Tony Piet - 1933 Goudey #228
1933 Goudey #228 Tony Piet
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 Tony Piet
Tony Piet — born Anthony Francis Pietruszka on December 7, 1906, in Berwick, Pennsylvania — broke into the majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 15, 1931, as a scrappy right-handed-hitting second baseman. He shortened his Polish surname to "Piet" simply because "Pietruszka" wouldn't fit on the Forbes Field scoreboard. An all-around threat in his prime, Piet led the National League in games played (154) in 1932 while finishing second in stolen bases, then broke out in 1933 — the same year his rookie Goudey card appeared — batting .323, third-best in the NL, for a Pirates team battling near the top of the league. He went on to play for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Detroit Tigers before his career ended in 1938, finishing with a .277 average, 717 hits, 23 home runs, 312 RBI, 352 runs, and stolen bases over 744 games and eight big-league seasons. After baseball, Piet settled in the Chicago area and founded a car dealership, advertised with the slogan "Shop for it anywhere, you'll buy it at Piet." He died December 1, 1981, in Hinsdale, Illinois.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 225 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 45 | 117 | 3 |
| SGC | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 76 | 1 |
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 Tony Piet card?
It is card #228 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 Tony Piet with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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 Tony Piet #228 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.