How Iowan Red Faber could have swung the 1919 'Black Sox' World Series

Red Faber's teammates from the 1919 Chicago White Sox were thrown out of baseball for fixing the World Series. Fab was injured and couldn't play in the series. The White Sides lost in eight games. The 1989 film "Field of Dreams" was inspired by the story of the scandal. Jacob Pomrenke believes that if Fabers was healthy, the fix wouldn't have been carried out. He wrote "Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 WhiteSox Scandal".

Faber won 67 games in his first four seasons and helped the White Sox to a World Series title in 1917. He was injured during the 1919 World series and had to watch from the bench. The White Sox lost the series five games to three. The team was organized by gamblers and players, including Cicotte and Williams, who conspired to throw the World Championship. They were also in the fix were first baseman Chick Gandil, infielders Swede Risberg and Fred McMullin and outfielder Happy Felsch. Jackson and third baseman Buck Weaver were banished from baseball.

After the 1919 World Series, Red Faber went on to play for the Chicago White Sox. Fabers was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. The house where he was born still stands and there is a museum with his memorabilia. A year ago, the museum got more attention than usual when the White and Yankees played at the "Field of Dreams" movie site. The mayor hopes that people will visit the Museum during the festivities in Dyersville. He thinks that if Fabern hurt his ankle in 1919, his team would have won the World series.