Larry Eugene Andersen (born May 6, 1953) is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and current radio color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies.

From 1975 through 1994, Andersen played for the Cleveland Indians (1975, 1977, 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).

[2] On September 5, 1975, Andersen made his major league debut for Cleveland, tossing a perfect seventh inning in an 11–2 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

[4] On December 21, 1979, Andersen was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for John Burden and Larry Littleton.

[2] After the 1980 season, Andersen was sent to the Seattle Mariners on October 29 as the player to be named later to complete an earlier trade for pitcher Odell Jones.

[4] During the 1982 season, Andersen pulled a prank on Mariners manager Rene Lachemann during a series in Chicago.

[4] On August 30, 1990, Andersen was traded to the Boston Red Sox for minor league prospect Jeff Bagwell.

The next two pitchers (Tom Bolton and Jeff Gray) proceeded to give up the run in the eighth and then seven more in the ninth as the Red Sox lost 9-1 that marked Andersen with the loss.

In 1995, Andersen was a player/coach for the Reading Phillies after he failed to make the Major League club out of Spring Training.

Andersen joined the Philadelphia Phillies' broadcast team as a color commentator prior to the 1998 season, filling the position left vacant by the death of Richie Ashburn late in the 1997 campaign.

Early in his broadcasting tenure, Andersen occasionally provided television color commentary when the Phillies were featured regionally on Fox Saturday afternoon telecasts.

During the 2007 season, he began doing play-by-play work on Phillies radio broadcasts during the fifth and sixth innings, but returned to full-time color commentary in 2008.

[17] In 2012, Andersen was ranked #12 on the MLB Network Countdown of the Top 25 personalities in Major League Baseball history.