Jimmy Dykes - 1933 Goudey #6b
1933 Goudey #6b Jimmy Dykes
Corrected version: the biography gives Dykes’ age as 36 (the 6a error says 26). Both versions are collected as separate entries.
Corrected version: the biography gives Dykes’ age as 36 (the 6a error says 26). Both versions are collected as separate entries.
Card #6 is the set's error-and-correction pair: this is the corrected printing. Both versions are collected as separate cards — the reason the 240-card set has 241 collectible entries. See the error version: #6a Jimmy Dykes.
Low number: this card was printed on press sheets 1-2 (#1-40 plus #45-52), which saw shorter distribution than the rest of the 1933 run — low numbers are noticeably scarcer.
About Jimmy Dykes
James Joseph Dykes was born November 10, 1896, in Philadelphia and broke into pro ball with Gettysburg of the Class D Blue Ridge League before Connie Mack brought him to the Philadelphia Athletics, where he debuted in 1918. A versatile, feisty infielder who manned second, third, and short (he even played all eight non-battery positions across the 1927 season), Dykes was a key cog on Mack's great late-1920s Athletics teams, batting .300 five times between 1924 and 1930 and hitting .421 with four RBI in the 1929 World Series as the A's beat the Cubs. In September 1932, with the Depression squeezing Athletics attendance, Mack sold Dykes along with Al Simmons and Mule Haas to the Chicago White Sox for $100,000 — the move that put Dykes on this 1933 Goudey card in a Chicago uniform. He closed his 22-year playing career with the White Sox (1933-1939), finishing with a .280 average, 2,256 hits, and 108 home runs over nearly 2,300 games, and was chosen for the American League's inaugural All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in 1933, going 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Dykes succeeded Lew Fonseca as White Sox manager in 1934 and went on to skipper six different major-league clubs, retiring as the winningest manager in White Sox history. This particular card (6a) is the first-printing error version, giving his age as 26 instead of 36; it was corrected on the 6b reprint.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · SABR
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 311 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 34 | 216 | 5 |
| SGC | 167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 125 | 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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Related cards
More Jimmy Dykes in this set: #6a
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #6a Jimmy Dykes
- #7 Ted Lyons
- #33 Red Kress
- #35 Al Simmons
- #43 Lew Fonseca
- #65 Milton Gaston
- #79 Red Faber
- #81 Sam Jones
- #184 Charley Berry
- #195 Evar Swanson
- #219 Mule Haas
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1933 Goudey Jimmy Dykes card?
It is card #6b 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 Jimmy Dykes with the Chicago White Sox.
What is the error on the 1933 Goudey Jimmy Dykes #6?
The original printing (6a) gives Dykes' age as 26; Goudey corrected it to 36 in a later run (6b). Both versions are collected, which is why the 240-card set has 241 collectible entries.
Is the 1933 Goudey Jimmy Dykes #6b 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.