Larry Andersen

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: May 6, 1953 in Portland, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Interlake HS (Bellevue, WA).

High School: Interlake HS (Bellevue, WA)

Last Game: July 31, 1994 (Age 41-086d)
vs. ATL 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Larry Eugene Andersen

Nicknames: LA or Mr. Jello

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Career

WAR

13.9

ERA

3.15

699

995.1

758

WHIP

1.249

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1971	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	CLE	1	3	.250	5.31	6.23	11	5		0	0	0	39.0	52	27	23	4	16	0	20	0	0	2		1.744	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.25
1971	18	-3.7	Reno	CALL	A	CLE	1	0	1.000	6.75	7.50	7	3		0	0	0	24.0	37	20	18	4	9	0	10	0	0	1		1.917	13.9	1.5	3.4	3.8	1.11
1971	18	-1.0	Indians	GULF	Rk	CLE	0	3	.000	3.00	4.20	4	2		0	0	0	15.0	15	7	5	0	7	0	10	0	0	1		1.467	9.0	0.0	4.2	6.0	1.43
1972	19	-2.2	Reno	CALL	A	CLE	4	14	.222	6.53	7.40	27	19		2	0	0	124.0	166	102	90	21	57	1	79	5	0	6		1.798	12.0	1.5	4.1	5.7	1.39
1973	20	-1.5	Reno	CALL	A	CLE	10	8	.556	3.95	4.99	29	29		3	0	0	164.0	173	91	72	10	67	0	115	8	2	9		1.463	9.5	0.5	3.7	6.3	1.72
1974	21	-1.3	San Antonio	TL	AA	CLE	10	6	.625	3.83	4.47	25	22		9	1	0	169.0	176	84	72	14	51	8	64	7	1	6		1.343	9.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.25
1975	22	-2.3	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	CLE	10	11	.476	4.21	5.02	25	23		10	1	0	156.0	179	87	73	14	52	7	64	4	4	0		1.481	10.3	0.8	3.0	3.7	1.23
1975	22	-6.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		4.76	4.76	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	23	1.059	6.4	0.0	3.2	6.4	2.00
1976	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	9	8	.529	4.21	4.62	27	20		12	1	0	156.0	164	80	73	9	40	6	82	2	0	3		1.308	9.5	0.5	2.3	4.7	2.05
1976	23	-1.3	Toledo	IL	AAA	CLE	0	2	.000	12.91	12.91	6	5		0	0	0	23.0	47	33	33	5	6	1	8	2	0	2		2.304	18.4	2.0	2.3	3.1	1.33
1976	23	0.5	Williamsport	EL	AA	CLE	9	6	.600	2.71	3.18	21	15		12	1	0	133.0	117	47	40	4	34	5	74	0	0	1		1.135	7.9	0.3	2.3	5.0	2.18
1977	24	-0.6	Toledo	IL	AAA	CLE	5	6	.455	1.94	2.77	45	0		0	0	9	65.0	52	20	14	3	37	12	40	2	1	1		1.369	7.2	0.4	5.1	5.5	1.08
1977	24	-3.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	3.14	4.40	11	0	7	0	0	0	14.1	10	7	5	1	9	3	8	0	0	1	62	1.326	6.3	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.89
1978	25	0.0	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	10	7	.588	3.45	3.82	57	0		0	0	25	99.0	92	42	38	1	45	8	65	2	0	5		1.384	8.4	0.1	4.1	5.9	1.44
1979	26	1.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	CLE	10	6	.625	4.02	4.74	27	12		4	0	4	112.0	124	59	50	5	32	2	52	3	1	2		1.393	10.0	0.4	2.6	4.2	1.63
1979	26	-1.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		7.56	7.56	8	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	25	14	14	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	77	1.740	13.5	1.6	2.2	3.8	1.75
1980	27	1.9	Portland	PCL	AAA	PIT	5	7	.417	1.74	2.32	52	0		0	0	15	93.0	78	24	18	3	16	5	65	1	0	5		1.011	7.5	0.3	1.5	6.3	4.06
1981	28	0.1	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	3	.500	2.66	3.59	41	0	23	0	0	5	67.2	57	27	20	4	18	2	40	2	0	0	273	1.108	7.6	0.5	2.4	5.3	2.22
1982	29	4.0	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	5	0	0	4	6.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	1		0.750	2.7	0.0	4.1	10.8	2.67
1982	29	0.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		5.99	6.33	40	1	14	0	0	1	79.2	100	56	53	16	23	1	32	4	0	2	354	1.544	11.3	1.8	2.6	3.6	1.39
1983	30	4.6	Portland	PCL	AAA	PHI	7	8	.467	2.05	4.48	52	0	46	0	0	22	70.1	63	35	16	6	30	5	64	0	0	10		1.322	8.1	0.8	3.8	8.2	2.13
1983	30	1.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	2.39	2.39	17	0	4	0	0	0	26.1	19	7	7	0	9	1	14	0	1	1	106	1.063	6.5	0.0	3.1	4.8	1.56
1984	31	2.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	7	.300	2.38	3.18	64	0	25	0	0	4	90.2	85	32	24	5	25	6	54	0	1	2	376	1.213	8.4	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.16
1985	32	3.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	3	.500	4.32	5.05	57	0	19	0	0	3	73.0	78	41	35	5	26	4	50	3	1	1	318	1.425	9.6	0.6	3.2	6.2	1.92
