N162 Goodwin Champions 1888
1888 · Goodwin & Co. (New York)
8-card baseball subset from the 50-card Goodwin Champions tobacco issue. Loaded with HOFers including Cap Anson, Dan Brouthers, Tim Keefe, and King Kelly.
Key Facts
- Release
- 1888
- Manufacturer
- Goodwin & Co. (New York)
- Distribution
- Inserted in Old Judge cigarette packs as a premium series
- Card stock
- Lithographed cardstock with full-color portrait — among the earliest color baseball card sets
- Printer / Designer
- Unknown
- Series
- 50-card "Goodwin Champions" series with 8 baseball players plus 42 other sports figures
- Total cards
- 8
Key Cards
Cap Anson (#2)
Chicago White Stockings player-manager — first 3,000-hit player.
King Kelly (#8)
Boston Beaneaters star — purchased from Chicago for $10,000 in 1887.
Dan Brouthers (#3)
Detroit Wolverines slugger — five-time batting champion across the 1880s.
Tim Keefe (#7)
Giants ace — won 35 games during their 1888 championship season.
Bob Caruthers (#4)
Parisian Bob — won 40 games as Browns pitcher before moving to Brooklyn.
Fred Dunlap (#5)
Sure-Shot Dunlap — Union Association batting champion and Pittsburgh second baseman.
Jack Glasscock (#6)
Indianapolis shortstop — era's premier defensive shortstop.
Ed Andrews (#1)
Philadelphia Quakers outfielder.