Robert Hipwell
3B · High-A · 23.0y · #2897 of 7,922 we rate
- The player
- FRINGE
- The market
- Untested
- What to do
- Wait
45 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.
65 cards of his are listed and nothing comparable has verifiably sold, so we will not tell you whether the asks are fair.
Closest of his is 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto… at $22. Waiting on sales.
Our take
Fringe prospect, untested market.
Robert Hipwell scores 45 out of 100 (#2897 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: plate discipline: plus — 16.7% BB — walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him Better than 85% at his level.
We have 1 confirmed sale of his cards in the last 90 days, but no standardized benchmark card yet, so the price side rests on whatever is listed rather than on one comparable series.
Cards of his are listed and none of them can be priced against a confirmed sale, so any judgment about value today would be a guess dressed as a number.
The thing most likely to be wrong here: swing-and-miss — contact grades 34 on the 20–80 scale (41.4% K). strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
The signal
Contact: bottom of the scale
41.4% K — strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
OPS slipping
.824 last season to .681 this one.
Power slipping
.209 last season to .161 this one.
Plate discipline: plus
16.7% BB — walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him Better than 85% at his level.
Moved up and held it
Low-A to High-A.
Premium position
3B — the bat does not have to carry the whole profile.
Why now
No catalyst right now — no promotion, no logged step change, and no measurable move in his card prices. This is a valuation-driven watch rather than a timing one.
What could go wrong
Swing-and-miss
Contact grades 34 on the 20–80 scale (41.4% K). strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
Thin comp evidence
1 confirmed sale in 90 days. Treat any value here as a single data point, not a price.
Benchmark not checklist-verified
His core card was identified from how sellers describe it, not from a checklist. The identity is likely, not established.
What the hobby pays for him
Benchmark card: 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-RH — raw, base, unnumbered.
Described by 35 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.
No price on this card yet
sales exist for this player, none on the benchmark card 37 copies are listed right now — asking prices are supply, never evidence of what it sells for.
This is his benchmark, not the value of any particular card in front of you — a /250 is a different market.
The card that matters
A card-quality answer, not a price one. It does not change when a seller changes their mind.
2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-RH
Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto
The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 35 independent sellers describing it — likely, not established.
A card is never the one to own because it is numbered. Scarcity is a modifier on a vehicle, not a vehicle — a /25 of a card nobody collects is a rarer version of nothing.
Best value right now
Where the money would go today, which is frequently a lesser card than the one above — or nowhere.
No good entry today
The closest to fair is 2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Speckle Refractor 238/299 Robert Hipwell Auto 1l7v at $20.77, 419% over the $4 that copies of it have confirmed sold in. Nothing of his is currently below its own sold band.
/299 at or under $4 delivered would be at the bottom of what it has actually sold for.
What would make this a buy
- Waiting on sales
- Player not there yet
What is for sale right now
65 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 65 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 59 are under "The whole live market".
ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome REFRACTOR ~ Giants 1st RC AUTO /499
/499 · raw · condition not stated · listed 8d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 81h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$7.80
modeled ~$12.50
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2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH Auto Refractor /499 1st Prospect
/499 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 107d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 81h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$8.98
modeled ~$12.50
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/150 Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Auto Refractor 1st RC Auto /150
/150 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 21d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 81h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$10.00
modeled ~$19.99
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2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell HTA Choice Refractor Auto /150 Giants
/150 · raw · condition not stated · listed 5d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 86h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$11.99
modeled ~$11.50
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Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Purple /250 Prospects Giants B3
/250 · raw · condition not stated · listed 164d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 81h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$12.94
modeled ~$7.49
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2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell True Green Refractor Auto /99 Giants
/99 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 25d
Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 81h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$13.99
no sold price
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The evidence
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The parallel ladder14 versions of his cards in raw autos, each priced off its own confirmed sales
Every version of his cards we can see, base to 1/1. Each rung is priced off its own confirmed sales — a rung nothing has verifiably sold at shows no value rather than borrowing a neighbour's.
Showing Raw autos.
NO CLEAR SWEET SPOT
No rung of his has a confirmed sale behind it, so there is no price to compare any step against.
- BaseTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $6.38, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $6.38 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- Gold Shimmer RefractorTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $33.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $33.94 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +432%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Purple RefractorTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $15.69, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $15.69 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -54%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $7.80, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $7.80 live
- Scarcity
- 499 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -50%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Speckle Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $12.95, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $12.95 live
- Scarcity
- 299 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +66%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Purple /250THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $12.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $12.94 live
- Scarcity
- 250 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -0%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Blue Reptilian Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE
1 listing watched off the board here, none confirmed sold — no price to judge.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- nothing listed
- Scarcity
- 150 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- HTA Choice Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $11.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $11.99 live
- Scarcity
- 150 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Mini Diamond Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $16.24, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $16.24 live
- Scarcity
- 100 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +35%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $10.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $10.00 live
- Scarcity
- 150 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -38%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Green Lava Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $17.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $17.94 live
- Scarcity
- 99 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +79%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - True Green Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $13.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $13.99 live
- Scarcity
- 99 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -22%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /25 and underTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $250.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $250.00 live
- Scarcity
- 10 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +1687%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - True Black Refractor /25 and underTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $74.98, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $74.98 live
- Scarcity
- 10 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -70%
Premium from asking prices, not sales
1 listing sits in a different grade class or auto status and is kept off this ladder — a slabbed sale is not evidence about a raw card.
What he is good atSkills 49 on the 20–80 scale, against 492 hitters at High-A
What he is good at
skills overall 49 / 80
On the 20–80 scale every scouting report uses: 50 is average, and every 10 points is one standard deviation. Measured against 492 hitters at High-A — measured against real players at the same level right now — not a scout's projection of what he becomes.
Contact
Can he hit it?
34
bottom of the scale · better than 6% at his level
41.4% K
strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
Power
Can he hit it hard?
54
above average · better than 65% at his level
.161 ISO
isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases
Plate discipline
Does he pick his pitch?
60
plus · better than 85% at his level
16.7% BB
walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him
Speed
Can he run?
46
below average · better than 33% at his level
6 SB per 600 PA
stolen bases per full season of plate appearances
Production
Is it showing up in the box score?
48
average · better than 42% at his level · the result, not a skill
.681 OPS
on-base plus slugging — the result, which carries the luck as well as the skill
Age for the level
Is he doing it young?
51
average · better than 53% at his level · context, not a skill
0.0y vs his level
years younger than the median player at his level — positive is young for the level
The overall figure averages the 4 skill rows only. The box-score row and the age row are shown but deliberately left out of it — one is the result those skills produced, and the other is not a skill at all.
The argument
skills at the 47th percentile of the cohort, production at the 42th — the gap between the two is ordinary for this level.
Nothing to arbitrage here: he is producing about what his skills say he should. Judge the card on price and the player on the grades.
How this is read: his skills average 47 and his production sits at 42, a gap of +5. That gap on its own means little — an average of several percentiles always sits nearer the middle than a single one — so it is ranked against the same figure computed the same way for the 492 players at his level we hold a full profile for, where it lands at the 55th percentile.
Will he get there?
Long shot 4.0 / 10
- old for High-A
This is an ordering score, not a percentage. We hold no outcome data and have run no backtest, so “a 93% chance of reaching the majors” would be a number we made up and you then spent money on. Built on 100% of what it wants to know.
How he is playingThe High-A line, and how it compares with last season
Hover any stat to see what it means. How each compares with the 492 other hitters at his level is graded in "What he is good at".
PA
215
AVG
.184
OBP
.336
SLG
.345
OPS
.681
better than 42%
HR
6
SB
2
BB%
16.7
K%
41.4
Is this player getting better?
Down from .824 to .681 OPS, but he moved up to High-A — a step back at a harder level is normal.
Moved up from Low-A to High-A — the pitching is harder this year.
OPS
.824▼.681
Power
.209▼.161
Walks
15.6%▲16.7%
Strikeouts
31.2%▲41.4%
Last season, 429 times at bat. Two seasons that already happened. Nothing here is a prediction.
What his cards have sold for1 logged sale
Real completed sales only — nothing here is an estimate. These come from the scan: it asks eBay about listings it has already seen, and one that ends at a fixed price is recorded as a sale. That builds up over days. You can add one by hand below if you happen to know it, but you are not meant to be the price database.
