He passed Early Wynn and Lefty Grove for 18th place on the all-time victory list.
He won 20 or more games in a season seven times for the A's, a club record that he shares with Lefty Grove.
Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell didn't get to the big leagues until each was 25.
Compare him with the pitcher who many believe was the greatest in the first half of the 20th century, Lefty Grove.
Lefty Grove had a .707 winning percentage for the remaining 15 years of his career.
Lefty Grove received six votes despite the fact that he had already been elected to the Hall of Fame, in 1947.
The first one was hit off Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to become a 300-game winner.
Ruth hit number 57 off Lefty Grove of the Athletics.
Of Lefty Grove, it was said that his fastball was so good he "could throw a lamb chop past a wolf."
He's one of only two pitchers to finish his career with exactly 300 wins, sharing that distinction with the great Lefty Grove.