R323 Goudey Heads-Up 1938

1938 · Goudey Gum Company (Boston, MA)

48 cards numbered #241-288. 24 players appear twice — once plain (#241-264) and once with a cartoon body (#265-288). Includes Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller rookies.

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Release: 1938
Manufacturer: Goudey Gum Company (Boston, MA)
Distribution: Sold for one cent with a slab of bubble gum
Card stock: Color cardstock with oversized player headshots ("Heads-Up") on cartoon-illustrated bodies, 2⅜″ × 2⅞″
Printer / Designer: Unknown — cards #241–264 use a plain background; #265–288 add cartoon illustrations around the head
Series: Plain-background subset (#241–264) · Cartoon-background subset (#265–288)
Total cards: 48

Key Cards

Joe DiMaggio
Yankee Clipper's first gum-era card — issued the year before his .381 MVP campaign.
Jimmie Foxx
Double X in his first Red Sox season after his sale from Connie Mack.
Hank Greenberg
Hammerin' Hank coming off his 1937 183-RBI campaign.
Bob Feller
Rapid Robert at 19 — issued the year of his first All-Star selection.
Joe Medwick
Ducky in his MVP follow-up — fresh off his 1937 NL Triple Crown.
Charlie Gehringer
The Mechanical Man — Tigers second baseman and 1937 AL MVP.
Ernie Lombardi
Schnozz — Reds catcher who would win the 1938 NL MVP.
Bobby Doerr
Doerr's second-year card — Red Sox second baseman in his nine All-Star ascendancy.
Al Lopez
El Señor — future HOF manager mid-playing career as a defensive catcher.
Rudy York
Tigers slugger — set the AL HR-in-a-month record (18) in his 1937 rookie campaign.
Van Lingle Mungo
Three-time All-Star whose name lives on as the title of a famous jazz tribute.
Pete Fox
Tigers outfielder who batted .345 in the 1935 World Series.

R323 Goudey Heads-Up 1938

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