1935 R332 Schutter-Johnson Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | R332 Schutter-Johnson |
Year | 1935 |
Size | 2 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Candy/Gum |
Number in Set |
50 |
R332 Schutter-Johnson Overview
The 1935 R332 Schutter-Johnson cards included black and white cartoons of players against a red background on the fronts and a description of tips on the backs from specific players. The tips on the back were titled, “Major League Secrets.”
A total of 50 cards are in the set and as indicated on the fronts, the images were drawn by Al Demaree, a former player himself. Demaree was also involved in other pre-war cards, also drawing the players’ bodies in the R304 Die-Cut issue which now bears his name. Demaree also provided the artwork for a 1947 Signal Oil gasoline card set featuring baseball players.
The set is not only loaded with stars but a few players appear more than once, including Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Grover Alexander, Dizzy Dean and Kiki Cuyler. All of the big names combined with the duplication of players and the rarity of the cards makes this a difficult set to assemble.
The cards are not incredibly rare but not all that easy to find, either. To date, PSA has not graded even 1,000 of them.
Schutter-Johnson was not brand new to the sports card industry in 1935. In 1934, they created the R72 set ‘I’m going to be.’ That set included many non-sports cards featuring occupations for aspiring children, but also featured some sports including baseball.
R332 Schutter-Johnson Checklist
- Al Simmons
- Lloyd Waner
- Kiki Cuyler
- Frankie Frisch
- Chick Hafey
- Bill Klem
- Rogers Hornsby
- Carl Mays
- Charles Wrigley
- Christy Mathewson
- Bill Dickey
- Walter Berger
- George Earnshaw
- Hack Wilson
- Charlie Grimm
- Lloyd Waner/Paul Waner
- Chuck Klein
- Woody English
- Grover Alexander
- Lou Gehrig
- Wes Ferrell
- Carl Hubbell
- Pie Traynor
- Gus Mancuso
- Ben Cantwell
- Babe Ruth
- Goose Goslin
- Earle Combs
- Kiki Cuyler
- Jimmy Wilson
- Dizzy Dean
- Mickey Cochrane
- Ted Lyons
- Si Johnson
- Dizzy Dean
- Pepper Martin
- Joe Cronin
- Gabby Hartnett
- Oscar Melillo
- Ben Chapman
- John McGraw
- Babe Ruth
- Red Lucas
- Charley Root
- Dazzy Vance
- Hughie Critz
- Firpo Marberry
- Grover Alexander
- Lefty Grove
- Heinie Meinie
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