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Ben Lively

#0 - Starting Pitcher

Cleveland Guardians

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 3/5/1992 (33)
Height, Weight 6'4", 235 lb
Hometown Pensacola, FL

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-2 44.2 3.22 1.19 16.3% 8.4%
179th 7
W
195th 121.0
IP
43rd 4.24
ERA
56th 1.28
WHIP
178th 21.9%
K%
119th 7.9%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
89.6 7.6% 24.5% 49.8% 6.1% 4.96 3.29
195th 94.1
FB MPH
198th 11.7%
SwStr%
190th 28.1%
CSW%
98th 50.0%
Str-ICR
103rd 6.2%
MTK%
122nd 5.01
PLV
104th 3.18
PLA

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Ben Lively 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 4.55 3.19 20.6% 6.5% 9.7 2.03 .297 27.0% 74.0% 40.2% 40.4% 9.4% 28.0% 0.44 5.06
2024 CLE 29 29 151.0 13-10 9 3.81 1.25 4.05 4.66 4.57 3.61 18.7% 7.8% 8.3 1.37 .265 19.2% 78.4% 36.5% 43.3% 8.6% 27.5% 0.48 4.88
2025 CLE 9 9 44.2 2-2 0 3.22 1.19 4.45 4.61 5.27 3.29 16.3% 8.4% 7.7 1.21 .250 13.6% 83.0% 38.1% 31.3% 7.6% 24.5% 0.39 4.96
SP MLB Percentile 1 2 2 4-91 0 78 71 42 33 5 48 11 38 68 51 88 84 93 68 2 1 5 12 33
SP MLB AVG 24 22 121.0 7-7 8 4.24 1.28 4.32 4.25 4.18 3.18 21.9% 7.9% 8.5 1.26 .288 19.5% 73.1% 39.5% 43.5% 11.7% 28.1% 0.48 5.01
Career 83 70 404.1 23-29 22 4.38 1.32 4.44 4.91 4.67 3.43 17.8% 7.5% 9.1 1.49 .285 22.7% 76.3% 33.8% 40.5% 8.7% 27.4% 0.45 4.95

Ben Lively Repertoire

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Ben Lively 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
2025 CLE 9 9 44.2 2-2 0 0 0 719 460 260 178 38 24 8 0 6 29 15 0 0
SP MLB Percentile 1 2 2 4-91 0 0 0 2 2 98 2 97 97 92 77 91 1 96 95 88
SP MLB AVG 24 22 121.0 7-7 8 0 0 1,974 1,267 708 509 113 73 22 2 16 111 39 5 3
Career 83 70 404.1 23-29 22 0 0 6,491 4,181 2,311 1,716 407 248 82 10 67 306 128 19 4

Ben Lively 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 90.6 14.1 5.10
2024 CLE 18.7% 7.8% .241 .419 .724 .315 .265 .302 .238 .314 .263 .351 90.0 90.6 13.9 4.05
2025 CLE 16.3% 8.4% .233 .393 .691 .302 .250 .284 .243 .329 .249 .359 92.1 91.9 20.4 4.45
SP MLB Percentile 11 38 66 58 63 64 88 88 58 42 95 66 0 19 6 42
SP MLB AVG 21.9% 7.9% .246 .410 .722 .314 .288 .322 .247 .322 .286 .375 89.1 90.5 13.4 4.32
Career 17.8% 7.5% .261 .455 .778 .337 .285 .323 .243 .325 .274 .372 90.0 90.9 15.0 4.44

Ben Lively 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%
2025 CLE 29.3% (89.6) 28.8% (90.4) 7.6% (84.2) 2.2% (82.6) 16.8% (80.1) 7.4% (77.5) 7.8% (84.8) - - 58.1% 41.9%
SP MLB Percentile 25 (3) 77 (9) 18 (2) - 53 (17) 16 (19) 19 (31) - - 90.5% 9.0%
SP MLB AVG 37.2% (94.1) 20.3% (93.3) 16.6% (89.1) 18.5% (85.7) 16.5% (82.1) 15.1% (79.7) 15.8% (85.9) 16.3% (85.9) 74.0% (79.4) 47.0% 52.9%
Career 29.1% (90.1) 24.2% (90.7) 2.5% (86.3) 9.2% (80.5) 10.6% (80.5) 7.7% (76.8) 8.2% (84.2) - - 53.3% 38.2%

