Paul Richards - 1933 Goudey #142
1933 Goudey #142 Paul Richards
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 Paul Richards
Born November 21, 1908, in Waxahachie, Texas (d. 1986), Paul Richards signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1926 and spent six years in the minors, shifting from the infield to catcher in 1930. After batting .361 in 78 games for Minneapolis in 1932, he was purchased by John McGraw's New York Giants that September. Richards spent the 1933-34 seasons in New York as a reserve catcher behind Gus Mancuso, part of the Giants' pennant-winning and 1933 World Series championship roster, before later stints with the Philadelphia Athletics (1935) and Detroit Tigers (1943-46). A light hitter overall (.227 career average, 321 hits, 15 home runs, 155 RBI over 523 games), his brightest playing moment came in Game 7 of the 1945 World Series, when his bases-loaded double drove in three runs for Detroit. Richards' true legacy came afterward, as an innovative manager and executive nicknamed the "Wizard of Waxahachie": he led the Chicago White Sox (1951-54), built the Baltimore Orioles' famed player-development system known as the "Oriole Way" (1955-61), and later ran the Houston Colt .45s/Astros and Atlanta Braves organizations, developing future stars such as Brooks Robinson and Nellie Fox along the way.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 242 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 138 | 3 |
| SGC | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 89 | 4 |
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 Paul Richards card?
It is card #142 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 Paul Richards with the New York Giants.
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 Paul Richards #142 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.