1933 Goudey #206 Gus Suhr
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 Gus Suhr
Gus Suhr broke into pro ball with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, exploding for a .381 average and 51 home runs in 1929 before the Pittsburgh Pirates purchased him for $50,000 and first baseman Earl Sheely. The left-handed-hitting first baseman debuted on April 15, 1930, and anchored Pittsburgh's infield for a decade (1930-1939) before finishing his career with the Philadelphia Phillies (1939-1940). Over 11 major-league seasons he batted .279 with 84 home runs and 818 RBI, twice topping .300, including a career-best .312 with 118 RBI in 1936, the year he was also named to the National League All-Star team. Suhr's signature achievement was iron-man durability: from September 1931 to June 1937 he played in 822 consecutive games, a National League record that stood until Stan Musial broke it in 1957. He was on the Pirates' roster in 1933, the year Goudey's landmark gum-card set debuted.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 320 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 41 | 60 | 167 | 2 |
| SGC | 150 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 97 | 5 |
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 Gus Suhr card?
It is card #206 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 Gus Suhr with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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 Gus Suhr #206 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.