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Ben Graves

SS • #6 • Class of 2026 • Lawrence Free State Firebirds
Commitment Oral Roberts
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AVG
0.250
current season
HR
0
career power
ERA
3.38
current season
K
96
career punchouts
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Season Spotlight

2026 snapshot

The fastest read on current-season impact and long-view production.

4 seasons 13 current games
Hits
8
2026 season
HR
0
latest power
RBI
8
latest production
K
16
latest punchouts
Profile Details

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Role
Two-way impact profile
Primary position
SS
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Kansas 6A Preseason Player Rankings

As the 2026 season grows closer, here's a look at our preseason player rankings for Kansas class 6A.

Mar 17, 2026
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Lawrence Free State Firebirds Sunflower League
Conference snapshot
Olathe East High School Hawks
15-0
Mill Valley High School Jaguars
13-2
Olathe West High School Owls
11-3
Olathe South High School Falcons
11-4
Lawrence Free State High School Firebirds
10-3
Honors

Awards on the profile

Hitter of the Week
Class • 6A
Apr 6, 2025
Hitter of the Week
Conference • Sunflower
Apr 6, 2025
Pitcher of the Week
Conference • Sunflower
Mar 26, 2023
Team Environment

Where the roster stacks up

AVG leaders
Ryker Mahnke
0.500
Zane Shaw
0.333
Owen Lester
0.289
Power bats
Carter Laubach
1
Owen Lester
0
Ferris Dinkel
0
ERA leaders
Nathan Young
0.67
Zane Shaw
1.16
Kyle Sikes
1.35
Strikeout arms
Zane Shaw
32
Nathan Young
20
Finn Moore
13
Seasons
4
tracked years
Games
94
career total
Career AVG
0.302
batting average
Career HR
0
home runs
Career ERA
2.22
earned run avg
Career K
96
strikeouts

Career Hitting Stats

4 seasons
Season Team G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG
2026 Free State 13 32 8 0 2 0 8 4 0.250
2025 Free State 27 77 28 7 4 0 33 4 0.364
2024 Free State 29 85 27 5 1 0 18 0 0.318
2023 Free State 25 72 20 2 1 0 16 0 0.278
Career 4 seasons 94 266 83 14 8 0 75 8 0.302

Career Pitching Stats

4 seasons
Season Team G IP H R ER BB K ERA
2026 Free State 13 16.0 15 7 6 6 16 3.38
2025 Free State 27 18.0 7 0 0 2 21 0.00
2024 Free State 29 19.3 21 10 10 3 24 3.62
2023 Free State 25 41.3 34 16 11 17 35 1.86
Career 4 seasons 94 94.6 77 33 27 28 96 2.22
2026

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2026.

13 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
04/18 Pembroke Hill High School 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/16 MV 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/14 SMW 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/09 ON 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/07 SMN 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
04/03 Rogers High School 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/02 SME 3 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
03/31 OS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/28 Harrisburg High School 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
03/27 Roosevelt High School 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/26 OGrmn 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
03/20 JHS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/19 Tea High School 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
Date Opp IP H R ER BB HBP K WP P S
04/18 Pembroke Hill High School 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 20
04/09 ON 4.0 5 2 2 2 0 4 1 62 41
04/03 Rogers High School 2.1 6 4 4 3 0 2 0 59 31
04/02 SME 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
03/28 Harrisburg High School 5.0 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 81 53
03/27 Roosevelt High School 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3
03/20 JHS 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 9
2025

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2025.

27 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
05/22 WHght 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/22 Derby 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/15 Park Hill South High School 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/12 Law 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
05/09 Law 4 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/08 ONW 4 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 GE 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/03 SMS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/01 OW 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/29 SMNW 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/26 Rockhurst High School 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/25 Deer Creek High School 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
04/24 SJA 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/21 OE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/19 WHght 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/17 MV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/15 SMW 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/11 STA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/10 ON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/08 SMN 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
04/03 SME 5 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/01 OS 3 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/29 Harrisburg High School 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
03/28 Brandon Valley High School 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
03/27 OGrmn 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
03/21 LHS 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/20 JHS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
Date Opp IP H R ER BB HBP K WP P S
05/12 Law 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 8
05/09 Law 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 15
05/06 GE 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
05/03 SMS 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 25 17
04/29 SMNW 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 7
04/26 Rockhurst High School 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 30 21
04/25 Deer Creek High School 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 7
04/19 WHght 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 11
04/17 MV 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 11
04/15 SMW 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 8
04/11 STA 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 8
04/03 SME 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 36 20
03/28 Brandon Valley High School 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 9
2024

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2024.

29 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
05/24 SME 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/24 OS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/23 Topka 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
05/15 HVCam 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/14 Dodge 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/08 STA 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/07 Law 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
05/04 Dodge 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/02 GE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
04/27 OE 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/24 OW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/23 SMW 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/20 ArkCt 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/19 Belton High School 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/18 Blue Springs High School 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
04/15 MV 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
04/13 WHght 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/11 SMNW 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/09 SME 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
04/04 ONW 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/02 ON 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/29 Fayetteville High School 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/27 SMN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
03/25 OS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/23 Brandon Valley High School 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/22 Roosevelt High School 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/21 OGrmn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/15 Harrisburg High School 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/14 LHS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
Date Opp IP H R ER BB HBP K WP P S
05/24 SME 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29 16
05/08 STA 2.1 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 25 19
05/04 Dodge 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7
05/02 GE 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 27 19
04/27 OE 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 37 24
04/24 OW 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 23 16
04/15 MV 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 8
04/09 SME 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 38 26
04/04 ONW 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 46 32
03/29 Fayetteville High School 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 18 10
03/14 LHS 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 40 30
2023

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2023.

25 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
05/26 Derby 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/25 SME 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/17 WEast 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/17 Law 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/10 Law 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/03 GE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/02 SMS 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/29 Platte County High School 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/28 Carthage High School 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/27 Rockhurst High School 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/24 MV 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/20 OW 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/18 SMW 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/13 SMNW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
04/11 SME 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/08 OE 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/06 ONW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/04 ON 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/01 Harrisburg High School 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/31 Harrisburg High School 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/30 SMN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/28 OS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/24 Roosevelt High School 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/23 OGrmn 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
Date Opp IP H R ER BB HBP K WP P S
05/26 BVW 6.0 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/17 Law 2.0 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
05/03 GE 6.0 7 3 3 4 0 4 0 0 0
04/27 Rockhurst High School 3.1 5 7 4 5 0 3 0 0 0
04/18 SMW 6.0 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
04/08 OE 7.0 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0
03/31 Harrisburg High School 7.0 3 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 0
03/24 Roosevelt High School 4.0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0
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3 awards
Class

Hitter of the Week

6A Lawrence Free State Season 2025
Apr 6, 2025
Conference

Hitter of the Week

Sunflower Lawrence Free State Season 2025
Apr 6, 2025
Conference

Pitcher of the Week

Sunflower Lawrence Free State Season 2023
Mar 26, 2023