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Name	Team	Age
Jim Faber	Retired (1995, Age 38)	Died (2032, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16 (1976)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AAA)	0	16 years (24 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	9/6/1957
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	3
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (89.7 %)	F  (0.5 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1976

Minors

33.00

6 / 7

5 / 6

2 / 5

1 / 1

1 / 5

6 / 6

4 / 4

25 / 33

1977

Minors

39.00

3 / 4

5 / 7

3 / 5

5 / 8

2 / 5

4 / 5

6 / 6

28 / 39

1978

Minors

39.00

4 / 5

4 / 6

1 / 3

5 / 7

0 / 5

6 / 8

4 / 6

24 / 39

1978

Majors

10.50

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 2

4 / 10

1979

Minors

39.00

6 / 6

3 / 6

3 / 6

4 / 5

2 / 8

3 / 4

1 / 4

22 / 39

1980

Minors

7.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

3 / 7

1980

Majors

32.12

7 / 8

0 / 1

2 / 3

6 / 8

0 / 5

4 / 4

2 / 3

21 / 32

1981

Majors

53.02

2 / 5

5 / 8

3 / 12

4 / 5

1 / 7

4 / 6

4 / 10

23 / 53

1982

Majors

52.65

2 / 7

3 / 8

3 / 12

2 / 5

2 / 4

2 / 4

2 / 12

16 / 52

1983

Majors

53.64

2 / 6

2 / 7

2 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 4

3 / 8

1 / 10

10 / 53

1984

Majors

36.04

1 / 6

2 / 6

2 / 5

1 / 9

0 / 3

2 / 3

2 / 4

10 / 36

1985

Majors

57.80

1 / 10

0 / 6

2 / 11

1 / 6

1 / 9

1 / 8

2 / 7

8 / 57

1986

Majors

66.50

0 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 14

0 / 10

3 / 12

0 / 10

4 / 66

1987

Majors

67.09

0 / 8

2 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 11

2 / 67

1988

Majors

64.59

0 / 6

0 / 13

0 / 5

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 9

1 / 9

2 / 64

1989

Majors

67.40

0 / 10

0 / 13

1 / 15

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 8

2 / 67

1990

Majors

64.79

1 / 9

1 / 8

1 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 15

1 / 12

0 / 7

4 / 64

1991

Majors

66.00

0 / 10

1 / 18

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 66

1992

Majors

62.39

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 3

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 62

1993

Majors

34.20

0 / 9

0 / 1

0 / 6

1 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 34

1994

Majors

37.79

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 37

1995

Majors

1.40

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

Total

0

0

0

36 / 143

34 / 148

26 / 139

32 / 140

9 / 141

40 / 136

33 / 134

210 / 981

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1995-11-01	Jim Faber has retired from the Philadelphia Optimists
1980-05-06	The Philadelphia Optimists have promoted Jim Faber to the major league team. The Philadelphia Optimists have promoted Lorenzo Farrell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Optimists have sent Maurice Butcher to the minors. The Philadelphia Optimists have designated Sammy Mensor for assignment.
1978-06-19	The Brooklyn Optimists have promoted Lorenzo Farrell to the major league team. The Brooklyn Optimists have sent Fred Karger to the minors. The Brooklyn Optimists have sent Jim Faber to the minors.
1978-05-18	The Brooklyn Optimists have promoted Jim Faber to the major league team. The Brooklyn Optimists have sent Robert Siebert to the minors.
1976-08-27	The Philadelphia Optimists have sent Jim Faber to the minors.
1976-08-23	The Philadelphia Optimists have promoted Jim Faber to the major leagues.
1976-07-05	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Savants and the Philadelphia Optimists. The Philadelphia Optimists receive Jim Faber, Draft Pick - 1977 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Savants in exchange for Hal Hecker, Jose Daily.