R320 Goudey 1934

1934 · Goudey Gum Company (Boston, MA)

96-card R320 set with backs narrated by Lou Gehrig (#1-79, #96) and Chuck Klein (#80-95). Two Gehrig cards and a key Hank Greenberg rookie.

Key Facts

Release: 1934
Manufacturer: Goudey Gum Company (Boston, MA)
Distribution: Sold for one cent with a slab of bubble gum, following the blockbuster success of the 1933 issue
Card stock: Color cardstock with player portrait and red banner across the bottom, approximately 2⅜″ × 2⅞″
Printer / Designer: Unknown commercial illustrators; portraits adapted from press photography
Series: Lou Gehrig Says (#1–84) · Chuck Klein Says (#85–96)
Total cards: 96

Lou Gehrig (#37)
Gehrig's Triple Crown season — he led the AL in BA, HR, and RBI in 1934.
Lou Gehrig (#61)
The set's second Gehrig card — same year, different pose, both highly pursued.
Jimmie Foxx (#1)
Double X holds the #1 slot — his final A's card before the trade to Boston.
Hank Greenberg (#62)
Hammerin' Hank's rookie card — Greenberg's only mainstream gum-era rookie issue.
Mickey Cochrane (#2)
Cochrane's first Detroit card, the year he was named player-manager and won the MVP.
Dizzy Dean (#6)
1934 was Diz's 30-win year — this card captures him at his absolute peak.
Carl Hubbell (#12)
Hubbell's second MVP campaign — the screwball master in mid-stride.
Chuck Klein (#10)
Klein's first card after his blockbuster trade from the Phillies to the Cubs.
Lefty Grove (#19)
Grove's first Red Sox card after the sale from Philadelphia — battling injuries that year.
Heinie Manush (#18)
.349-hitting Senators outfielder fresh off his role in their 1933 AL pennant.
Frankie Frisch (#13)
The Fordham Flash — player-manager of the 1934 World Series champion Gas House Gang.
Kiki Cuyler (#90)
A "Chuck Klein Says" high-number — Cuyler's only 1934 Goudey appearance.