1933 Goudey #194 Earl Averill
No team banner: this card comes from Goudey's late-1933 press sheets 8-10, which dropped the team-name banner from the front design.
About Earl Averill
Earl Averill grew up in Snohomish, Washington, working lumber-mill jobs and playing town-team ball before turning pro with Bellingham and then Anaconda, Montana. He starred for three seasons with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, averaging .342 with real power, and Cleveland purchased him for $45,000 in 1928. Averill debuted for the Indians on April 16, 1929, homering in his first major-league at-bat, and anchored center field through 1939 - he remains the franchise's all-time leader in runs, RBI, triples, and total bases. A line-drive hitter who swung one of the heaviest bats in the game, he batted .318 for his career with 2,019 hits, 238 home runs, and 1,164 RBI, topping .300 ten times and leading the American League with 232 hits while batting .374 in 1936. Nicknamed the "Earl of Snohomish" for his hometown, and "Rock" after surviving a firecracker injury to his hand at a 1935 team picnic, he made the first six American League All-Star teams (1933-38), including the inaugural 1933 All-Star Game - the same year this card was issued. In the 1937 All-Star Game his line drive struck Dizzy Dean's toe, breaking it and hastening the decline of Dean's Hall of Fame career. Traded to Detroit in 1939 and released by the Boston Braves in 1941, he finished with Seattle of the PCL. The Veterans Committee elected Averill to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975, and Cleveland retired his No. 3 that same year.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 482 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 78 | 295 | 4 |
| SGC | 297 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 227 | 18 |
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 Earl Averill card?
It is card #194 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 Earl Averill with the Cleveland Indians.
Why does this card have no team banner?
It comes from Goudey's late-1933 press sheets 8-10, which dropped the team-name banner from the front design - 72 cards in the set share the bannerless look.
Is the 1933 Goudey Earl Averill #194 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.