How Ben Lively's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Ben Lively has totaled 70 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Starts season came in 2024, posting 29, well above the starting pitcher average of 14.3 that year. The lowest point came in 2019 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 14.9 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Starts total has gone from 12 in 2023 to 29 in 2024 and 9 in 2025, falling over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 29 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Ben Lively Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Ben Lively Starts Per Season

Ben Lively's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ben Lively Starts per season line chart

Ben Lively Starts by Team

Ben Lively's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ben Lively career Starts by team bar chart

Ben Lively Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Ben Lively's career Starts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ben Lively Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Lively Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Lively's seasonal Starts alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ben Lively Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Lively Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Lively's MLB career with Starts alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ben Lively Starts season-by-season breakdown table