1933 Goudey

Card #140 - Irving "Bump" Hadley

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The 1933 Goudey set is one of few in the hobby (such as the T-206 or 1952 Topps) that is so big, so innovative, and so loaded with important cards that it has practically defined its era. When a collector thinks about gum card issues from the 1930's, one of the first sets that springs to his mind is the 1933 Goudey. A landmark set, it was one of the first set issued in gum packs -- a practice that would continue for decades. At the time it appeared, this was (at 240 total cards) the largest set in quite a number of years, and the largest major set to appear on the market until 1949.

The card fronts feature a color reproduction of either an action shot or a player portrait. The player's name appears against the solid-colored background. At the bottom of some cards, there is a red box with the "Big League Chewing Gum" name -- not to be confused with Big League Chew that has been sold in tobacco-style pouches since the 1970s -- however, the box does not appear on all cards in this set. A Goudey copyright appears in a lower corner of the card, regardless of whether the box shows up at the card bottom. Card backs feature a written summary of the player's career. The card number and the player's name and team affiliation appear above the biography. Below the summary, an advertisement appears for Goudey's "Big League" chewing gum and "Indian" gum, and identifies the card as one of 240 (making this the only Goudey set which nearly gets right the total number of cards in its set).

The set was issued in series over the course of the 1933 baseball season, making it one of the first sets to do that in a single year. Though the concept of series was used frequently by Bowman and Topps during the post-World War Two era, previous sets that came in series were multi-year sets like E90-1, T206 and 1934-'36 Diamond Stars. The red "Big League Chewing Gum" banner appears on cards 1-96, 100-105, 115-120, 130-141 and 143-189. Waite Hoyt (#60), Fred Sculte (#112), Rogers Hornsby (#119), Glen Wright (#143) and Carl Hubbell (#230) have horizontal cards; the ones with the "Big League" banners have them running along the side of their picture rather than the bottom. The final 12 cards in the set feature players from the two teams playing in that season's World Series (the New York Giants and Washington Senators) and mention the '33 Series in the summaries, meaning the set was issued until well into fall.

With such a large number of cards compared with other sets of its era, many cards of Hall of Famers are found throughout the set. Aside from featuring most of the stars of 1933, some players are featured twice, with Babe Ruth having four cards in this set. There are several key cards in this set, including all four Ruth cards (#53, 144, 149 and 181), both Lou Gehrig cards (#92 and 160), and card #29 of Jimmy Foxx. Card #1 of Benny Bengough is hard to find in any condition. The major key card of the set, however, is card #106 of Napoleon Lajoie, who had played 30 years previously and had long been retired. This card was actually printed in 1934 (and features a 1934 Goudey design on its front, but without the "Lou Gehrig says..." or "Chuck Klein says..." panel added), and was only available to colletors who wrote the company about the "missing" card. As a result, the Lajoie card is so scarce and valuable that many collectors of the 1933 Goudey set will consider it complete without card #106.

Despite the fact that the cards were printed during the middle of the Great Depression, Goudey made use of good-quality cardboard on this and its later sets. As a result, many of its cards can still be found in decent condition some three-quarters of a century after they were printed and packaged one at a time with a slab of gum for baseball-crazy kids.

Card #64 - Burliegh Grimes (Back)

