Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Brian E. Cooper
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9780786427215
ISBN 10: 0786427213
Pages: 279
Publication Date: 15 November 2006
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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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 --SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter; nicely done --Nine; a real treat, a book about a legendary player whose team I've followed for 45 years written by an author whose work I've admired for 30. This is an authoritative, well-researched baseball book, recommended for anyone who truly loves the game.--Ken Paulson, editor USA Today; Here is the 'Old Redhead' as only Brian Cooper can tell it. Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography. --Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian and author of The White Sox Encyclopedia; anyone with even a slight passion for America's game will want to read Red Faber; I couldn't put it down. A great read. --Gary Dolphin, Sportscaster; A great job of research and writing, full of humor and surprises. Hall-of-fame spitballer Red Faber's long career is the story of baseball's exuberant youth --Robert Byrne, author.
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 (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter); nicely done --Nine; a real treat, a book about a legendary player whose team I've followed for 45 years written by an author whose work I've admired for 30. This is an authoritative, well-researched baseball book, recommended for anyone who truly loves the game.--Ken Paulson, editor USA Today; Here is the 'Old Redhead' as only Brian Cooper can tell it. Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography. --Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian and author of The White Sox Encyclopedia; anyone with even a slight passion for America's game will want to read Red Faber; I couldn't put it down. A great read. --Gary Dolphin, Sportscaster; A great job of research and writing, full of humor and surprises. Hall-of-fame spitballer Red Faber's long career is the story of baseball's exuberant youth --Robert Byrne, author.
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; nicely done --Nine; a real treat, a book about a legendary player whose team I've followed for 45 years written by an author whose work I've admired for 30. This is an authoritative, well-researched baseball book, recommended for anyone who truly loves the game.--Ken Paulson, editor USA Today; Here is the 'Old Redhead' as only Brian Cooper can tell it. Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography. --Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian and author of The White Sox Encyclopedia; anyone with even a slight passion for America's game will want to read Red Faber; I couldn't put it down. A great read. --Gary Dolphin, Sportscaster; A great job of research and writing, full of humor and surprises. Hall-of-fame spitballer Red Faber's long career is the story of baseball's exuberant youth --Robert Byrne, author.
Author Information
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.
