1933 Goudey #211 Hack Wilson
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 Hack Wilson
Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson was born April 26, 1900, in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The stocky, barrel-chested outfielder — the nickname reportedly stuck because he resembled wrestler George Hackenschmidt — signed with John McGraw's New York Giants and debuted in 1923, but struggled with curveballs and was passed along to the Cubs, whom McGraw later called one of his worst blunders. In Chicago (1926-1931) under manager Joe McCarthy, Wilson became the National League's most feared slugger, leading the league in home runs four times and RBI twice. His 1930 season is one of the greatest in history: 56 home runs (an NL record that stood until 1998) and 191 RBI, still the major-league single-season record (the total was corrected upward from 190 in 1999 after a box-score review). He hit .356 that year and helped the Cubs win the 1929 NL pennant, though he was haunted by losing two fly balls in the sun during the 1929 World Series against Philadelphia. A bitter 1931 clash with new manager Rogers Hornsby, who tried to rein in his drinking, wrecked his production, and he was soon traded to St. Louis, then Brooklyn (shown here on his 1933 card) and Philadelphia before his career ended in 1934. He retired with a .307 average, 244 home runs, and 1,063 RBI over 12 seasons. Alcoholism destroyed his health and finances after baseball; he died in 1948 at age 48. The Veterans Committee elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 668 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 441 | 16 |
| SGC | 484 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 394 | 24 |
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 Hack Wilson card?
It is card #211 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 Hack Wilson with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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 Hack Wilson #211 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.