1933 Goudey #124 Earl Whitehill
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. Sheet 10 was the "World Series" sheet — split evenly between the pennant-winning Senators and Giants and released after the Series ended on October 7, 1933.
About Earl Whitehill
Earl Whitehill was a hard-throwing left-handed pitcher, born February 7, 1899, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and discovered by fellow Cedar Rapids native and scout Cy Slapnicka. He broke into pro ball in 1920 with Birmingham of the Southern League, and Detroit purchased his contract, bringing him to the majors on September 15, 1923. He anchored the Tigers' rotation through 1932 before a trade sent him to the Washington Senators, where in 1933 he authored the finest season of his 17-year career: a 22-8 record and 3.33 ERA that helped carry Washington to the American League pennant. In that year's World Series against the New York Giants, Whitehill delivered the Senators' only win of the series, throwing a complete-game, five-hit shutout in Game Three and holding future Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Bill Terry hitless. The following season he came within one out of a no-hitter against the Yankees, broken up by a Ben Chapman single in the ninth. Known as "The Earl," he was also one of the game's most combative pitchers, hitting 101 batters over his career and leading the league with 13 hit batsmen in 1924. He closed out his career with the Cleveland Indians (1937-38) and Chicago Cubs (1939), finishing with 218 wins, 226 complete games, and a 3.62 ERA across 541 games — a total that still ranks him among the winningest pitchers of his era. Whitehill died in 1954 following a car accident in Omaha, Nebraska, and was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1963.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 372 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 33 | 49 | 65 | 193 | 4 |
| SGC | 138 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 86 | 10 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-07-03. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1933 Goudey Earl Whitehill card?
It is card #124 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 Whitehill with the Washington Senators.
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. This card is from sheet 10, the World Series sheet, split evenly between the pennant-winning Senators and Giants and released after the Series ended on October 7, 1933.
Is the 1933 Goudey Earl Whitehill #124 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 2026-10-05.