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Jeff Samardzija

Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (Shark)

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

Born: January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, IN
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 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2008
Team: Cubs 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.64M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.028, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Mark Rodgers [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2008 23 CHC NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 CHC NL 20 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 141 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 25 CHC NL 7 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 108 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2011 26 CHC NL 75 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 27 CHC NL 12 24 19 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .158 .238 .158 .396 12 3 0 1 3 0 0 1
5 Yrs 140 42 33 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 11 .152 .243 .242 .486 32 8 0 1 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 49 38 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 13 .152 .243 .242 .486 32 9 0 1 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 23 CHC NL 26 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
2009 24 CHC NL 20 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
2010 25 CHC NL 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .518 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $3,000,000 /1
2011 26 CHC NL 75 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $3,300,000 1
2012 27 CHC NL 12 24 -2 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .514 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
5 Seasons 140 42 -2 -0 0 0 6 3 0.4 1 5 0.3 .503 .500 0.3 0.0 5 $6,300,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 23 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 114 .000 .275 .000 .348 .000 .439 .000 .787 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 24 CHC NL 6 5 1 5.4 113 .000 .200 .274 .200 .348 .800 .435 1.000 .783 141 .550 0.2 0.0 1.000 .600 .600 .0
2010 25 CHC NL 7 4 1 6.7 106 .500 .250 .266 .500 .337 .250 .420 .750 .757 108 .666 0.2 0.0 1.000 .500 .000
2011 26 CHC NL 4 4 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .259 .000 .326 .000 .403 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2012 27 CHC NL 24 19 1 1.4 99 .200 .158 .259 .238 .326 .158 .408 .396 .735 12 .105 -2.4 -0.2 .313 .053 .000
5 Yrs 42 33 3 2.4 103 .190 .152 .262 .243 .332 .242 .414 .486 .746 32 .238 -3.3 -0.3 .429 .182 .091 .0
162 Game Avg. 49 38 3 2.4 103 .190 .152 .262 .243 .332 .242 .414 .486 .746 32 .238 -3.3 -0.3 .429 .182 .091

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2008 23 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 23 CHC NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2009 24 CHC NL 6 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.00 50% 0% 100.0% 0%
2010 25 CHC NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.0 4.0 1.00 29% 33% 0.0% 0%
2011 26 CHC NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25% 0%
2012 27 CHC NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.8 9.5 1.50 2.50 63% 11% 0.0% 50%
5 Yrs 42 2.4% 26.2% 7.1% 2.4% 20% 3.67 3.0 33.0 8.3 1.63 4.25 50% 11% 20.0% 38%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 23 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .26 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.62 -0.3 0
2009 24 CHC NL 0.2 0.0 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .96 -0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.08 -0.4 0
2010 25 CHC NL 0.2 0.0 7 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .73 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.39 0.0 0
2011 26 CHC NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .92 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.12 -1.0 0
2012 27 CHC NL -2.4 -0.2 24 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 1.37 -0.2 0.1 -2.5 -0.3 1.16 -2.0 3.34 0
5 Yrs -3.3 -0.3 42 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 1.13 -0.3 0.2 -4.6 -0.5 1.17 -3.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 23 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 CHC NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 CHC NL 1 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 23 CHC NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 CHC NL 6 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2010 25 CHC NL 7 57% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 CHC NL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 CHC NL 24 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.34 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 2 9% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
5 Yrs 42 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 5 83% 7 0 0% 7 4 57% 40 3 8% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 23 CHC NL 1 5 5.00 4 80% 25% 25% 50% 0% 75% 0% 60% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 24 CHC NL 6 14 2.33 12 86% 50% 8% 0% 42% 50% 0% 43% 83% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2010 25 CHC NL 7 35 5.00 20 57% 10% 40% 35% 15% 90% 0% 51% 56% 57% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 14% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2011 26 CHC NL 4 15 3.75 13 87% 31% 38% 23% 8% 69% 0% 60% 44% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2012 27 CHC NL 24 88 3.67 60 68% 15% 23% 32% 30% 85% 0% 58% 73% 50% 0% 0 0 13% 3 2 13% 3 1 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 42 157 3.74 109 69% 20% 27% 28% 25% 80% 0% 55% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 7% 3 2 10% 4 2 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 23 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 46 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .667 .833 101 4 0 0 1 0 0
2010 25 53 14 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .500 .833 114 5 0 0 2 0 0
2011 26 128 18 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .143 .250 .357 .607 58 5 0 0 2 0 0
2012 27 140 42 33 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 11 .152 .243 .242 .486 32 8 0 1 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 23 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
2009 24 20 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1 20
2010 25 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 7
2011 26 75 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 75
2012 27 12 25 20 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .200 .273 .200 .473 1 12
5 Yrs 140 43 34 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 3 11 .147 .237 .235 .472 2 140
162 Game Avg. 162 50 39 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 3 13 .147 .237 .235 .472 2 140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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