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Ben Lively

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 235lb (193cm, 106kg)

Born: March 5, 1992 in Pensacola, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gulf Breeze HS (Gulf Breeze, FL) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL).

High School: Gulf Breeze HS (Gulf Breeze, FL)

School: University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.133 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Meister Sports Management

Full Name: Edward Bennett Lively

Nicknames: Bee-bo or Bebo

Twitter: @BenLively19

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.2

3.0

ERA

2.84

4.62

50.2

259.1

206

WHIP

1.164

1.361

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-04-03	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	New York Mets	1-6	L	5.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	2	53	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	88	60	20	6	4	13	5	4
2	2018-04-09	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Cincinnati Reds	1-6		5.2	9	5	5	2	7	1	0	36	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	27	100	65	22	11	8	10	7	1
3	2018-04-15	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-4		4.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	0	41	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	66	41	14	6	3	11	6	1
4	2018-04-20	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6		6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	1	59	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	27	96	56	15	8	6	13	5	2
5	2018-04-26	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-3	L	2.1	7	7	7	4	1	2	0	12	14	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	67	37	13	3	3	10	3	1
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to AAA-IL
6	2018-05-11	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		Buffalo Bisons	1-5	W	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	67	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	68	43	15	6	6	7	3	1
7	2018-05-18	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Syracuse Chiefs	1-6		6.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	68	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	74	51	14	7	6	9	1	3
8	2018-05-24	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		Rochester Red Wings	1-6	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	57	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	94	64	21	4	6	11	4	1
9	2018-05-29	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		Charlotte Knights	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	5	1	0	48	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	104	62	20	6	6	11	4	2
10	2018-06-03	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		Toledo Mud Hens	1-6		5.1	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	49	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	94	66	18	8	4	13	5	1
11	2018-06-09	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Charlotte Knights	1-6		6.0	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	63	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	111	72	10	14	11	6	3	0
12	2018-06-14	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		Pawtucket Red Sox	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	1	66	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	101	68	20	6	8	13	6	1
13	2018-06-20	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-7		6.2	2	3	3	4	7	1	0	61	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	109	70	27	7	7	6	3	1
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Rk-GULF
14	2018-08-20	Rk-GULF	GCL Phillies West		GCL Pirates	1-1		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					1	0	0	0
15	2018-08-22	Rk-GULF	GCL Phillies East		GCL Tigers East	5-5		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					1	0	0	0
16	2018-08-25	Rk-GULF	GCL Phillies East		GCL Yankees East	3-4		2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7					1	3	0	0
		Player Moved from Rk-GULF to AAA-IL
17	2018-08-28	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	8-9	W	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	32	23	11	3	2	1	0	0
18	2018-08-31	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Rochester Red Wings	7-7		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	24	18	6	1	3	1	0	0
19	2018-09-02	AAA-IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	@	Rochester Red Wings	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	7	4	0	1	2	1	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
20	2018-09-14	Maj-AL	Kansas City Royals		Minnesota Twins	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	14	3	4	1	1	1	0
21	2018-09-17	Maj-AL	Kansas City Royals	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	9-9	L	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	20	9	2	0	2	1	1	0
22	2018-09-20	Maj-AL	Kansas City Royals	@	Detroit Tigers	6-6		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	8	2	0	1	2	0	1
23	2018-09-27	Maj-AL	Kansas City Royals		Cleveland Indians	6-7		2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	25	18	6	2	4	3	1	1
24	2018-09-30	Maj-AL	Kansas City Royals		Cleveland Indians	7-8		2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	35	24	10	2	3	2	1	0

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	24	360	324	34	79	16	1	7	3	3	31	80	.244	.317	.364	.681	.303	118	7	4	0	1	1

Home	14	222	200	22	52	12	0	4	3	1	19	47	.260	.329	.380	.709	.320	76	4	2	0	1	1
Away	10	138	124	12	27	4	1	3	0	2	12	33	.218	.297	.339	.636	.273	42	3	2	0	0	0

April	5	115	101	18	34	7	1	4	2	1	10	22	.337	.409	.545	.953	.395	55	2	3	0	1	1
May	4	86	79	7	13	6	0	2	1	0	7	18	.165	.233	.317	.549	.186	25	1	0	0	0	0
June	4	101	92	7	21	1	0	1	0	1	8	24	.228	.297	.272	.569	.299	25	3	1	0	0	0
August	5	25	24	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.167	.200	.250	.450	.308	6	0	0	0	0	0
September	6	33	28	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	.250	.364	.250	.614	.304	7	1	0	0	0	0

As Starter	14	305	275	32	68	14	1	7	3	2	25	66	.247	.318	.382	.700	.301	105	6	4	0	1	1
As Reliever	10	55	49	2	11	2	0	0	0	1	6	14	.225	.309	.265	.574	.314	13	1	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	24	163	150		35	5	0	3			9	38	.233	.288	.327	.615	.291	49	5	3	0	1	1
vs LHB as RHP	23	197	174		44	11	1	4			22	42	.253	.340	.397	.737	.313	69	2	1	0	0	0

Bases Empty	24	218	198		44	10	0	3			18	52	.222	.294	.318	.612	.287	63	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	22	142	126		35	6	1	4			13	28	.278	.352	.437	.789	.326	55	7	2	0	1	1

vs. Younger Batters	23	129	117		22	6	1	0			11	38	.188	.264	.256	.520	.279	30	2	1	0	0	0
vs. Older Batters	21	231	207		57	10	0	7			20	42	.275	.346	.425	.771	.315	88	5	3	0	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	3	5	.375	3.44	24	14	0	86.1	79	34	33	7	31	1	80	4	0	0	360	1.274	8.3	2.58

Home	2	3	.400	3.78	14	9	0	52.1	52	22	22	4	19	1	47	2	0	0	222	1.357	8.1	2.47
Away	1	2	.333	2.91	10	5	0	34.0	27	12	11	3	12	0	33	2	0	0	138	1.147	8.7	2.75

April	0	2	.000	6.85	5	5	0	23.2	34	18	18	4	10	1	22	3	0	0	115	1.859	8.4	2.20
May	1	2	.333	2.74	4	4	0	23.0	13	7	7	2	7	0	18	0	0	0	86	0.870	7.0	2.57
June	1	0	1.000	2.16	4	4	0	25.0	21	7	6	1	8	0	24	1	0	0	101	1.160	8.6	3.00
August	1	0	1.000	1.29	5	1	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	25	0.714	14.1	11.00
September	0	1	.000	1.17	6	0	0	7.2	7	1	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	33	1.565	5.9	1.00

As Starter	2	4	.333	3.84	14	14	0	72.2	68	32	31	7	25	1	66	4	0	0	305	1.280	8.2	2.64
As Reliever	1	1	.500	1.32	10	0	0	13.2	11	2	2	0	6	0	14	0	0	0	55	1.244	9.2	2.33

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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