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Carl Hubbell
(b. June 22, 1903 - d. November 21, 1988)
Carl Hubbell used the screwball to notch 253 career wins and a 2.97 ERA, all for the Giants. From 1933 to 1937, he posted five straight 20-win seasons, and was NL MVP in '33 and '36. "King Carl" led the NL in wins three times, ERA three times, and in strikeouts once. In the 1934 All-Star game, the lefthanded "Meal Ticket" struck out five straight Hall-of-Famers: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin.
 
Inducted in 1947
 
 
1941 R324 Goudey (Red) Carl Hubbell #20 PSA 6 EX-MT
     
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1941 R324 Goudey (Blue) Carl Hubbell #20 PSA 6 EX-MT
     
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1941 R324 Goudey (Yellow) Carl Hubbell #20 PSA 6 EX-MT
     
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1941 R324 Goudey (Green) Carl Hubbell #20 PSA 5.5 EX+
     
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Comments: I won a 1939 Playball PSA 4 on eBay in November, 2002 and upgraded to a PSA 6 one month later with another eBay win. In October, 2003 I upgraded to a PSA 8 when I won an eBay auction from seller sparky62/Bill Kennedy. With Charles Klein holding down the 1939 Playball set, I opted to swap out the Hubbell for a 1941 Goudey PSA 4 with an eBay win in May, 2005. I had just discovered the 1941 Goudey set around that time and really liked the issue. A few months later, I upgraded to this gorgeous PSA 6 with a direct purchase from Mike Skerbe in December, 2005. I have not seen a nicer example (any color) since.

UPDATE: In the May 2020 Heritage Auctions offered up a couple of high-grade Hubbell color variations.  I wasn't actively looking to buy anything beyond the red 1941 Goudey I owned unless it was an example in higher grade to upgrade from the PSA 6.  Over the years I slowly realized owning just one of the four colors didn't make a whole lot of sense.  When this HA auction came up with two other PSA 6 examples (blue + yellow) I thought it was begging for my bids.  I won both cards leaving me with only missing the green example.  I look at this card as an early ancestor of today's parallels w/o the serial numbers of course.  I'm leaving the above placeholder in case a green version comes up one of these days.

UPDATE: I found a green example of this card, a PSA 5.5 on eBay, and made an offer in mid-2020. The seller countered with a price slightly below their BIN. We were far apart. Every month or so I'd throw out another offer. They wouldn't budge. It went back-n-forth several times. They sent me a best offer and I turned it down hoping I could wiggle it down a little more. That didn't work and I buckled after a few months. I sent them another offer matching their "best price" and we settled. I finally have the complete grouping of colors and couldn't be happier.

   
Card Details Below:  
Year(s): 1941
ACC Set Designation: R324
Set Name: Goudey
Country: United States
Description: Goudey Gum Co.'s last set was produced in 1941. The 2-3/8" X 2-7/8"cards feature black and white photos set against blue, green, red or yellow backgrounds.
 
Example 1941 Goudey Pack Wrapper