Larry Andersen

Position: 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)

Debut: September 5, 1975 (Age 22-122d, 13,698th in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

ERA

3.15

699

995.1

758

WHIP

1.249

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1971	18	CLE-min	A,Rk	1	3	.250	5.31	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	REN,INS CALL,GULF
1972	19	CLE-min	A	4	14	.222	6.53	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	REN CALL
1973	20	CLE-min	A	10	8	.556	3.95	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	REN CALL
1974	21	CLE-min	AA	10	6	.625	3.83	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	SAN TL
1975	22	CLE-min	AAA	10	11	.476	4.21	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	OKC AA
1975	22	CLE	AL	0	0		4.76	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	23	84	2.23	1.059	6.4	0.0	3.2	6.4	2.00

1976	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	4.21	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	WPT,TOL EL,IL
1977	24	CLE-min	AAA	5	6	.455	1.94	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	TOL IL
1977	24	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	3.14	11	0	7	0	0	0	14.1	10	7	5	1	9	3	8	0	0	1	62	129	4.41	1.326	6.3	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.89

1978	25	CLE-min	AAA	10	7	.588	3.45	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	POR PCL
1979	26	CLE-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.02	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	TAC PCL
1979	26	CLE	AL	0	0		7.56	8	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	25	14	14	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	77	58	4.95	1.740	13.5	1.6	2.2	3.8	1.75

1980	27	PIT-min	AAA	5	7	.417	1.74	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	POR PCL
1981	28	SEA	AL	3	3	.500	2.66	41	0	23	0	0	5	67.2	57	27	20	4	18	2	40	2	0	0	273	147	3.07	1.108	7.6	0.5	2.4	5.3	2.22
1982	29	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	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	SLC PCL
1982	29	SEA	AL	0	0		5.99	40	1	14	0	0	1	79.2	100	56	53	16	23	1	32	4	0	2	354	71	5.54	1.544	11.3	1.8	2.6	3.6	1.39
1983	30	PHI-min	AAA	7	8	.467	2.05	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	POR PCL
1983	30	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	2.39	17	0	4	0	0	0	26.1	19	7	7	0	9	1	14	0	1	1	106	153	2.72	1.063	6.5	0.0	3.1	4.8	1.56
1984	31	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	2.38	64	0	25	0	0	4	90.2	85	32	24	5	25	6	54	0	1	2	376	153	3.12	1.213	8.4	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.16
1985	32	PHI	NL	3	3	.500	4.32	57	0	19	0	0	3	73.0	78	41	35	5	26	4	50	3	1	1	318	86	3.40	1.425	9.6	0.6	3.2	6.2	1.92
1986	33	TOT	NL	2	1	.667	3.03	48	0	8	0	0	1	77.1	83	30	26	2	26	10	42	1	0	1	323	121	3.07	1.409	9.7	0.2	3.0	4.9	1.62
1986	33	PHI	NL	0	0		4.26	10	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	19	8	6	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	55	94	2.06	1.737	13.5	0.0	2.1	6.4	3.00
1986	33	HOU	NL	2	1	.667	2.78	38	0	7	0	0	1	64.2	64	22	20	2	23	10	33	1	0	1	268	129	3.27	1.345	8.9	0.3	3.2	4.6	1.43
1987	34	HOU	NL	9	5	.643	3.45	67	0	31	0	0	5	101.2	95	46	39	7	41	10	94	2	0	1	440	114	3.19	1.338	8.4	0.6	3.6	8.3	2.29
1988	35	HOU	NL	2	4	.333	2.94	53	0	25	0	0	5	82.2	82	29	27	3	20	8	66	1	2	1	350	113	2.41	1.234	8.9	0.3	2.2	7.2	3.30
1989	36	HOU	NL	4	4	.500	1.54	60	0	21	0	0	3	87.2	63	19	15	2	24	4	85	0	1	2	351	222	1.94	0.992	6.5	0.2	2.5	8.7	3.54
1990	37	TOT	MLB	5	2	.714	1.79	65	0	24	0	0	7	95.2	79	22	19	2	27	5	93	2	0	4	387	215	2.04	1.108	7.4	0.2	2.5	8.7	3.44
1990	37	HOU	NL	5	2	.714	1.95	50	0	20	0	0	6	73.2	61	19	16	2	24	5	68	1	0	2	301	191	2.33	1.154	7.5	0.2	2.9	8.3	2.83
1990	37	BOS	AL	0	0		1.23	15	0	4	0	0	1	22.0	18	3	3	0	3	0	25	1	0	2	86	338	1.08	0.955	7.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.33
1991	38	SDP	NL	3	4	.429	2.30	38	0	24	0	0	13	47.0	39	13	12	0	13	3	40	0	0	1	188	167	1.98	1.106	7.5	0.0	2.5	7.7	3.08
1992	39	SDP-min	A+	0	1	.000	2.25	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	HDS CALL
1992	39	SDP	NL	1	1	.500	3.34	34	0	13	0	0	2	35.0	26	14	13	2	8	2	35	1	0	0	140	108	2.30	0.971	6.7	0.5	2.1	9.0	4.38
1993	40	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	2.92	64	0	13	0	0	0	61.2	54	22	20	4	21	2	67	1	1	2	256	137	2.73	1.216	7.9	0.6	3.1	9.8	3.19
1994	41	PHI-min	AAA,AA	0	0		0.00	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	SWB,REA IL,EL
1994	41	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	4.41	29	0	11	0	0	0	32.2	33	20	16	2	15	3	27	0	0	0	147	99	3.65	1.469	9.1	0.6	4.1	7.4	1.80
1995	42	PHI-min	AA	0	0		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	REA EL
17 Yrs				40	39	.506	3.15	699	1	267	0	0	49	995.1	932	402	348	58	311	64	758	17	7	21	4171	121	3.01	1.249	8.4	0.5	2.8	6.9	2.44
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.506	3.15	68	0	26	0	0	5	97	91	39	34	6	30	6	74	2	1	2	405	121	3.01	1.249	8.4	0.5	2.8	6.9	2.44
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHI (6 yrs)				11	14	.440	3.27	241	0	73	0	0	7	297.0	288	130	108	16	99	16	221	4	4	6	1258	117	3.08	1.303	8.7	0.5	3.0	6.7	2.23
HOU (5 yrs)				22	16	.579	2.57	268	0	104	0	0	20	410.1	365	135	117	16	132	37	346	5	3	7	1710	141	2.62	1.211	8.0	0.4	2.9	7.6	2.62
CLE (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.40	22	0	12	0	0	0	36.2	39	24	22	4	15	3	19	0	0	3	162	78	4.32	1.473	9.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.27
SDP (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	2.74	72	0	37	0	0	15	82.0	65	27	25	2	21	5	75	1	0	1	328	136	2.12	1.049	7.1	0.2	2.3	8.2	3.57
SEA (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	4.46	81	1	37	0	0	6	147.1	157	83	73	20	41	3	72	6	0	2	627	92	4.41	1.344	9.6	1.2	2.5	4.4	1.76
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		1.23	15	0	4	0	0	1	22.0	18	3	3	0	3	0	25	1	0	2	86	338	1.08	0.955	7.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.33

NL (12 yrs)				37	35	.514	2.85	581	0	214	0	0	42	789.1	718	292	250	34	252	58	642	10	7	14	3296	130	2.74	1.229	8.2	0.4	2.9	7.3	2.55
AL (6 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.28	118	1	53	0	0	7	206.0	214	110	98	24	59	6	116	7	0	7	875	96	4.04	1.325	9.3	1.0	2.6	5.1	1.97

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