1933 Goudey Gum Co. Baseball

[G1911]

A common, but this was my first R card of any kind. General Crowder was a star when the card was issued, leading the AL in wins in 1932 and 1933 as a workhorse. He got his nickname after General Enoch Crowder, and his own military service in the Philippines and Siberia. Most sources say he learned to play ball in the army, an awfully late in life start for a guy who made the majors.

[RCMcKenzie]

Wright had an unassisted triple play.

[FrankWakefield]

Greg... First R card??? The first R card I ever got was probably a 1964 Topps.


Here are a couple of Goudeys, some folks think they'd grade with a crooked number.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673758022


https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673758022

[G1911]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Greg... First R card??? The first R card I ever got was probably a 1964 Topps.


Here are a couple of Goudeys, some folks think they'd grade with a crooked number.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673758022


https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673758022

I might be technically wrong because I don’t know when the Topps cards stopped getting R numbers. I may have had some 80’s Topps cards before this Goudey, but this Goudey I got before I got any 50’s through 70’s Topps cards. I was really young, mostly collecting current football (late 90’s) at the time when I saw it and thought it was really cool because it was a painting, the baggy uniform. I couldn’t have been older than maybe 7 or 8.

[brianp-beme]

When I think of squatty catchers, I think of this 1933 Goudey of Virgil 'Spud' Davis. A great depiction, but also unusual in that his catcher's mask, in my opinion, makes his face look like that of a monkey.

Brian (not my monkey card)

[lowpopper]

gowdeez gum

[GeoPoto]

There is little that is remarkable regarding Bobby Burke's 9-season career with Washington. His 38-46 record and 4.29 ERA well-summarize his mediocre performance across 918 innings pitched. When the Senators won the pennant in 1933, Bobby did not pitch in the World Series.

But, as his card explains, there is this: In 1931, Bobby Burke no-hit the Bosox at Griffith Stadium, making him the only Washington pitcher to pitch a no-hitter at the park they played in for 50 years. It would be 83 years (34 of which included no attempts) before another Washington pitcher would throw a no-hitter.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673788247
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1673788251

[LuckyLarry]

After several years chasing this set it appears I will fall short. I still remember 4 or 5 years ago at the National, handing J.D. Heckathorn $1,100 for a raw Babe Ruth #144. Me spending $1,100 for a piece of cardboard? (now slabbed SGC 1 Poor). A couple years later, I retold JD how nervous I was forking out that kind of cash for a card, and he graciously offered to refund my purchase lol. I need the other three Ruth cards, both Gehrig cards, and then two other cards which i should be able to afford #89 Tris Speaker and #223 Dizzy Dean. Might be time to purchase a few reprints and call it done.
(cards are stored raw in TCVERIFY.com mylar sleeves)
Larry