Larry Eugene Andersen (born May 6, 1953 in Portland, Oregon) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and current color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies. From 1975 through 1994, Andersen played for the Cleveland Indians (1975-1979), Seattle Mariners (1981-1982), Philadelphia Phillies (1983-1986, 1993-1994), Houston Astros (1986-1990), Boston Red Sox (1990) and San Diego Padres (1991-1992). He batted and threw right-handed.
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Larry Eugene Andersen (born May 6, 1953 in Portland, Oregon) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and current color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies. From 1975 through 1994, Andersen played for the Cleveland Indians (1975-1979), Seattle Mariners (1981-1982), Philadelphia Phillies (1983-1986, 1993-1994), Houston Astros (1986-1990), Boston Red Sox (1990) and San Diego Padres (1991-1992). He batted and threw right-handed.
Andersen possessed an average fastball, but had an outstanding slider (Andersen admitted that he actually had better command of his slider than his fastball). He is perhaps best known, in addition to his work with the Phillies broadcast team, as being the player who was involved in one of the most lopsided trades in sports history. In 1990, he was traded to the Red Sox for minor league prospect Jeff Bagwell. While Andersen played only a little over a month for the Sox, appearing in 15 games and recording 1 save, Bagwell became a legend in Houston...
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