Astoundingly Faber, whose 67.7 pitching WAR ranked 11th at the time of his retirement (and still ranks 38th all-time, 90 seasons later), never received more than 30.9% BBWAA voting support over 16 (!) different votes - and 10 times failed to poll at as much as 5%.
With Ed Farmer signing with the Philadelphia Phillies in the offseason, the White Sox made the first such draft pick in history, selecting Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joel Skinner from the compensation pool after losing Farmer.
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