finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofmethod hofdate death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1933 25 september 1976 1914 254 -- 213 3.15 1,471 chicago white sox 6 september 1888 veteran 's committee 1964 chicago , illinois september 20 red-faber . jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts chicago white sox red faber right cascade , iowa april 17 switch pitcher red faber

red faber

urban clarence `` red '' faber -lrb- september 6 , 1888 -- september 25 , 1976 -rrb- was an american right-handed pitcher in major league baseball from through , playing his entire career for the chicago white sox .
he was a member of the 1919 team but was not involved in the black sox scandal because he missed the world series due to injury and illness .
faber won 254 games over his 20-year career , a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement .
at the time of his retirement , he was the last legal spitballer in the american league ; another legal spitballer , burleigh grimes , would later be traded to the al and appear in 10 games for the yankees in 1934 .
he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1964 .
