Goudey

Goudey was the first American company to issue baseball cards with each stick of gum (they had been available with cigarettes and certain lines of candy for many years).

Today, cards in good condition command a premium, especially those authenticated and graded by respected third-party graders.

Other Baseball Hall of Fame and interesting players depicted on Goudey gum cards from 1933 to 1941 include: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, Bill Dickey, Carl Hubbell, Lefty Grove, Dizzy Dean, Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer, Tony Lazzeri, Mel Ott, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, "Ducky" Joe Medwick and Moe Berg.

[citation needed] In 1934, Goudey produced a 96 card set that was endorsed by two players, Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein.

The first 24 cards in the set depicts pictures of players heads attached to a cartoonish body in baseball action.

Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg and Bob Feller are the big stars in this set.

[citation needed] Similar cards as the 1933 and 1934 Goudey sets were also released in Canada by the Goudey-owned World Wide Gum Co, of Granby, Quebec.