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- captured the first of his
- two MVP awards.
-
- Over his career, Walter
- led the league in the
- following departments: victories (6 times),
- ERA (5 times), games started (4 times),
- complete games (6 times), innings pitched
- (5 times), strikeouts (12 times), and shutouts
- (7 times). His 110 career shutouts are the
- most in major league history. His 416 lifetime
- wins are second only to Cy YoungΓÇÖs 511. He
- might have won a few more games, but in
- 65 of his losses, the Senators scored no
- runs.
-
- Walter pitched the Senators into the World
- Series two times in his 21 seasons. In
- 1924, he won the seventh game of the
-