Red Faber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1888
Place of Birth: Cascade, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 25-Sep-1976
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Red Faber
- Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 – September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 through 1933, 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, was later traded to the AL and appear in 10 games for the Yankees in 1934.
- Faber was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
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