1933 Goudey Baseball - #172 Billy Hargrave, Boston Braves

Description: 1933 Goudey Baseball - #172 Billy Hargrave, Boston Braves - SGC 2.5 On the Player - William McKinley "Pinky" Hargrave (1896-1942) launched his Major League Baseball career as a right-handed hitting catcher with the Washington Senators in 1923. His time in the MLB saw him play for the Washington Senators (1923–1925; 1930-1931), St. Louis Browns (1925–1926), Detroit Tigers (1928–1930), and Boston Braves (1932–1933). Hargrave's older brother, Eugene, was also a successful MLB catcher, playing from 1913-1930. Their father, Franklin Hargrave, a Civil War veteran from North Carolina, was not initially supportive of baseball as a career and preferred more stable professions for his children. The oldest brother, Robert, served in the Spanish-American War, while another brother, Harry, served in the Army during World War I. Billy Hargrave ended his MLB career with a WAR of 7.1 and a batting line of .278/.339/.428. The Hargrave brothers are known for having some of the most unusual nicknames among MLB catchers, with Eugene being called "Bubbles" and William known as "Pinky." Set Information - 1933 Goudey Baseball Cards (R319) - In 1919, the Goudey Gum Company, founded by Enos Gordon Goudey, opened its first factory in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1933, Goudey pioneered a new advertising vehicle for selling gum, including baseball cards with each stick of gum. Cards had earlier been available with cigarettes and tobacco products, and with certain lines of candy. But baseball cards had not been available with gum, and not for an affordable price to all children, one penny for a stick of gum and a card. The 1933 Goudey “Big League Chewing Gum” set includes 240 cards (or 239, depending on your treatment of the Lajoie card, #106). The card dimensions are 2 3/8” by 2 7/8”. The 1933 Goudey set is considered by many as one of the “Big Three” classic baseball card sets, along with the 1909-1911 T206 tobacco set, and the 1952 Topps set.

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