
“Cooper educates and entertains, and gives the Hall-of-Fame pitcher his rightful place on baseball lovers’ book shelves”—The Inside Game
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