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Larry Andersen
Larry Eugene Andersen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 6, 1953 in Portland, OR
High School: Interlake (Bellevue, WA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1975
Final Game: July 31, 1994
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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 79 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
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 62 126 1.326 6.3 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.89
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 57 1.740 13.5 1.6 2.2 3.8 1.75
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 0 273 146 1.108 7.6 0.5 2.4 5.3 2.22
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 72 1.544 11.3 1.8 2.6 3.6 1.39
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 1 106 151 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 2 376 152 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 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 1 323 120 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 91 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 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 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 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 2 351 221 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 4 387 213 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 2 301 190 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 86 335 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 1 188 165 1.106 7.5 0.0 2.5 7.7 3.08
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 0 140 107 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 2 256 136 1.216 7.9 0.6 3.1 9.8 3.19
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 98 1.469 9.1 0.6 4.1 7.4 1.80
17 Seasons 40 39 .506 3.15 699 1 267 0 0 49 995.1 932 402 348 58 311 64 758 17 7 21 4171 120 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 2 405 120 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 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 116 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 140 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 75 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 1 328 135 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 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 86 335 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 129 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 1.325 9.3 1.0 2.6 5.1 1.97

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 30 PHI NL WS L BAL 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.3
1986 33 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19 0.600 1.8 0.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
1990 37 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 6.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1993 40 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 15.43 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.1 4 4 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 12 2.143 15.4 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
1993 40 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 0 12.27 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 20 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
4 Seasons (5 Series) 0 1 .000 6.00 14 0 5 0 0 1 18.0 17 12 12 0 9 3 13 1 0 0 81 1.444 8.5 0.0 4.5 6.5 1.44
2 NLCS 0 0 4.91 5 0 2 0 0 1 7.1 5 4 4 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 31 1.091 6.1 0.0 3.7 7.4 2.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 6.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 WS 0 0 7.04 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 6 6 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 35 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 30 PHI NL 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 31 PHI NL 64 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 32 PHI NL 57 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 33 TOT NL 48 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 33 PHI NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 33 HOU NL 38 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 34 HOU NL 67 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 35 HOU NL 53 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 96 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 36 HOU NL 60 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1990 37 TOT MLB 50 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1990 37 HOU NL 50 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1991 38 SDP NL 38 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 39 SDP NL 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 40 PHI NL 64 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 442 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 41 PHI NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 581 45 38 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .132 .195 .132 .327 -7 5 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .132 .195 .132 .327 -7 1 0 0 1 0 0
PHI (6 yrs) 241 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -27 1 0 0 2 0 0
HOU (5 yrs) 268 27 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .167 .200 .167 .367 5 4 0 0 2 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 72 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 581 45 38 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .132 .195 .132 .327 -7 5 0 0 4 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 30 PHI NL WS BAL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 33 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 40 PHI NL NLCS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 40 PHI NL WS TOR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 CLE AL 22 P 3 0 5.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18 0.67 .950 1.91 0.87
1977 CLE AL 24 P 11 0 14.1 11 3 6 2 1 .818 5.65 0.82 .955 1.95 0.84
1979 CLE AL 26 P 8 0 16.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.16 0.50 .950 1.94 0.81
1981 SEA AL 28 P 41 0 67.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.86 0.34 .964 1.98 0.81
1982 SEA AL 29 P 40 1 79.2 22 8 14 0 2 1.000 2.49 0.55 .955 1.80 0.73
1983 PHI NL 30 P 17 0 26.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.73 0.47 .950 1.91 0.68
1984 PHI NL 31 P 64 0 90.2 25 5 16 4 1 .840 2.08 0.33 .960 1.88 0.67
1985 PHI NL 32 P 57 0 73.0 28 5 21 2 2 .929 3.21 0.46 .954 1.92 0.68
1986 TOT NL 33 P 48 0 77.4 23 10 11 2 3 .913 2.44 0.44 .957 1.93 0.66
1986 PHI NL 33 P 10 0 12.2 5 2 2 1 1 .800 2.84 0.40 .960 1.92 0.66
1986 HOU NL 33 P 38 0 64.2 18 8 9 1 2 .944 2.37 0.45 .956 1.93 0.66
1987 HOU NL 34 P 67 0 101.2 25 12 10 3 0 .880 1.95 0.33 .960 1.91 0.62
1988 HOU NL 35 P 53 0 82.2 20 9 9 2 1 .900 1.96 0.34 .960 1.96 0.69
1989 HOU NL 36 P 60 0 87.2 27 10 13 4 0 .852 2.36 0.38 .952 1.87 0.63
1990 TOT MLB 37 P 65 0 95.2 27 13 12 2 1 .926 2.35 0.38 .959 1.80 0.58
1990 HOU NL 37 P 50 0 73.2 24 11 12 1 1 .958 2.81 0.46 .958 1.80 0.58
1990 BOS AL 37 P 15 0 22.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.82 0.13 .967 1.80 0.59
1991 SDP NL 38 P 38 0 47.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 2.30 0.32 .954 1.86 0.59
1992 SDP NL 39 P 34 0 35.0 10 4 5 1 0 .900 2.31 0.26 .960 1.93 0.60
1993 PHI NL 40 P 64 0 61.2 8 3 4 1 1 .875 1.02 0.11 .962 1.84 0.54
1994 PHI NL 41 P 29 0 32.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.38 0.17 .967 1.87 0.54
17 Seasons P 699 1 995.1 273 97 151 25 14 .908 2.24 0.35 .957 1.89 0.65
17 Seasons TOT 699 1 995.1 273 97 151 25 14 .908 2.24 0.35 .866 1.89 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL--41--9th
1984 NL--64--9th
Career--699--91st

Games Finished s c a p y
Career--267--138th

Oldest s c a p y
1990 NL--born 1953-05-06--10th
1991 NL--born 1953-05-06--4th
1992 NL--born 1953-05-06--3rd
1993 NL--born 1953-05-06--3rd
1994 NL--born 1953-05-06--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1971.

December 21, 1979: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Burden (minors) and Larry Littleton.

October 29, 1980: Sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Seattle Mariners to complete an earlier deal made on April 1, 1980. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent a player to be named later and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Odell Jones.

July 29, 1983: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Seattle Mariners.

May 13, 1986: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 16, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

August 30, 1990: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.

December 7, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 18, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 28, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Philadelphia Phillies$250,500
1986Philadelphia Phillies$240,000
Houston Astros$60,000
1987Houston Astros$300,000
1988Houston Astros$450,000
1989Houston Astros$475,000
1990Houston Astros$965,000
1991San Diego Padres$2,000,000
1992San Diego Padres$2,000,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$700,000
1994Philadelphia Phillies$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,790,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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