As a teenager, Faber attended college prep academies in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa.

By the age of 16, Faber was receiving $2 to pitch Sunday games with a local baseball team in Dubuque.

Faber went the distance in the clinching Game 6 two days later at the Polo Grounds, picking up his third win of the Series by a 4–2 score.

As a consequence, he holds the all-time American League record for pitching decisions in a single World Series with four.

Faber spent most of 1918 in the United States Navy due to World War I.

Had Faber been healthy, he would almost certainly have gotten some of the starts that went to two of the conspirators, Eddie Cicotte and/or Lefty Williams.

During the summer of 1921, Faber and several other players had to leave a road trip in Washington after receiving subpoenas for the Black Sox trial in Chicago.

Faber made the trip but was not asked to testify and returned to the White Sox without missing a start.

Faber achieved most of his success with White Sox teams that were usually barely competitive.

After retiring as a player, Faber entered auto sales and real estate.

[11] Faber and catcher Ray Schalk started 306 games as a battery, fourth-most of any such duo since 1900.

Fran was Lutheran and a divorcee, and the couple married quickly, making the marriage unpopular among Faber's Catholic family.

[14] The couple had a son the next year, Urban C. Faber II, nicknamed "Pepper".

When he was 14 he suffered a broken neck in a near-fatal swimming accident, causing long-term health problems.