1933 Goudey #111 Monte Weaver
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 Monte Weaver
Montie "Monte" Weaver was a right-handed pitcher whose path to the majors ran through a mathematics classroom. Born June 15, 1906, in Helton, North Carolina, he graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1927, earned a master's degree at the University of Virginia in 1929, and taught geometry while pitching semi-pro and minor-league ball for Durham and the Baltimore Orioles before Washington owner Clark Griffith bought his contract. Weaver became an overnight sensation in 1932, going 22-10 as a rookie, reeling off eight straight wins starting July 4, and finishing fifth in AL MVP voting; Senators player-manager Walter Johnson praised his curveball as one of the league's best. In the Senators' 1933 pennant-winning season, Weaver went 10-5 and started Game 4 of the World Series against Carl Hubbell's Giants, throwing three perfect innings before falling 2-1 in eleven innings. Sportswriters dubbed him "Prof." and later "Brain Truster" for his academic bent, and mocked his vegetarianism as the "spinach habit" as injuries eroded his effectiveness later in the decade. Traded to Boston for 1939, his final season, he won his last major-league decision by beating the Yankees. He finished with a 71-50 record, a 4.36 ERA, and 297 strikeouts over nine seasons (1931-1939) with the Senators and Red Sox. Weaver later served in the Army Air Force in World War II and died June 14, 1994, in Orlando, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 369 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 62 | 207 | 2 |
| SGC | 119 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 10 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-07-03. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1933 Goudey Monte Weaver card?
It is card #111 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 Monte Weaver with the Washington Senators.
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 Monte Weaver #111 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 2026-10-05.