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Ben Lively

#39 - Starting Pitcher

Cleveland Guardians

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 3/5/1992 (32)
Height, Weight 6'4", 235 lb
Hometown Pensacola, FL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
13-10 151.0 3.81 1.25 18.7% 7.8%
18th 7
W
63rd 116
IP
76th 4.33
ERA
92nd 1.29
WHIP
147th 21.8%
K%
110th 7.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
89.9 8.6% 27.5% 51.5% 6.4% 5.07 3.29
188th 93.5
FB MPH
185th 11.7%
SwStr%
115th 28.0%
CSW%
122nd -
Str-ICR
107th 6.4%
MTK%
129th 5.12
PLV
110th -
PLA

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Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2017 PHI 15 15 88.2 4-7 10 4.26 1.29 - 4.98 - - 14.0% 6.5% 9.1 1.32 .282 - 74.2% - - - - - -
2018 KC/PHI 10 5 30.1 0-3 1 5.64 1.85 - 4.89 - - 18.6% 10.3% 12.2 1.19 .385 - 74.9% - - 8.9% 28.7% 0.44 -
2019 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 27.00 3.00 - 14.21 - - 16.7% 0.0% 27.0 9.00 .500 - 0.0% - - 11.1% 40.7% 0.78 -
2023 CIN 19 12 88.2 4-7 2 5.38 1.36 5.10 5.36 4.38 3.46 20.6% 6.5% 9.7 2.03 .297 21.3% 74.0% 40.2% 40.4% 9.4% 28.0% 0.44 5.08
2024 CLE 29 29 151.0 13-10 9 3.81 1.25 4.05 4.66 4.57 3.29 18.7% 7.8% 8.3 1.37 .265 13.6% 78.4% 36.5% 43.3% 8.6% 27.5% 0.48 5.07
SP MLB Percentile 68 68 67 88-16 52 61 50 52 28 22 44 24 43 55 31 82 47 83 75 58 6 41 57 32
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 4.33 1.29 4.27 4.28 4.23 3.15 21.8% 7.7% 8.6 1.26 .290 14.0% 72.3% 38.6% 43.3% 11.7% 28.0% 0.49 5.12
Career 74 61 359.2 21-27 22 4.53 1.34 - - - 1.69 18.0% 7.3% 9.2 1.53 .289 18.3% 75.6% 33.2% 42.2% 8.9% 27.9% 0.46 5.07

Repertoire

2018 2019 2023 2024 All
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Year Usage% MPH Zone% O-Sw% Str% SwStr% CS% CSW% Str-ICR GB% FB% ICR HR/FB% AVG BABIP HL HP MTK% PLV
2024 31.3% 89.9 48.4% 15.4% 62.9% 6.5% 23.9% 30.4% 50.9% 40.2% 42.1% 40.9% 17.8% .276 .265 -2 1.3 5.2% 4.81
SP MLB Percentile 31 4 28 4 25 16 98 83 40 78 49 58 20 36 70 67 47 - 30
SP MLB AVG 37.5% 93.5 50.9% 26.4% 65.7% 9.6% 17.6% 27.2% 51.6% 34.1% 42.5% 42.0% 13.2% .259 .295 +1 - 6.9% 4.96

Strike Zone Plot

2024 Season vs. All
Four-Seamer
home plate
MLB Rank MLB Average
Usage% MPH SwStr% CSW% Str% AVG HC% xMov yMov
31.3% 89.9 6.5% 30.4% 62.9% .276 38.8% 5.2 8.7
139th 37.5%
Usage%
188th 93.5
MPH
168th 9.6%
SwStr%
32nd 27.2%
CSW%
150th 65.7%
Str%
127th .259
AVG
179th 30.6%
HC%
82nd 4.8
xMov
134th 9.1
yMov

Game Log

Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2017 PHI 15 15 88.2 4-7 10 0 - 1,415 909 506 372 90 47 27 3 13 52 24 8 1
2018 KC/PHI 10 5 30.1 0-3 1 0 0 541 335 206 145 41 29 7 1 4 27 15 3 0
2019 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 27 18 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2023 CIN 19 12 88.2 4-7 2 0 0 1,383 885 498 383 96 60 14 2 20 79 25 3 1
2024 CLE 29 29 151.0 13-10 9 0 0 2,406 1,574 832 632 139 86 26 4 23 118 49 5 2
SP MLB Percentile 68 68 67 88-16 52 0 0 64 64 35 65 33 33 35 8 14 55 24 32 49
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 0 0 1,902 1,227 675 490 109 70 21 2 16 109 37 5 3
Career 74 61 359.2 21-27 22 0 0 5,772 3,721 2,051 1,538 369 224 74 10 61 277 113 19 4

Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2017 PHI 14.0% 6.5% .269 .484 .814 .343 .282 .315 - - - - - - - -
2018 KC/PHI 18.6% 10.3% .325 .492 .899 .387 .385 .410 - - - - - - - -
2019 KC 16.7% 0.0% .500 1.000 1.500 .613 .500 .600 - - - - - - - -
2023 CIN 20.6% 6.5% .270 .490 .814 .348 .297 .348 .272 .345 .305 .408 88.9 88.5 14.1 5.10
2024 CLE 18.7% 7.8% .241 .419 .724 .315 .265 .302 .238 .314 .263 .351 90.0 88.9 13.9 4.05
SP MLB Percentile 24 43 59 43 48 49 82 77 59 52 77 71 14 20 50 52
SP MLB AVG 21.8% 7.7% .248 .415 .727 .317 .290 .323 .244 .319 .282 .372 88.7 87.8 13.6 4.27
Career 18.0% 7.3% .264 .462 .788 .340 .289 .327 .243 .324 .279 .374 89.6 88.7 14.0 -

Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 KC/PHI 12.8% (91.6) 3.3% (92.2) - 4.1% (83.8) - 5.2% (76.2) - - - 16.1% 9.2%
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
2023 CIN 32.2% (90.6) 21.9% (91.5) 5.1% (87.9) 23.5% (80.1) - 7.2% (76.4) 10.2% (84.4) - - 54.1% 45.9%
2024 CLE 31.3% (89.9) 29.1% (90.4) - 4.4% (80.9) 17.4% (79.0) 8.7% (76.9) 9.1% (83.9) - - 60.4% 39.6%
SP MLB Percentile 31 (4) 66 (13) - 3 (7) 57 (14) 25 (23) 17 (31) - - - -
SP MLB AVG 37.5% (93.5) 23.6% (92.9) 17.9% (88.7) 20.8% (85.1) 15.6% (81.6) 14.6% (79.1) 17.3% (85.3) 17.2% (86.1) 38.3% (77.6) 47.5% 52.5%
Career 29.1% (90.2) 23.4% (90.8) 1.6% (87.9) 10.4% (80.5) 9.6% (80.5) 7.7% (76.7) 8.2% (84.1) - - 52.5% 37.6%

Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 KC/PHI 18.8% (1) 16.7% (1) - 31.8% (5) - 32.1% (5) - - - 18.4% 278.0%
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - - -
2023 CIN 26.5% (36) 29.0% (22) 18.6% (10) 33.5% (49) - 30.3% (5) 20.6% (8) - - 27.5% 28.5%
2024 CLE 30.4% (49) 26.9% (47) - 30.2% (20) 27.5% (52) 23.8% (20) 22.0% (20) - - 28.7% 25.7%
SP MLB Percentile 83 (4) 48 (13) - 54 (7) 42 (14) 12 (23) 39 (31) - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (-) 26.6% (-) 26.0% (-) 29.4% (-) 28.3% (-) 31.0% (-) 23.3% (-) 24.0% (-) 25.7% (-) - -
Career 28.4% (86) 27.4% (70) 18.6% (10) 32.7% (74) 27.5% (52) 26.4% (30) 21.4% (28) - - 27.9% 35.2%

Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 KC/PHI - - - - - - - - 14.8% - - - - -
2019 KC - - - - - - - - 7.4% - - - - -
2023 CIN 40.4% 25.5% 34.2% 7.3% 38.5% 36.6% 34.4% 29.0% 16.1% 59.7% 26.2% 5.8% 8.4% 40.2%
2024 CLE 43.3% 19.6% 37.1% 10.8% 32.1% 40.1% 35.5% 24.4% 18.8% 63.0% 23.1% 7.7% 6.2% 36.5%
SP MLB Percentile 58 84 68 61 86 30 74 46 58 - 73 17 81 75
SP MLB AVG 43.3% 22.3% 34.4% 10.0% 35.6% 42.0% 33.2% 24.8% 18.4% 61.3% 24.6% 6.4% 7.8% 38.6%
Career 42.2% 21.8% 36.0% 9.5% 34.5% 38.8% 35.1% 26.1% 17.4% 61.8% 24.2% 7.0% 7.0% 33.2%

Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 KC/PHI .325 .387 .385 .410 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC .500 .613 .500 .600 - - - - - - - - - -
2023 CIN .270 .348 .297 .348 .272 .345 .305 .408 88.9 88.5 14.1 21.3% 40.2% 29.0%
2024 CLE .241 .315 .265 .302 .238 .314 .263 .351 90.0 88.9 13.9 13.6% 36.5% 26.6%
SP MLB Percentile 59 49 82 77 59 52 77 71 14 20 50 47 75 50
SP MLB AVG .248 .317 .290 .323 .244 .319 .282 .372 88.7 87.8 13.6 14.0% 38.6% 26.8%
Career .264 .340 .289 .327 .243 .324 .279 .374 89.6 88.7 14.0 18.3% 33.2% 23.9%

Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 KC/PHI - 61.9% 42.1% - 21.1% 14.8% 78.9% - - 19.8% 8.9% 28.7% 18.5% 54.3% 0.44 -
2019 KC - 66.7% 37.0% - 30.0% 7.4% 70.0% - - 29.6% 11.1% 40.7% 18.5% 55.6% 0.78 -
2023 CIN 48.5% 64.0% 45.4% 26.4% 20.7% 16.1% 79.3% 86.8% 61.7% 18.6% 9.4% 28.0% 20.0% 57.0% 0.44 47.9%
2024 CLE 47.4% 65.4% 46.6% 25.8% 18.6% 18.8% 81.4% 86.9% 68.1% 18.9% 8.6% 27.5% 19.1% 59.6% 0.48 51.5%
SP MLB Percentile 70 65 32 7 6 58 6 22 9 93 6 41 25 67 57 37
SP MLB AVG 46.0% 64.3% 48.0% 30.4% 24.3% 18.4% 75.7% 84.4% 59.1% 16.3% 11.7% 28.0% 17.9% 58.5% 0.49 50.5%
Career 41.6% 64.5% 45.6% 26.0% 19.6% 17.4% 80.4% 86.9% 65.8% 19.0% 8.9% 27.9% 19.3% 58.1% 0.46 51.7%

Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 KC/PHI - - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - -
2023 CIN 48.5% 32.5% 26.0% 41.5% 39.8% 27.6% 32.6% 29.6% 44.4% 7.7%
2024 CLE 47.4% 36.5% 23.5% 40.0% 34.6% 29.0% 36.4% 22.8% 53.6% 6.2%
SP MLB Percentile 70 61 11 56 66 95 13 10 93 30
SP MLB AVG 46.0% 35.1% 26.2% 38.8% 30.4% 24.4% 45.2% 28.0% 45.8% 6.6%
Career 41.6% 35.0% 24.4% 40.5% 36.5% 28.5% 35.0% 25.3% 50.3% 6.7%

Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 KC/PHI 61.2% 14.4% 24.6% 14.2% 56.2% 47.3% 26.0% - 20.3%
2019 KC 55.6% 3.7% 40.7% 6.7% 83.3% 83.3% 46.7% - 9.1%
2023 CIN 63.1% 12.1% 24.9% 18.3% 60.9% 50.3% 23.4% 23.0% 23.0%
2024 CLE 60.1% 10.5% 29.6% 16.0% 65.6% 55.0% 25.1% 20.8% 16.6%
SP MLB Percentile 78 70 44 63 78 88 94 7 26
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.5% 30.0% 15.1% 62.3% 50.7% 21.4% 25.3% 18.6%
Career 61.1% 11.5% 27.5% 16.5% 63.0% 52.6% 24.7% 18.9% 18.8%

PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 KC/PHI 541 - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC 27 - - - - - - - - -
2023 CIN 1,383 5.08 44.8% 18.9% 36.2% 8.6% 8.3% 17.7 +15 3.46
2024 CLE 2,406 5.07 47.3% 21.7% 31.0% 16.2% 6.4% 16.3 +32 3.29
SP MLB Percentile 64 32 47 84 71 71 44 39 14 44
SP MLB AVG 1,902 5.12 47.4% 19.2% 33.4% 14.0% 6.4% - +14 3.15
Career 5,772 5.07 46.4% 20.7% 32.9% 13.4% 7.1% 34.0 +47 1.69
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