Only 1 sale logged so far. We need at least two to draw a line, and about five spread over a month before the numbers mean much. Add sales you find using the button below.
- 2026-08-26 — $7.99 plus $0.00 shipping · /150 · tracked disappearance — not a confirmed sale proof
The whole live market65 listed · 65 eBay-verified · 59 not shown above
- Listings
- 65
- Lowest seen
- $6.38
- Median ask
- $12.58
- Cheapest 1st auto
- $6.38
- Cheapest numbered 1st auto
- $7.80
65 eBay-verified
Latest eBay verification: 12 hours ago.
The other 59 cards
- $15.302025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto Refractor/499WATCH
- $16.24ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Mini Diamond Refractor Autograph Auto /100WATCH
- $17.942025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Green Lava Refractor /99 1st ProspectWATCH
- $22.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Refractor 21/499 1st Prospect GiantsWATCH
- $39.992025 Bowman Chrome 1st Robert Hipwell Auto /100 Mini Diamond Refractor #CPA-RHWATCH
- $74.982025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st TRUE Black Refractor Auto /10 GiantsWATCH
- $250.00Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st BLACK Refractor Auto RC #'d /10 ProspectWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Refractor Auto /499 1stWATCH
- —Robert Hipwell /299 - 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Speckle Auto SF GiantsWATCH
- —Robert Hipwell 274/299 - 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Speckle Auto SF GiantsWATCH
- —ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST REFRACTOR AUTO /499WATCH
- —2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell True Blue CPA-RH Refractor Auto /150WATCH
- —2025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST PURPLE REFRACTOR /250 AUTOWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Red 2/5 1st Bowman Prospect Bowman Auto GiantsWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Refractor /499 Auto Robert Hipwell CPA-RHWATCH
- $6.382025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- $6.922025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect RC San Francisco GiantsWATCH
- $6.992025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- $7.272025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- $7.482025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- $7.942025 Bowman Chrome Auto #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL 1st Prospect RC GiantsWATCH
- $8.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Chrome AutoWATCH
- $8.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Chrome AutoWATCH
- $8.99Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Giants CPA-RHWATCH
- $11.50Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Giants CPA-RHWATCH
- $12.222025 Bowman Chrome 1st Prospect - Robert Hipwell Auto San Francisco GiantsWATCH
- $16.88ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Giants 1st AutoWATCH
- $33.942025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Gold Shimmer Refractor 50 1st ProspectWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- —2025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST PROSPECT AUTO #CPA-RH GIANTS Q4339 🟠⚫️WATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman SF Giants MLBWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH 1st Bowman Auto San Francisco Giants WATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome ROBERT HIPWELL Prospect Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GIANTSWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Autograph DetroitWATCH
- —Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome Auto 1st Bowman San Francisco Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome ROBERT HIPWELL Prospect Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GIANTSWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL On Card Auto 1st Bowman ProspectWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto Giants ProspectWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- —Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome Auto 1st Bowman San Francisco Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Auto Robert Hipwell Giants CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect - Robert Hipwell Gold Refractor Auto /50WATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Prospect AutographWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Prospect AutographWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome - Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto #CPA-RH GiantsWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Auto San Francisco Giants CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Speckle /299 #CPA-RH San Francisco PSA 9WATCH
- $15.692025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST BOWMAN PURPLE REFRACTOR AUTO 250 GiantsWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Auto Robert Hipwell SF Giants 1st Bowman CPA-RHWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman SF Giants MLBWATCH
- —2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman AutoWATCH
- $19.622025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Refractor 434/499 Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH Auto 1l7vWATCH
- $12.95Robert Hipwell Auto /299 1st 2025 Bowman Chrome Speckle Refractor SF GiantsWATCH
- $20.772025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Speckle Refractor 238/299 Robert Hipwell Auto 1l7vWATCH
Worth reading for this player
- Parallel scarcity calculator — numbered parallels of his cards are in play, and print run drives the premium
- Best Offer calculator — at least one of his live listings accepts offers
- Certified vs aftermarket autographs — signed cards of his are listed, and the two kinds are not worth the same
- Parallels and print runs — his market includes numbered parallels, which are priced off the print run