Dazzy Vance - 1933 Goudey #2
1933 Goudey #2 Dazzy Vance
Low number: this card was printed on press sheets 1-2 (#1-40 plus #45-52), which saw shorter distribution than the rest of the 1933 run — low numbers are noticeably scarcer.
About Dazzy Vance
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance (1891-1961) was a hard-throwing right-hander who became the National League's most dominant strikeout pitcher of the 1920s. After years bouncing through the minors with a bad arm and brief, unsuccessful trials with Pittsburgh and the Yankees, Vance didn't stick in the majors for good until age 31, joining the Brooklyn Robins in 1922. He then won seven straight NL strikeout titles (1922-1928) and three ERA crowns (1924, 1928, 1930). His 1924 season - 28 wins, a 2.16 ERA, and 262 strikeouts - swept the pitching Triple Crown and earned him the NL Most Valuable Player award, the only NL pitcher so honored until Carl Hubbell in 1933. He no-hit the Phillies on September 13, 1925. Nicknamed "Dazzy" for the dazzling fastball he showed as a teenage semipro in rural Nebraska, he also wore a tattered, deliberately slit-sleeved jersey he called his "lucky shirt" to unsettle hitters. By his 1933 Goudey card, Brooklyn had traded him to the Cardinals, the first stop of a career-closing tour through St. Louis, Cincinnati, and a final 1935 return to Brooklyn. He finished with a 197-140 record, 3.24 ERA, and 2,045 strikeouts, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · SABR
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 453 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 371 | 11 |
| SGC | 318 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 277 | 16 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-07-03. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8). PSA counts are straight-graded.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1933 Goudey Dazzy Vance card?
It is card #2 of the 1933 Goudey (R319) Baseball set - the 240-card, 2-3/8 by 2-7/8 inch color-art set issued in 1933 with Big League Chewing Gum. It pictures Dazzy Vance with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Is the 1933 Goudey Dazzy Vance #2 a rookie card?
By modern catalog convention, yes. 1933 Goudey is treated as the hobby's first major nationally distributed gum set, so nearly every card in it carries the rookie-card (RC) designation - a modern label applied retroactively, since many of these players had earlier tobacco, caramel, or strip cards.
How many cards are in the 1933 Goudey set?
240 numbered cards, though collectors usually count 241 collectible cards because #6 Jimmy Dykes exists in an error and a corrected version. Only 239 numbers were in 1933 packs - #106 (Nap Lajoie) was printed in 1934 and issued by mail.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Baseball-Reference, PSA & SGC population reports, and hobby press-sheet research. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-07-04.