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Card # 275
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Tommy Bridges
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Windup
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Detroit Tigers
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 42.00
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23
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5
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3
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October 18, 2023
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: Curve ball pitcher. Tommy may hold one of the smallest frames in baseball but his curve could bring down the likes of many a slugger. No day has proved more prophetic than on August 5, 1932. Tommy threw a near perfect game, losing it with 2 outs in the ninth. Last season, a home run by the Senators Joe Kuhel was the only hit Tommy allowed. Never in American League history had a home run been the sole hit in a ball game. Tommy began his career in the Middle Atlantic League before moving on to the 3 I League. The Tigers secured Tommy in 1930 and he has steadily improved ever since. His 4 shutouts in 1932 was a league record.
About the Series
The Helmar R-319 series was originally 180 cards. Then we expanded it to 240. Then 308. Right now it’s complete at 511 cards. The design is based on one of the greatest baseball card sets of all time, the 1933 Goudey set. The 1933 Goudey set has, famously, four Babe Ruths. We have many of the greatest players from Goudey set, and also Babe Didrikson, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Martin Dihigo, many other Cuban and Japanese players, and Negro Leaguers. R-319s have a good amount of text on the reverse. When you’re reading the back of a Helmar R-319 we aim to transport you back in time to a moment in the player’s career. Fleetwood Walker and the color barrier coming down. The great Rube Foster’s breakdown. Swede Risberg being banned from baseball. Given the scope, the expense and the complexity for a small company or artist to put together such a big set of original art, no one else may ever attempt to create a set this ambitious.
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| R319-Helmar Big League, Detroit Tigers |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 2 |   | CRAWFORD, Sam | Awaiting Fly Ball | $ 56.78 |
| 3 |   | Rowe, Lynwood 'Schoolboy' | Pitching | $ 41.40 |
| 8 |   | COBB, Ty | Running Bases | $ 255.00 |
| 15 |   | GREENBERG, Hank | Portrait | $ 94.93 |
| 32 |   | GEHRINGER, Charlie | Portrait | $ 77.88 |
| 35 |   | Rogell, Billy | Portrait | $ 21.05 |
| 37 |   | COBB, Ty | Portrait | $ 212.50 |
| 57 |   | COCHRANE, Mickey | Chasing Ball | $ 72.00 |
| 90 |   | GREENBERG, Hank | Batting Stance | $ 91.00 |
| 92 |   | HEILMANN, Harry | Swinging | $ 51.10 |
| 93 |   | COBB, Ty | Sliding | $ 429.00 |
| 133 |   | GREENBERG, Hank | Swinging | $ 178.48 |
| 151 |   | GREENBERG, Hank | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 72.51 |
| 157 |   | Rogell, Billy | Swinging | $ 29.33 |
| 207 |   | GREENBERG, Hank; GEHRINGER, Charlie; | Dugout | $ 102.50 |
| 228 |   | COBB, Ty | Reaching | $ 305.99 |
| 244 |   | Ehmke, Howard | Throwing | $ 76.00 |
| 253 |   | Rowe, Lynwood 'Schoolboy' | Windup | $ 60.00 |
| 255 |   | NEWHOUSER, Hal | Glove at chest | $ 78.55 |
| 256 |   | Pratt, Del | Reaching | $ 36.53 |
| 275 |   | Bridges, Tommy | Windup | $ 42.00 |
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