Ben Lively 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%
2025 CLE 31.3% (19) 26.6% (15) 23.6% (7) 25.0% (0) 19.0% (9) 18.9% (3) 8.9% (2) - - 28.9% 18.3%
SP MLB Percentile 87 (7) 39 (50) 24 (22) 33 (-) 8 (22) 3 (4) 0 (1) - - 63.0% 0.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.5% (67) 27.5% (20) 26.4% (25) 28.6% (44) 29.3% (31) 30.3% (33) 23.2% (40) 23.0% (39) 20.8% (6) 27.7% 28.2%
Career 28.8% (105) 27.2% (85) 20.8% (17) 32.4% (74) 25.6% (61) 25.4% (33) 19.8% (30) - - 28.1% 32.6%

Ben Lively 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% 26.9% 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% 26.4% 10.8% 32.1% 40.1% 35.5% 24.4% 18.8% 63.0% 23.1% 7.7% 6.2% 36.5%
2025 CLE 31.3% 23.9% 32.8% 11.9% 37.3% 35.8% 30.6% 33.6% 20.9% 62.0% 21.6% 6.0% 10.4% 38.1%
SP MLB Percentile 2 22 99 74 31 6 22 99 91 73 88 57 17 68
SP MLB AVG 43.5% 22.1% 24.6% 9.9% 35.8% 42.1% 33.1% 24.7% 18.2% 60.4% 24.8% 6.4% 8.5% 39.5%
Career 40.5% 22.1% 27.5% 9.8% 35.0% 38.3% 34.4% 27.3% 17.8% 61.8% 23.8% 6.8% 7.5% 33.8%

Ben Lively 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 90.6 14.1 27.0% 40.2% 29.0%
2024 CLE .241 .315 .265 .302 .238 .314 .263 .351 90.0 90.6 13.9 19.2% 36.5% 26.6%
2025 CLE .233 .302 .250 .284 .243 .329 .249 .359 92.1 91.9 20.4 13.6% 38.1% 28.7%
SP MLB Percentile 66 64 88 88 58 42 95 66 0 19 6 84 68 33
SP MLB AVG .246 .314 .288 .322 .247 .322 .286 .375 89.1 90.5 13.4 19.5% 39.5% 27.4%
Career .261 .337 .285 .323 .243 .325 .274 .372 90.0 90.9 15.0 22.7% 33.8% 24.6%

Ben Lively 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%
2025 CLE 50.2% 64.0% 47.1% 25.7% 16.2% 20.9% 83.8% 88.7% 70.7% 16.8% 7.6% 24.5% 18.6% 58.7% 0.39 49.8%
SP MLB Percentile 85 51 42 6 2 91 2 11 2 58 1 5 63 59 12 50
SP MLB AVG 47.3% 64.1% 47.7% 30.0% 24.5% 18.2% 75.5% 84.4% 57.8% 16.4% 11.7% 28.1% 17.9% 58.3% 0.48 50.0%
Career 42.8% 64.4% 45.8% 25.9% 19.1% 17.8% 80.9% 87.2% 66.5% 18.7% 8.7% 27.4% 19.2% 58.2% 0.45 51.5%

Ben Lively 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%
2025 CLE 50.2% 33.8% 25.5% 40.8% 39.5% 31.8% 28.7% 20.4% 54.1% 7.8%
SP MLB Percentile 85 38 71 68 92 0 0 5 95 80
SP MLB AVG 47.3% 35.4% 26.7% 37.9% 30.0% 24.9% 45.2% 28.4% 44.9% 6.9%
Career 42.8% 34.8% 24.6% 40.6% 37.0% 29.0% 34.0% 24.5% 50.9% 6.9%

Ben Lively 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%
2025 CLE 58.7% 9.7% 31.7% 15.9% 60.9% 52.5% 21.6% 18.9% 12.7%
SP MLB Percentile 53 88 80 61 34 74 49 2 2
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 11.6% 29.9% 15.2% 62.3% 50.6% 21.4% 24.3% 18.8%
Career 60.8% 11.2% 28.1% 16.4% 62.7% 52.6% 24.3% 18.9% 17.8%

Ben Lively 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 5.06 46.3% 18.9% 34.8% 11.6% 6.0% 20.0 +20 3.19
2024 CLE 2,406 4.88 42.9% 18.5% 38.7% 4.2% 7.7% 9.1 +12 3.61
2025 CLE 719 4.96 45.4% 17.8% 36.8% 8.6% 6.1% 1.5 0 3.29
SP MLB Percentile 2 33 45 33 32 32 45 78 71 48
SP MLB AVG 1,974 5.01 45.8% 18.8% 35.4% 10.4% 6.2% 13.3 +9 3.18
Career 6,491 4.95 44.3% 18.5% 37.2% 7.1% 6.9% 30.6 +32 3.43
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