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Jeff Samardzija    \suh-MAR-jah\

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 (Age 23)
Team: Cubs 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.64M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.028, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Frontline (Mark Rodgers) [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2010 25 CHC NL 2 2 .500 8.38 7 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 21 22 18 4 20 1 9 2 0 1 100 51 2.121 9.8 1.9 9.3 4.2 0.45
2011 26 CHC NL 8 4 .667 2.97 75 0 18 0 0 0 88.0 64 35 29 5 50 3 87 5 0 8 380 132 1.295 6.5 0.5 5.1 8.9 1.74
2012 27 CHC NL 9 13 .409 3.81 28 28 0 1 0 0 174.2 157 79 74 20 56 2 180 4 0 10 723 107 1.219 8.1 1.0 2.9 9.3 3.21
2013 28 CHC NL 3 7 .300 3.46 14 14 0 1 1 0 91.0 77 39 35 8 33 0 104 2 0 7 378 116 1.209 7.6 0.8 3.3 10.3 3.15
6 Yrs 24 29 .453 3.97 170 47 31 2 1 1 435.1 389 216 192 44 189 9 426 15 0 30 1866 104 1.328 8.0 0.9 3.9 8.8 2.25
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .453 3.97 53 15 10 1 0 0 136 122 68 60 14 59 3 133 5 0 9 585 104 1.328 8.0 0.9 3.9 8.8 2.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 23 CHC NL 27.2 26 0 12 3.90 4.78 -0.16 -0.35 108.2 4.97 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .513 .502 $2,000,000
2009 24 CHC NL 34.2 20 2 29 7.53 4.64 -0.17 -0.22 108.8 5.00 -10 -1.0 .6 0.1 -0.6 -7 .451 .494 $2,000,000
2010 25 CHC NL 19.1 7 3 22 10.24 4.64 -0.30 0.09 106.1 5.34 -11 -1.0 .6 0.0 -0.8 -9 .360 .494 $3,000,000
2011 26 CHC NL 88.0 75 0 35 3.58 4.17 -0.20 -0.31 102.8 4.17 5 0.6 1.0 -0.2 1.1 13 .508 .504 $3,300,000
2012 27 CHC NL 174.2 28 28 79 4.07 4.32 0.01 0.16 97.2 4.35 4 0.4 -0.1 1.8 20 .516 .503 $2,640,000
2013 28 CHC NL 91.0 14 14 39 3.86 4.37 -0.03 0.17 104.8 4.79 8 0.9 -0.1 1.6 17 .566 .506 $2,640,000
6 Seasons 435.1 170 47 216 4.47 4.37 -0.08 0.00 101.9 4.54 0 0.3 .9 -0.4 3.8 39 .502 .502 $15,580,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
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 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 1
2010 25 CHC NL 7 100 78 22 21 4 1 4 4 1 20 9 .269 .430 .500 .930 .262 39 2 2 0 0 1 2
2011 26 CHC NL 75 380 320 35 64 14 1 5 16 2 50 87 .200 .316 .297 .613 .257 95 4 5 3 2 3 4
2012 27 CHC NL 28 723 654 79 157 30 6 20 15 5 56 180 .240 .302 .396 .698 .299 259 10 4 5 4 2 3
2013 28 CHC NL 14 378 342 39 77 14 1 8 4 3 33 104 .225 .297 .342 .639 .300 117 6 2 1 0 0 6
6 Yrs 170 1866 1640 216 389 76 12 44 47 13 189 426 .237 .320 .379 .699 .293 621 25 15 14 8 9 18
162 Game Avg. 53 585 514 68 122 24 4 14 15 4 59 133 .237 .320 .379 .699 .293 195 8 5 4 3 3 6
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .733 .297

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 23 CHC NL 4.8 0.5 132 0.1 2.7 -2.6 1.32 0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.0 1.32 2.6 7 8 11
2009 24 CHC NL -10.0 -1.0 169 -0.8 1.5 -2.4 .63 -0.8 -0.5 -14.2 -1.3 0.63 -11.6 3 2 13
2010 25 CHC NL -9.4 -0.9 105 -0.4 1.1 -1.4 .66 -0.7 0.2 -10.0 -0.9 0.66 -8.7 1 0 3
2011 26 CHC NL 7.6 0.8 405 0.4 6.5 -6.1 1.00 1.0 -0.6 5.6 0.6 1.00 8.0 20 16 36
2012 27 CHC NL 2.9 0.3 753 1.2 13.3 -12.1 1.03 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.1 1.03 7.5 0 0 0
2013 28 CHC NL 5.0 0.5 390 0.1 6.5 -6.4 .99 0.9 -0.7 5.8 0.6 0.99 9.3 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0.9 0.2 1954 0.6 31.6 -31.0 .98 1.6 -0.9 -12.3 -1.0 0.98 7.0 31 26 63

