Jeff Samardzija
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (Shark)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, IN
High School: Valparaiso (Valparaiso, 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
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Standard Pitching

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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
2008 23 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 2.28 26 0 6 0 0 1 27.2 24 12 7 0 15 2 25 1 0 2 124 202 1.410 7.8 0.0 4.9 8.1 1.67
2009 24 CHC NL 1 3 .250 7.53 20 2 7 0 0 0 34.2 46 29 29 7 15 1 21 1 0 2 161 60 1.760 11.9 1.8 3.9 5.5 1.40
2 Seasons 2 3 .400 5.20 46 2 13 0 0 1 62.1 70 41 36 7 30 3 46 2 0 4 285 87 1.604 10.1 1.0 4.3 6.6 1.53
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .400 5.20 65 3 18 0 0 1 88 99 58 51 10 43 4 65 3 0 6 404 87 1.604 10.1 1.0 4.3 6.6 1.53

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
2008 23 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 23 CHC NL 26 124 106 12 24 5 0 0 5 1 15 25 .226 .325 .274 .599 .293 29 0 1 1 1 2
2009 24 CHC NL 20 161 140 29 46 9 3 7 3 1 15 21 .329 .395 .586 .981 .345 82 3 1 4 1 1
2 Seasons 46 285 246 41 70 14 3 7 8 2 30 46 .285 .364 .451 .816 .323 111 3 2 5 2 3
162 Game Avg. 65 404 349 58 99 20 4 10 11 3 43 65 .285 .364 .451 .816 .323 157 4 3 7 3 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2009 24 CHC NL 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 47 20 9 2 0 1 3.5 2.0 4.2 78 1 1 0 0 82
1 Season 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 47 20 9 2 0 1 3.5 2.0 4.2 78 1 1 0 0 82
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 23 CHC NL 26 26 6 1 0 4 1 3 25% 7 3 10 6 60% 7 1.318 7 8 11 17 3 6 8 18 7 8 7 3 3.2 19
2009 24 CHC NL 20 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 9 0.644 3 2 13 4 2 12 3 15 7 4 7 2 4.4 25
2 Seasons 46 44 13 2 1 4 1 3 25% 7 3 18 11 61% 0.937 10 10 24 21 5 18 11 33 14 12 14 5 3.7 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 23 CHC NL 124 46% 0.0% 20.2% 12.1% 4.0% 21% 0.84 0.97 66% 23% 0.0% 20% 26 0 0%
2009 24 CHC NL 161 45% 4.4% 13.0% 9.3% 11.8% 41% 0.72 1.31 70% 15% 11.7% 13% 31 3 10%
2 Seasons 285 45% 2.5% 16.1% 10.5% 8.4% 34% 0.77 1.16 68% 18% 7.4% 16% 57 3 5%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 23 CHC NL 124 484 3.90 283 58% 29% 13% 28% 29% 71% 4% 41% 82% 56% 5% 6 2 25% 31 11 3 12% 2 2 0 0 0
2009 24 CHC NL 161 608 3.78 374 62% 22% 13% 32% 33% 78% 1% 48% 84% 56% 4% 7 2 24% 38 23 3 19% 4 4 0 0 0
2 Seasons 285 1092 3.83 657 60% 25% 13% 31% 32% 75% 3% 45% 83% 56% 5% 13 4 24% 69 34 6 15% 6 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 23 CHC NL 124 24 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 50% 2 2 0 53 5 1 83% 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2009 24 CHC NL 161 46 2 0 7 0 4 3 4 2 5 13 7 3 54% 1 2 0 59 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Seasons 285 70 3 0 7 0 7 3 4 2 5 21 11 5 52% 3 4 0 112 8 2 80% 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2008 23 1 0 1.000 2.28 26 0 6 0 0 1 27.2 24 12 7 0 15 2 25 1 0 2 124 202 1.410 7.8 0.0 4.9 8.1 1.67 202
2009 24 2 3 .400 5.20 46 2 13 0 0 1 62.1 70 41 36 7 30 3 46 2 0 4 285 87 1.604 10.1 1.0 4.3 6.6 1.53 87

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 23 2 1 .667 1.86 29.0 23 7 6 0 14 26 1 1.276 7.1 4.3 8.1 1.86 0.0 26
2009 24 1 2 .333 6.88 34.0 44 29 26 7 14 21 1 1.706 11.6 3.7 5.6 1.50 1.9 20
2 Seasons 3 3 .500 4.57 63.0 67 36 32 7 28 47 2 1.508 9.6 6.7 1.68 1.0 46

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