Heinie Meine - 1933 Goudey #205
1933 Goudey #205 Heinie Meine
Use PSA/TCDb/BCP Heinie Meine; Cardboard checklist appears to mislabel this as Heinie Manush.
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 Heinie Meine
Henry William "Heinie" Meine was born May 1, 1896 in the Luxemburg neighborhood of Carondelet in south St. Louis, Missouri. After service in a WWI cavalry unit, he pitched sandlot ball and developed a spitball, signing with the St. Louis Browns organization in 1921 and reaching the majors for one game in 1922. When the spitball was outlawed, Meine had to remake himself as a breaking-ball "junkballer," and it took seven years in the minors — plus running his own tavern — before he got a second big-league chance, catching on with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1929 at age 33. He became a fixture of Pittsburgh's rotation through 1934, right-handed and durable at 5-foot-11, 180 pounds. His career year came in 1931, when he tied for the National League lead in wins (19) and led the league in starts (35) and innings pitched (284). Nicknamed "The Duke of Luxemburg" after his home neighborhood, he was also known as a "Cardinal killer," posting a 1.61 ERA against St. Louis over his career. He finished with a 66-50 record, a 3.95 ERA, and seven shutouts across seven major-league seasons, retiring in the mid-1930s to run his St. Louis tavern and a youth baseball school that still bears his name today.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · SABR
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 324 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 36 | 58 | 184 | 4 |
| SGC | 155 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 100 | 2 |
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 Heinie Meine card?
It is card #205 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 Heinie Meine 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 Heinie Meine #205 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.