Red Faber
1914–1933 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox
670G
.134AVG
.240OBP
.161SLG
More career statistics
170H
3HR
70RBI
7SB
254–213W–L
4,086.2IP
1,471K
3.15ERA
483GS
28SV
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,269 | 1,273 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 479 | 481 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,550 | 1,557 |
| Batting · Walks | 169 | 171 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 17,104 | 17,315 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,430 | 1,421 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,106 | 4,110 |
| Pitching · p hr | 111 | 112 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 12,260 | 12,264 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,471 | 1,475 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,814 | 1,816 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,213 | 1,223 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | 1,550 | 1,269 | 101 | 170 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 169 | 479 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 204 | .134 | .240 | .161 | .401 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,086.7 | 669 | 483 | 273 | 254 | 213 | 28 | 4,106 | 1,814 | 1,430 | 111 | 1,213 | 1,471 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 1.302 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1921-05-30 to 1921-06-13
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1915-07-14 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1921-05-26 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1915-06-24 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 337 | 736 | 85 | 0 | 37 | 76 | 209 | .141 | .219 | .164 |
| Away | 333 | 821 | 85 | 3 | 33 | 95 | 272 | .127 | .219 | .157 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 141 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 48 | .174 | .234 | .200 |
| May | 112 | 261 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 82 | .124 | .218 | .133 |
| June | 122 | 274 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 74 | .144 | .248 | .191 |
| July | 137 | 328 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 112 | .123 | .229 | .142 |
| August | 129 | 294 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 83 | .131 | .197 | .168 |
| September | 103 | 246 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 78 | .133 | .191 | .156 |
| October | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .231 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 109 | 267 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 81 | .159 | .240 | .187 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 105 | 276 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 100 | .099 | .217 | .112 |
| new-york-yankees | 103 | 222 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 72 | .115 | .189 | .170 |
| boston-red-sox | 100 | 211 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 65 | .102 | .190 | .125 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 87 | 210 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 57 | .158 | .214 | .185 |
| cleveland-guardians | 85 | 175 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 47 | .102 | .183 | .109 |
| st-louis-browns | 81 | 196 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 59 | .204 | .296 | .236 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 40 | 55 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .145 | 180 | 89 | |
| 1915 | 50 | 84 | 11 | – | 7 | 4 | .131 | 300 | 182 | |
| 1916 | 35 | 66 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .091 | 205 | 87 | |
| 1917 | 41 | 69 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .058 | 248 | 83 | |
| 1918 | 11 | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | .042 | 80 | 26 | |
| 1919 | 25 | 54 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .185 | 162 | 45 | |
| 1920 | 40 | 105 | 11 | – | 1 | 1 | .105 | 319 | 108 | |
| 1921 | 43 | 108 | 16 | – | 4 | 1 | .148 | 330 | 125 | |
| 1922 | 43 | 125 | 25 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 351 | 148 | |
| 1923 | 33 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .217 | 234 | 93 | |
| 1924 | 21 | 54 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .148 | 160 | 47 | |
| 1925 | 34 | 77 | 8 | – | 5 | – | .104 | 237 | 70 | |
| 1926 | 27 | 60 | 9 | – | 9 | – | .150 | 184 | 66 | |
| 1927 | 18 | 37 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .270 | 110 | 39 | |
| 1928 | 27 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 8 | – | .114 | 201 | 43 | |
| 1929 | 31 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .128 | 234 | 68 | |
| 1930 | 29 | 49 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .041 | 169 | 62 | |
| 1931 | 44 | 53 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .075 | 185 | 51 | |
| 1932 | 42 | 18 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .222 | 106 | 25 | |
| 1933 | 36 | 18 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 86 | 18 |