Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 2013Rd 4, Pk 135
- College
- UCF
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 2013Rd 4, Pk 135
- College
- UCF
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 83
- W
- 23
- L
- 29
- ERA
- 4.38
- IP
- 404.1
- K
- 306
- BB
- 128
- WHIP
- 1.32
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PHI | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4.26 | 88.2 | 52 | 24 | 1.29 |
| 2018 |  PHI/KC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5.64 | 30.1 | 27 | 15 | 1.85 |
| 2019 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| 2023 | CIN | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5.38 | 88.2 | 79 | 25 | 1.36 |
| 2024 | CLE | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3.81 | 151.0 | 118 | 49 | 1.25 |
| 2025 | CLE | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3.22 | 44.2 | 29 | 15 | 1.19 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 1.1
- K
- 2
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 1.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 22
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.8
- GB
- 494
- FB
- 769
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 4
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PHI | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 113 | 175 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2018 | PHI/KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 35 | 65 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2023 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 108 | 168 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2024 | CLE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 196 | 264 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2025 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 41 | 93 | 0.4 | 0 |
Latest performance
Ben Lively
May 12 · vs MIL · W 5-0
- IP
- 3.0
- H
- 1
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 2
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.22
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 12 | vs MILW 5-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, May 06 | at WSHW 9-1 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Thu, May 01 | vs MINW 4-3 F/10 | 5.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat, Apr 26 | vs BOSW 5-4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sat, Apr 19 | at PITW 3-0 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun, Apr 13 | vsKCL 4-2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
What were Ben Lively's career stats?
Ben Lively played 6 seasons for the Phillies, the Royals, the Reds and the Guardians. He had 23 wins and 306 strikeouts with a 4.38 ERA over 404.1 innings. His best season was 2024: 13 wins, a 3.81 ERA and 118 strikeouts.
More on Ben Lively
Playoff series
Ben Lively played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Series | G | IPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | KK: Batters this pitcher struck out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  NYY | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Ben Lively against each club
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (6)
- vs Kansas City Royals (5)
- vs Boston Red Sox (4)
- vs Chicago White Sox (4)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (4)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (3)
- vs Chicago Cubs (2)
- vs Colorado Rockies (2)
- vs Detroit Tigers (2)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (2)
- vs Minnesota Twins (2)
- vs New York Mets (2)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (2)
- vs San Diego Padres (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (2)
- vs Texas Rangers (2)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (2)
- vs Washington Nationals (2)
- vs Atlanta Braves (1)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (1)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (1)
- vs Houston Astros (1)
- vs Miami Marlins (1)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (1)
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