1933 Goudey Wrapper

1. Benny Bengough
2. Arthur (Dazzy) Vance
3. Hugh Critz
4. Henry "Heinie" Schuble
5. Floyd (Babe) Herman
6a. Jimmy Dykes (age is 26 in bio)
6b. Jimmy Dykes (age is 36 in bio)
7. Ted Lyons
8. Roy Johnson
9. Dave Harris
10. Glenn Myatt
11. Billy Rogell
12. George Pipgrass
13. Lafayette Thompson
14. Henry Johnson
15. Victor Sorrell
16. George Blaeholder
17. Watson Clark
18. Herold (Muddy) Ruel
19. Bill Dickey
20. Bill Terry
21. Phil Collins
22. Harold (Pie) Traynor
23. Hazen (Ki-Ki) Cuyler
24. Horace Ford
25. Paul Waner
26. Chalmer Cissell
27. George Connally
28. Dick Bartell
29. Jimmy Foxx
30. Frank Hogan
31. Tony Lazzeri
32. John (Bud) Clancy
33. Ralph Kress
34. Bob O'Farrell
35. Al Simmons
36. Tony Thevenow
37. Jimmy Wilson
38. Fred Brickell
39. Mark Koenig
40. Taylor Douthit
41. Gus Mancuso
42. Eddie Collins
43. Lew Fonseca
44. Jim Bottomley
45. Larry Benton
46. Ethan Allen
47. Henry "Heinie" Manush
48. Marty McManus
49. Frank Frisch
50. Ed Brandt
51. Charlie Grimm
52. Andy Cohen
53. George Herman (Babe) Ruth
54. Ray Kremer
55. Perce (Pat) Malone
56. Charlie Ruffing
57. Earl Clark
58. Frank (Lefty) O'Doul
59. Edmund (Bing) Miller
60. Waite Hoyt
61. Max Bishop
62. "Pepper" Martin
63. Joe Cronin
64. Burleigh Grimes
65. Milton Gaston
66. George Grantham
67. Guy Bush
68. Horace Lisenbee
69. Randy Moore
70. Floyd (Pete) Scott
71. Robert J. Burke
72. Owen Carroll
73. Jesse Haines
74. Eppa Rixey
75. Willie Kamm
76. Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane
77. Adam Comorosky
78. Jack Quinn
79. Urban (Red) Faber
80. Clyde Manion
81. Sam Jones
82. Dibrell Williams
83. Pete Jablonski
84. Glenn Spencer
85. John Henry "Heinie" Sand
86. Phil Todt
87. Frank O'Rourke
88. Russell Rollings
89. Tris Speaker
90. Jess Petty
91. Tom Zachary
92. Lou Gehrig
93. John Welch
94. Bill Walker
95. Alvin Crowder
96. Willis Hudlin
97. Joe Morrisey
98. Walter Berger
99. Tony Cuccinello
100. George Uhle
101. Richard Coffman
102. Travis C. Jackson
103. Earl Combs
104. Fred Marberry
105. Bernie Friberg
106. Napoleon (Larry) Lajoie
107. Henry (Heinie) Manush
108. Joe Kuhel
109. Joe Cronin
110. Leon "Goose" Goslin
111. Monte Weaver
112. Fred Schulte
113. Oswald Bluege
114. Luke Sewell
115. Cliff Heathcote
116. Eddie Morgan
117. Walter (Rabbit) Maranville
118. Valentine J. (Val) Picinich
119. Rogers Hornsby
120. Carl Reynolds
121. Walter Stewart
122. Alvin Crowder
123. Jack Russell
124. Earl Whitehill
125. Bill Terry
126. Joe Moore
127. Melvin Ott
128. Charles (Chuck) Klein
129. Harold Schumacher
130. Fred Fitzsimmons
131. Fred Frankhouse
132. Jim Elliott
133. Fred Lindstrom
134. Edgar (Sam) Rice
135. Elwood (Woody) English
136. Flint Rhem
137. Fred (Red) Lucas
138. Herb Pennock
139. Ben Cantwell
140. Irving (Bump) Hadley
141. Ray Benge
142. Paul Richards
143. Glenn Wright
144. George Herman (Babe) Ruth
145. George Walberg
146. Walter Stewart
147. Leo Durocher
148. Eddie Farrell
149. Goerge Herman (Babe) Ruth
150. Ray Kolp
151. D'Arcy (Jake) Flowers
152. James (Zack) Taylor
153. Charles (Buddy) Myer
154. Jimmy Foxx
155. Joe Judge
156. Danny Macfayden
157. Sam Byrd
158. Morris (Moe) Berg
159. Oswald Bluege
160. Lou Gehrig
161. Al Spohrer
162. Leo Magnum
163. Luke Sewell
164. Lloyd Waner
165. Joe Sewell
166. Sam West
167. Jack Russell
168. Leon (Goose) Goslin
169. Al Thomas
170. Harry McGurdy
171. Charley Jamieson
172. Billy Hargrave
173. Roscoe Holm
174. Warren (Curley) Ogden
175. Dan Howley
176. John Ogden
177. Walter French
178. Jackie Warner
179. Fred Leach
180. Eddie Moore
181. George Herman (Babe) Ruth
182. Andy High
183. Goerge Walberg
184. Charley Berry
185. Bob Smith
186. John Schulte
187. Henry (Heinie) Manush
188. Rogers Hornsby
189. Joe Cronin
190. Fred Schulte
191. Ben Chapman
192. Walter Brown
193. Lynford Lary
194. Earl Averill
195. Evar Swanson
196. Leroy Mahaffey
197. Richard (Rick) Ferrell
198. Irving (Jack) Burns
199. Tom Bridges
200. Bill Hallahan
201. Ernie Orsatti
202. Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett
203. Lonnie Warneke
204. Jackson Riggs Stephenson
205. Henry (Heinie) Meinie
206. Gus Suhr
207. Melvin Ott
208. Byrne (Bernie) James
209. Adolfo Luque
210. Virgil Davis
211. Lewis (Hack) Wilson
212. Billy Urbanski
213. Earl Adams
214. John Kerr
215. Russell Van Atta
216. Vernon Gomez
217. Frank Crosetti
218. Wesly Ferrell
219. George (Mule) Haas
220. Robert (Lefty) Grove
221. Dale Alexander
222. Charley Gehringer
223. Jerome (Dizzy) Dean
224. Frank Demaree
225. Bill Jurges
226. Charley Root
227. Bill Herman
228. Tony Piet
229. Floyd Vaughan
230. Carl Hubbell
231. Joe Moore
232. Frank (Lefty) O'Doul
233. Johnny Vergez
234. Carl Hubbell
235. Fred Fitzsimmons
236. George Davis
237. Gus Mancuso
238. Hugh Critz
239. Leroy Parmalee
240. Harold Schumaker