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Jeff Samardzija \suh-MAR-jah\

Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (Shark)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, Indiana, US
High School: Valparaiso HS (Valparaiso, IN)
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2007: Rated #80 Prospect
Pre-2009: Rated #79 Prospect

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CHC	1	2	.333	2.70	7	7	0	0	30.0	24	10	9	2	12	0	17	5	0	2	127	1.200	7.2	0.6	3.6	5.1	1.42
2006	21	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	1	1	.500	2.37	5	5	0	0	19.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	13	5	0	2	84	1.263	8.5	0.5	2.8	6.2	2.17
2006	21	Peoria	MIDW	A	CHC	0	1	.000	3.27	2	2	0	0	11.0	6	5	4	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	43	1.091	4.9	0.8	4.9	3.3	0.67
2007	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CHC	6	11	.353	4.57	30	26	0	1	141.2	175	84	72	16	44	1	65	2	0	3	624	1.546	11.1	1.0	2.8	4.1	1.48
2007	22	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	3	8	.273	4.95	24	20	0	1	107.1	142	69	59	8	35	1	45	1	0	3	479	1.649	11.9	0.7	2.9	3.8	1.29
2007	22	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	3	3	.500	3.41	6	6	0	0	34.1	33	15	13	8	9	0	20	1	0	0	145	1.223	8.7	2.1	2.4	5.2	2.22
2008	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	7	6	.538	4.29	22	21	0	1	113.1	103	56	54	11	58	0	84	3	0	7	484	1.421	8.2	0.9	4.6	6.7	1.45
2008	23	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	3	5	.375	4.86	16	15	0	0	76.0	71	43	41	6	42	0	44	2	0	4	332	1.487	8.4	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
2008	23	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	4	1	.800	3.13	6	6	0	1	37.1	32	13	13	5	16	0	40	1	0	3	152	1.286	7.7	1.2	3.9	9.6	2.50
2009	24	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	6	6	.500	4.35	18	17	0	1	89.0	98	46	43	12	27	1	71	3	0	3	384	1.404	9.9	1.2	2.7	7.2	2.63
2010	25	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	11	3	.786	4.37	35	15	5	0	111.1	86	62	54	9	67	3	102	2	1	5	482	1.374	7.0	0.7	5.4	8.2	1.52
5 Seasons						31	28	.525	4.30	112	86	5	3	485.1	486	258	232	50	208	5	339	15	1	20	2101	1.430	9.0	0.9	3.9	6.3	1.63
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		21	10	.677	4.17	59	38	5	2	237.2	216	121	110	26	110	4	213	6	1	11	1018	1.372	8.2	1.0	4.2	8.1	1.94
AA (2 seasons)				AA		6	8	.429	4.40	22	21	0	0	110.1	104	58	54	14	51	0	64	3	0	4	477	1.405	8.5	1.1	4.2	5.2	1.25
A (1 season)				A		0	1	.000	3.27	2	2	0	0	11.0	6	5	4	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	43	1.091	4.9	0.8	4.9	3.3	0.67
A- (1 season)				A-		1	1	.500	2.37	5	5	0	0	19.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	13	5	0	2	84	1.263	8.5	0.5	2.8	6.2	2.17
A+ (1 season)				A+		3	8	.273	4.95	24	20	0	1	107.1	142	69	59	8	35	1	45	1	0	3	479	1.649	11.9	0.7	2.9	3.8	1.29

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF
2006	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CHC	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
2006	21	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
2006	21	Peoria	MIDW	A	CHC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
2007	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	CHC	30	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	2	0
2007	22	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
2007	22	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	6	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	2	0
2008	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	22	31	29	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	12	.138	.138	.207	.345	6	2	0
2008	23	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	16	18	17	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	.059	.059	.118	.176	2	1	0
2008	23	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	6	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.333	.583	4	1	0
2009	24	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	18	26	20	2	5	0	1	1	3	3	6	.250	.333	.500	.833	10	2	1
2010	25	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	36	21	21	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	7	.190	.190	.381	.571	8	0	0
5 Seasons						113	87	77	5	15	3	1	2	6	3	26	.195	.222	.338	.560	26	6	1
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		60	60	53	4	12	2	1	2	6	3	16	.226	.263	.415	.678	22	3	1
AA (2 seasons)				AA		22	27	24	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	10	.125	.125	.167	.292	4	3	0
A (1 season)				A		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
A- (1 season)				A-		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
A+ (1 season)				A+		24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2006	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CHC	P	7	7	0	5	2	1	.714	0.71	3	0	0%
2006	21	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	P	5	4	0	3	1	1	.750	0.60	2	0	0%
2006	21	Peoria	MIDW	A	CHC	P	2	3	0	2	1	0	.667	1.00	1	0	0%
2007	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CHC	P	30	30	6	20	4	1	.867	0.87	9	8	47%
2007	22	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	P	24	24	3	18	3	1	.875	0.88	8	8	50%
2007	22	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	P	6	6	3	2	1	0	.833	0.83	1	0	0%
2008	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	P	22	18	6	12	0	1	1.000	0.82	15	8	35%
2008	23	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	P	16	11	6	5	0	1	1.000	0.69	8	5	38%
2008	23	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	P	6	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.17	7	3	30%
2009	24	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	P	18	15	4	10	1	0	.933	0.78	13	5	28%
2010	25	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	P	35	17	6	9	2	1	.882	0.43	14	2	13%
5 Seasons							112	87	22	56	9	4	.897	0.70	54	23	30%

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2006	21	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	A-	CHC		2006-06-27	2006-07-17
2006	21	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	A	CHC		2006-07-23	2006-07-28
2007	22	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	A+	CHC		2007-04-06	2007-08-01
2007	22	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	AA	CHC		2007-08-06	2007-09-03
2008	23	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	AA	CHC		2008-04-05	2008-06-19
2008	23	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	AAA	CHC		2008-06-24	2008-07-20
2008	23	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2008-07-25	2008-09-26
2009	24	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	AAA	CHC		2009-04-09	2009-09-07
2009	24	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2009-04-23	2009-09-23
2010	25	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	AAA	CHC		2010-04-25	2010-09-05
2010	25	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2010-04-05	2010-09-26
2011	26	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2011-04-01	2011-09-27
2012	27	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2012-04-08	2012-09-15
2013	28	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	2013-04-01	2013-05-15

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