1933 Goudey #236 George Davis
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 George Davis
George Willis "Kiddo" Davis (born February 12, 1902, in Bridgeport, Connecticut; died March 4, 1983) was a right-handed-hitting center fielder whose big-league path ran through New York University, where Yankees scout Paul Krichell signed him in 1926 after Davis starred at NYU and Bridgeport High. He got into one game for the 1926 Yankees, then didn't stick in the majors again until 1932, when at age 30 he broke out for the Philadelphia Phillies, hitting .309 with 178 hits. Traded to the New York Giants, Davis was the everyday center fielder on John McGraw's and then Bill Terry's 1933 pennant-winning club, batting .258 with excellent defense (a league-best .988 fielding mark among outfielders) during the regular season, then catching fire in the World Series upset of the Washington Senators, hitting .368 (7-for-19) over five games. He picked up his nickname as a boy, when older kids choosing sides for pickup games would say "I'll take the kiddo." Davis also played for the pennant-winning 1934 "Gashouse Gang" St. Louis Cardinals and closed out his eight-season career with the Reds in 1938, finishing with a .282 average, 515 hits, 19 home runs, and 171 RBI over 575 games. He was later inducted into the NYU Sports Hall of Fame (1972) and worked as a certified public accountant in Bridgeport after baseball.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 330 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 66 | 152 | 4 |
| SGC | 149 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 99 | 9 |
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 George Davis card?
It is card #236 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 George Davis with the New York Giants.
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 George Davis #236 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.