1933 Goudey #197 Rick Ferrell
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 Rick Ferrell
Rick Ferrell broke in with the St. Louis Browns on April 19, 1929, after Detroit signed him for $1,500 out of the low minors — a deal Ferrell later got voided by Commissioner Landis, who ruled he'd been illegally hidden in the bushes; he then signed with the Browns for a $25,000 bonus, among the largest in the game at the time. A durable, sure-handed catcher, he was dealt to the Boston Red Sox in 1933 — the season pictured on this card — and later caught for the Washington Senators, splitting 18 big-league seasons among the three clubs through 1947. Ferrell hit .281 with 1,692 hits, 28 home runs and 734 RBI, and made eight American League All-Star teams (1933-1938, 1944-1945), catching the entire inaugural All-Star Game in 1933. He set the AL record for games caught, 1,806, a mark that stood until Carlton Fisk broke it in 1988, and in 1944-45 with Washington he became the only catcher in major-league history to handle an all-knuckleball rotation. In Boston he formed a battery with his brother, Hall of Fame pitcher Wes Ferrell. Rick Ferrell was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1984.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 569 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 57 | 83 | 378 | 7 |
| SGC | 316 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 230 | 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 Rick Ferrell card?
It is card #197 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 Rick Ferrell with the Boston Red Sox.
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 Rick Ferrell #197 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.