Red Faber - Late Career and After Retirement

Late Career and After Retirement

In his last few seasons, Faber again returned to relief pitching, coming out of the bullpen 96 times between 1931 and 1933. He ended his career at age 45 with a 254-213 career record, a 3.15 ERA and 1471 strikeouts. He holds the White Sox franchise record for most games pitched, and held the team records for career wins, starts, complete games and innings until they were later broken by Ted Lyons. He returned as a White Sox coach for a few seasons, and later worked on a Cook County highway surveying team until he was nearly 80.

Faber died in Chicago at age 88, and was interred in Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago.

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