AWARDS:
• 1924 - AL MVP, All-Star and Satchel Page Award
• 1918 - All-Star Award
• 1915 - All-Star and Platinum Glove
• 1913 - AL MVP and Chalmers Award
• 1909 - All-Star Award
• 1908 - Platinum Glove
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Struck out 3,508 batters (the most until Nolan Ryan broke his record in 1983)
• Led the Senators to the World Series twice (Won in 1924 and lost in 1925)
• Pitched the most consecutive innings without giving up a home run (369)
• One of the first five players inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936
• The only pitcher in MLB history to win 20 games and hit .400 in a season
• Pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings, a record that stood until 1968
• Career Earned Run Average of 2.17 which is seventh best of all time
• Won the Pitching Triple Crown three times (1913, 1918 and 1924)
• Career record of 417 wins (second best in history), 279 losses
• He was named #60 on ESPN's top 100 athletes of the century
• In 1913, became the first pitcher to win the Chalmers Award
• Led the American League in Earned Run Average five times
• Led the American League in strikeouts twelve times
• Led the American League in shutouts seven times
• Led the American League in total wins six times
• Ranks third all time in innings pitched with 5,923
• Ranks fifth all time in complete games with 531
• Ranks first all time in total shutouts with 110
• Had a lifetime winning percentage of .599
• His ERA was under 2.00 eleven times
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