1986	33		2 Teams	NL	Maj	HOU-PHI	2	1	.667	3.03	3.49	48	0	8	0	0	1	77.1	83	30	26	2	26	10	42	1	0	1	323	1.409	9.7	0.2	3.0	4.9	1.62
1986	33	4.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	0		4.26	5.68	10	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	19	8	6	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	55	1.737	13.5	0.0	2.1	6.4	3.00
1986	33	4.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	1	.667	2.78	3.06	38	0	7	0	0	1	64.2	64	22	20	2	23	10	33	1	0	1	268	1.345	8.9	0.3	3.2	4.6	1.43
1987	34	5.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	9	5	.643	3.45	4.07	67	0	31	0	0	5	101.2	95	46	39	7	41	10	94	2	0	1	440	1.338	8.4	0.6	3.6	8.3	2.29
1988	35	6.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	4	.333	2.94	3.16	53	0	25	0	0	5	82.2	82	29	27	3	20	8	66	1	2	1	350	1.234	8.9	0.3	2.2	7.2	3.30
1989	36	7.2	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	4	4	.500	1.54	1.95	60	0	21	0	0	3	87.2	63	19	15	2	24	4	85	0	1	2	351	0.992	6.5	0.2	2.5	8.7	3.54
1990	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	5	2	.714	1.79	2.07	65	0	24	0	0	7	95.2	79	22	19	2	27	5	93	2	0	4	387	1.108	7.4	0.2	2.5	8.7	3.44
1990	37	8.6	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	5	2	.714	1.95	2.32	50	0	20	0	0	6	73.2	61	19	16	2	24	5	68	1	0	2	301	1.154	7.5	0.2	2.9	8.3	2.83
1990	37	8.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		1.23	1.23	15	0	4	0	0	1	22.0	18	3	3	0	3	0	25	1	0	2	86	0.955	7.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.33
1991	38	9.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	3	4	.429	2.30	2.49	38	0	24	0	0	13	47.0	39	13	12	0	13	3	40	0	0	1	188	1.106	7.5	0.0	2.5	7.7	3.08
1992	39	16.4	High Desert	CALL	A+	SDP	0	1	.000	2.25	5.63	5	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	5	2	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	33	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
1992	39	10.7	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	1	.500	3.34	3.60	34	0	13	0	0	2	35.0	26	14	13	2	8	2	35	1	0	0	140	0.971	6.7	0.5	2.1	9.0	4.38
1993	40	11.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	2	.600	2.92	3.21	64	0	13	0	0	0	61.2	54	22	20	4	21	2	67	1	1	2	256	1.216	7.9	0.6	3.1	9.8	3.19
1994	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.87	7	4	2	0	0	1	10.1	3	1	0	0	2	1	14	0	0	0	36	0.484	2.6	0.0	1.7	12.2	7.00
1994	41	15.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	0	0		0.00	1.08	6	3	2	0	0	1	8.1	3	1	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	29	0.480	3.2	0.0	1.1	9.7	9.00
1994	41	17.1	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	22.5	5.00
1994	41	12.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	2	.333	4.41	5.51	29	0	11	0	0	0	32.2	33	20	16	2	15	3	27	0	0	0	147	1.469	9.1	0.6	4.1	7.4	1.80
1995	42	18.3	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	0		6.23	6.23	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	21	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	14.5	7.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		40	39	.506	3.15	3.63	699	1	267	0	0	49	995.1	932	402	348	58	311	64	758	17	7	21	4171	1.249	8.4	0.5	2.8	6.9	2.44
Minors (15 seasons)					Minors		82	85	.491	3.83	4.65	399	136	54	40	3	80	1276.2	1337	660	544	91	451	55	749	35	9	50	90	1.401	9.4	0.6	3.2	5.3	1.66
All Levels (25 Seasons)							122	124	.496	3.53	4.21	1098	137	321	40	3	129	2272.0	2269	1062	892	149	762	119	1507	52	16	71	4261	1.334	9.0	0.6	3.0	6.0	1.98

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		48	47	.505	3.44	4.28	275	43	53	14	1	80	633.1	640	301	242	37	222	41	375	14	6	26	29	1.361	9.1	0.5	3.2	5.3	1.69
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		19	12	.613	3.36	3.91	52	38	1	21	2	0	308.1	299	134	115	18	87	13	150	8	1	7	28	1.252	8.7	0.5	2.5	4.4	1.72
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.25	5.63	5	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	5	2	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	33	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
A (3 seasons)					Minors		15	22	.405	5.19	6.14	63	51		5	0	0	312.0	376	213	180	35	133	1	204	13	2	16		1.631	10.8	1.0	3.8	5.9	1.53
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	3	.000	3.00	4.20	4	2		0	0	0	15.0	15	7	5	0	7	0	10	0	0	1		1.467	9.0	0.0	4.2	6.0	1.43