Red Faber

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.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction      1. Modest Hero      2. The Boy from Cascade      3. Hometown Professional      4. One Season, Three Teams      5. The Spitball      6. Des Moines      7. World Tourist      8. White Sox Rookie      9. Sophomore Sensation      10. “Feared by Every Batsman”      11. American League Champs      12. World Series Hero      13. The Lost Season      14. Black Sox      15. A Team Divided      16. A Pitching Sta› Named “Red”      17. Best in the American League (Again)       18. “A Puzzle”      19. Cellar Dwellers      20. “Old” No More      21. “Simply Too Much Red”      22. “Not the Same Faber”      23. “Youth Must Be Served?”      24. “A Good and Deserving Fellow”      25. In the Doghouse      26. “Faber Luck”      27. Two Wins      28. “A Stout-Hearted Old Warrior”      29. Parting       30. Odd Jobs      31. Cooperstown at Last      32. Twilight and Sunset      Appendix A: Statistics      Appendix B: Milestones      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“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.