Records and Achievements
- Most career doubles (792)
- Most career outfield assists (449)
- Sixth highest lifetime major-league batting average (.345)
- Fifth in career hits
- Sixth in career triples
- Eighth in career runs
- Led American League in batting 1 time
- Led American League in slugging percentage 1 time
- Led American League in on base percentage 4 times
- Led American League in hits 1 time
- Led American League in total bases 1 time
- Led American League in doubles 8 times
- Led American League in home runs 1 time
- Led American League outfielders in putouts 7 times
- Led American League outfielders in double plays 6 times
- Led American League outfielders in assists 3 times
- Led American League outfielders in fielding average 2 times
- Batted over .380 five times
- Struck out only 220 times in 10,195 at-bats (although his page at Tris Speaker statistics shows that records of strikeouts were not kept for the first six years of his career. Still, in the seasons in which records were kept, he never struck out more than 25 times).
- In 1999, he ranked Number 27 on the Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
- In 1912, became the first of only two players ever (Craig Biggio in 1998) to reach 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles in a season.
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