1934 World Wide Gum Set (V354)

‘It’s In The Details’
Title | V354 World Wide Gum |
Year | 1934 |
Size | 2 3/8″ x 2 7/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Canadian |
Number in Set |
96 |
1934 V354 World Wide Gum Overview
The 1934 Goudey baseball card followed up the popular 1933 release and as they did in 1933, World Wide Gum created their own version in Canada.
Created by the World Wide Gum Company, the 1934 V354 set is practically a carbon copy to the 1933 and 1934 Goudey issues in terms of look. The set is a little confusing because approximately half the set utilized the 1933 Goudey design while the other half went with the 1934 Goudey design.
Unlike the previous year when World Wide Gum produced a set approximately 40% the size of the nearly parallel 1933 Goudey issue, in 1934 the sets contained the same number of cards as Goudey’s set – 96.
One big benefit of the 1934 World Wide Gum set as opposed to the 1934 Goudeys was that the World Wide Gum set included a Babe Ruth card. The Goudey counterpart had two Lou Gehrig cards, but no Ruth.
1934 cards that have the same 1933 design can be differentiated by the 1934 series on the back.
1934 V354 World Wide Gum Checklist
- Rogers Hornsby
- Eddie Morgan
- Val Picinich
- Rabbit Maranville
- Flint Rhem
- Jim Elliott
- Red Lucas
- Fred Marberry
- Cliff Heathcote
- Bernie Friberg
- Woody English
- Carl Reynolds
- Ray Benge
- Ben Cantwell
- Bump Hadley
- Herb Pennock
- Fred Lindstrom
- Sam Rice
- Fred Frankhouse
- Fred Fitzsimmons
- Earl Coombs
- George Uhle
- Richard Coffman
- Travis Jackson
- Robert Burke
- Randy Moore
- Heinie Sand
- Babe Ruth
- Tris Speaker
- Pat Malone
- Sam Jones
- Eppa Rixey
- Floyd Scott
- Pete Jablonowski
- Clyde Manion
- Dib Williams
- Glenn Spencer
- Ray Kremer
- Phil Todt
- Russell Rollings
- Earl Clark
- Jess Petty
- Frank O’Rourke
- Jesse Haines
- Horace Lisenbee
- Owen Carroll
- Tom Zachary
- Charlie Ruffing
- Ray Benge
- Woody English
- Ben Chapman
- Joe Kuhel
- Bill Terry
- Lefty Grove
- Dizzy Dean
- Chuck Klein
- Charlie Gehringer
- Jimmie Foxx
- Mickey Cochrane
- Willie Kamm
- Charlie Grimm
- Ed Brandt
- Tony Piet
- Frankie Frisch
- Alvin Crowder
- Frank Hogan
- Paul Waner
- Heinie Manush
- Leo Durocher
- Arky Vaughan
- Carl Hubbell
- Hughie Critz
- Blondy Ryan
- Roger Cramer
- Baxter Jordan
- Ed Coleman
- Julius Solters
- Chick Hafey
- Larry French
- Don Hurst
- Gerald Walker
- Ernie Lombardi
- Walter Betts
- Luke Appling
- John Frederick
- Fred Walker
- Tom Bridges
- Dick Porter
- John Stone
- James Carleton
- Joe Stripp
- Lou Gehrig
- George Earnshaw
- Oscar Melillo
- Oral Hildebrand
- John Allen
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