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High School
- Two time All-Pacific League selection
- Pacific League MVP
- 1994 Los Angeles County Player of the Year
- 1994 San Fernando Valley Player of the Year
- All-Southern Section and All-State in California
- 50th round draft pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Earned a full athletic scholarship to play baseball at UCLA
UCLA AND 1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS
- All-Pac Ten selection three years in a row
- 1996 UCLA Player of the Year
- 1995 College Baseball Freshman All American
- 1997 Baseball America 1st team All-American
- 1997 Preseason All-American
- Collegiate Baseball 1st team All-American
- 1996 Midwest College Regional Playoff MVP
- College Coaches 1st team All-American
- Selected to the 1997 Smith Super Team
- Led all of Division I college baseball with 13 wins in 1997
- Compiled at 25-12 record while at UCLA
- Inducted into the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame in 2005
- Played for the USA Baseball Team in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that won bronze
- Drafted in the 1st round by the Chicago White Sox in 1997
MAJOR LEAGUE (7 seasons)
- 1st player out of the June 1997 amateur draft to make it to Majors
- Played 3 months in minors before Major League debut vs. the New York Yankees
- Went 8-5, with a 4.89 ERA rookie year
- Finished 6th overall in Rookie of the Year voting for 1998
- Went 14-6, with a 4.10 ERA in 2000
- In 2000 finished 6th overall in ERA, 3rd overall in winning percentage, 2nd overall by a left-handed starter, and 12th overall in innings pitched in the American League
- Started Game 1 of the ALCS in 2000 against Seattle and pitched 6 solid innings, leaving the game with a 4-3 lead.
- Took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Detroit Tigers in 2003
- Took a perfect game into the 7th inning against the Cleveland Indians in 1999
- Career best strikeouts in 9 innings - 10 (against the NY Yankees in 2000)
- Career best 7 consecutive win streak in 2000
Went 32 straight innings without giving up a homerun in 1998 - Pitched 13 consecutive scoreless innings in 1999
- American League player of the week 2 times in 2000
- Chicago White Sox Pitcher of the Year- 1998
- Pitched for the Seattle Mariners in 2007
