Red Kress - 1933 Goudey #33
1933 Goudey #33 Red Kress
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 Red Kress
Ralph "Red" Kress (1905-1962) broke into the majors in 1927 with the St. Louis Browns as a 22-year-old shortstop and quickly emerged as one of the American League's most productive infielders, batting over .300 with 100-plus RBI in three straight seasons (1929-1931) while leading AL shortstops in fielding percentage and double plays in 1929. Traded to the Chicago White Sox in mid-1932, he was shifted around the infield and outfield as Chicago rebuilt its roster; on his 1933 Goudey card he appears mid-career with the White Sox, a light-hitting transitional year (.248) sandwiched between his Browns peak and a 1934 trade to Washington. Kress went on to play 14 big-league seasons for five franchises through 1940, then reinvented himself in the high minors, capturing American Association MVP honors with the 1937 Minneapolis Millers (.330, 27 HR, 157 RBI) as a player-manager. He finished with a .286 career average, 1,454 hits, 89 home runs and 799 RBI, and later spent years as a respected major-league coach - notably with Casey Stengel's Cleveland Indians and 1962 Mets staffs - with Stengel calling him "the hardest working man I ever knew."
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · SABR
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 298 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 49 | 185 | 4 |
| SGC | 138 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 109 | 3 |
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 Red Kress card?
It is card #33 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 Red Kress with the Chicago White Sox.
Is the 1933 Goudey Red Kress #33 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.