first baseman glove baseball
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Review moat
Great153.83avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Great34%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Good$111.33avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Okay+17.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Okay$229K$229K/yr · 303K searches
Quality gap
Okay4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Bad$27.87–$325.72cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Returns
Bad6.8%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Bad0.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Brand share
Bad97%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, first baseman glove baseball is a $229K/yr Amazon United States market (303K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
first baseman glove baseball market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–3K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $278K–$334K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.7%
- Avg BSR
- #207
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 85%
- Sponsored
- 70%
- Out of stock
- 7.8%
- Avg brand age
- 57 months
- Avg seller age
- 143 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (34% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
8 falling
Sellers
43
Top-5 brand share
97%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
34%
Top 20: 73%
Open market
2%
- SSK53%
- Rawlings30%
- 44 PRO9%
- Mizuno3%
- Marucci2%
- WILSON1%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +17.8% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×
Top first baseman glove baseball search terms
- first baseman glove baseball86K/yr
- first base mitt30K/yr
- 1st baseman glove baseball25K/yr
- first base glove25K/yr
- youth first baseman glove22K/yr
- softball first base glove16K/yr
- first baseman glove11K/yr
- rawlings first base mitt10K/yr
- first baseman glove softball12K/yr
- firstbase mitt baseball7K/yr
Top first baseman glove baseball products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Camel 13 - Right Hand Throw)
SSK$110.344.4★142 rev
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Black/Camel/Electric Blue 13 - Right Hand Throw)
SSK$109.654.4★142 rev
Rawlings | Select PRO LITE Series Youth Baseball Glove | First Base Mitt | 11.5 | RHT | Freddie Freeman - Single Post Web - Grey
Rawlings$65.024.6★45 rev
Rawlings | SANDLOT Baseball First Base Glove | Right Hand Throw | 12.5 - Modified Pro H-Web
Rawlings$73.304.7★329 rev
Rawlings | RENEGADE Baseball First Base Glove | Right Hand Throw | 12.5 - Single Post Double Bar Web
Rawlings$55.844.4★1,459 rev
Newest
by launch date
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Royal/White/Red 12.5 - Left Hand Throw)
SSK$119.38142 rev
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Mint/Black 13 - Left Hand Throw)
SSK$117.65142 rev
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Mint/Black 13 - Right Hand Throw)
SSK$118.36142 rev
44 Pro Steer Baseball Glove for Infield Fielding Mitt Premium Leather Construction for Adults & Youth Right & Left Hand Throw Ideal for Training Games & Practice Right Hand Throw Carolina Blue
44 PRO$176.0527 rev
44 Pro Steer Baseball Glove for Infield Fielding Mitt Premium Leather Construction for Adults & Youth Right & Left Hand Throw Ideal for Training Games & Practice Left Hand Throw Blonde
44 PRO$174.1927 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumSSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Mint/Black 13 - Left Hand Throw)
SSK$117.654.4★
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Royal/White/Red 12.5 - Left Hand Throw)
SSK$119.384.4★
SSK Z5 Craftsman Baseball First Base Mitt 12 12.25 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw (Mint/Black 13 - Right Hand Throw)
SSK$118.364.4★
44 Pro Steer Baseball Glove for Infield Fielding Mitt Premium Leather Construction for Adults & Youth Right & Left Hand Throw Ideal for Training Games & Practice Right Hand Throw Carolina Blue
44 PRO$176.054.9★
SSK FP5 Fastpitch Softball First Base Mitt 12.5 13 Right & Left Hand Throw Premium Full Leather Softball Glove (White/Electric Blue 13 - Right Hand Throw)
SSK$110.784.5★
What buyers say about first baseman glove baseball
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Very good quality peather”
“Good rec glove”
“Great price”
“They are having no problem breaking it in”
“Fits well”
“The leather has a good feel to it”
“Perfect for an amateur like me”
“it was easy”
“It was comfortable”
“Color was her favorite”
What buyers complain about
“Broke in easily”
“The 1st baseman glove is very stiff”
“the quality of those gloves, for the size range, are very poor”
“This mitt is a bit small for me”
“Cheap plastic-y material that just doesn't cut it”
“the leather is a bit tougher to break in than this glove was”
“It is a little too soft in my opinion”
“There is a slight issue with lack of padding in the thumb”
“The color is my only issue really- it's not quite the light blue I was expecting or like it looks on the monitor”
“this thing is TIGHT”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is first baseman glove baseball profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $229K/yr across 53 tracked products. 2 of 13 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +17.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
- How competitive is the first baseman glove baseball niche?
- 8 brands and 43 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 34% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 97% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in first baseman glove baseball?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Durability, Stiffness, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 6.8% — above our launch gate.
- When does demand for first baseman glove baseball peak?
- Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun; the busiest month runs 3.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the first baseman glove baseball niche?
- Listings span $27.87–$325.72; the average listing price is $111.33 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 154 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.