Starting Pitching*

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% 33.5 47 20 9 2 0 1 3.5 2.0 4.2 78 1 1 0 0 82
2010 25 CHC NL 7 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 40.3 55 12 6 4 0 3 8.3 7.3 5.3 97 0 2 1 0 105
2012 27 CHC NL 28 28 9 13 6 1 6 14 14 .500 2 1 1 0 17 61% 55.3 84 11 13 2 0 11 3.3 3.1 6.2 99 2 13 12 1 120
2013 28 CHC NL 14 14 3 7 4 0 3 5 9 .357 2 1 1 1 8 57% 57.9 89 30 4 3 0 7 3.3 3.7 6.5 105 1 1 12 0 116
4 Yrs 69 47 14 23 10 2 9 21 26 .447 4 2 2 1 26 55% 54 89 11 32 11 0 22 3.6 3.5 6.2 100 4 17 25 1 120
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.323 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 .635 3 2 13 4 2 12 3 15 7 4 7 2 4.4 25
2010 25 CHC NL 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .662 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 2.5 21
2011 26 CHC NL 75 75 18 8 4 2 0 2 0% 15 13 27 7 26% 7 .999 20 16 36 22 13 40 18 57 24 15 27 19 3.5 20
4 Yrs 128 123 31 10 6 6 1 5 17% 22 16 45 18 40% .931 31 26 63 44 19 60 29 94 39 29 42 24 3.5 21

Ratio Pitching*

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 54% 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 55% 4.4% 13.0% 9.3% 11.8% 41% 0.72 1.31 70% 15% 11.7% 13% 31 3 10%
2010 25 CHC NL 100 63% 4.0% 9.0% 20.0% 9.0% 43% 0.44 0.60 65% 19% 9.8% 15% 23 2 9%
2011 26 CHC NL 380 61% 1.3% 22.9% 13.2% 5.3% 31% 0.71 0.82 61% 16% 4.8% 22% 69 4 6%
2012 27 CHC NL 723 49% 2.8% 24.9% 7.8% 7.8% 36% 0.81 1.11 63% 19% 8.5% 9% 105 10 10%
2013 28 CHC NL 378 55% 2.1% 27.5% 8.7% 6.1% 30% 0.90 1.13 61% 23% 7.5% 15% 62 6 10%
6 Yrs 1866 54% 2.4% 22.8% 10.1% 7.1% 34% 0.77 1.02 63% 19% 7.5% 14% 316 25 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 125 486 3.89 284 58% 30% 13% 28% 29% 70% 4% 41% 82% 56% 5% 6 2 25% 31 11 3 12% 2 2 -1 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
2010 25 CHC NL 100 374 3.74 209 56% 32% 11% 23% 33% 68% 2% 38% 83% 56% 9% 9 4 16% 16 7 2 44% 4 4 0 0 0
2011 26 CHC NL 380 1530 4.03 912 60% 25% 19% 30% 26% 75% 1% 45% 75% 56% 10% 37 16 27% 102 57 5 16% 14 18 0 0 0
2012 27 CHC NL 725 2767 3.82 1790 65% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 1% 49% 73% 60% 3% 24 15 25% 181 92 11 12% 26 7 -2 0 0
2013 28 CHC NL 380 1470 3.87 934 64% 24% 21% 29% 26% 76% 0% 48% 72% 61% 4% 17 9 24% 91 50 5 18% 21 8 -2 0 0
6 Yrs 1871 7235 3.87 4503 62% 25% 19% 29% 27% 75% 1% 47% 75% 59% 5% 100 48 25% 459 240 29 15% 71 43 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 25 CHC NL 100 21 1 0 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 3 1 0 33% 2 1 0 45 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 26 CHC NL 380 64 13 0 5 0 20 4 1 3 2 32 9 9 28% 4 8 2 138 16 2 89% 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2012 27 CHC NL 723 157 14 2 20 0 7 8 12 12 8 34 20 6 59% 3 10 0 231 15 5 75% 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2013 28 CHC NL 378 77 9 1 8 0 6 4 4 4 4 14 6 5 43% 6 7 0 129 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Yrs 1866 389 40 3 44 0 42 23 21 23 21 104 47 25 45% 18 30 2 655 47 13 78% 38 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 47 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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
2010 25 4 5 .444 5.95 53 5 13 0 0 1 81.2 91 63 54 11 50 4 55 4 0 5 385 75 1.727 10.0 1.2 5.5 6.1 1.10 75
2011 26 12 9 .571 4.40 128 5 31 0 0 1 169.2 155 98 83 16 100 7 142 9 0 13 765 95 1.503 8.2 0.8 5.3 7.5 1.42 95
2012 27 21 22 .488 4.10 156 33 31 1 0 1 344.1 312 177 157 36 156 9 322 13 0 23 1488 101 1.359 8.2 0.9 4.1 8.4 2.06 101
2013 28 24 29 .453 3.97 170 47 31 2 1 1 435.1 389 216 192 44 189 9 426 15 0 30 1866 104 1.328 8.0 0.9 3.9 8.8 2.25 104

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 7.36 33.0 45 30 27 7 15 20 1 1.818 12.3 4.1 5.5 1.33 1.9 20
2010 25 0 2 .000 8.53 19.0 21 20 18 4 20 9 2 2.158 9.9 9.5 4.3 0.45 1.9 7
2011 26 5 4 .556 3.24 86.0 66 34 31 5 52 85 5 1.372 6.9 5.4 8.9 1.63 0.5 75
2012 27 9 9 .500 4.02 168.0 159 83 75 20 57 173 4 1.286 8.5 3.1 9.3 3.04 1.1 28
2013 28 5 4 .556 3.68 88.0 78 40 36 8 33 101 2 1.261 8.0 3.4 10.3 3.06 0.8 14
6 Yrs 22 22 .500 4.11 423.0 392 214 193 44 191 414 15 1.378 8.3 8.8 2.17 0.9 170



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  9.275 (2nd)
2013 NL  10.286 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 NL  75 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2013 NL  91.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 NL  104 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
2013 NL  14 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  33 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
2012 NL  13 (5th)
2013 NL  7 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (3rd)
2013 NL  7 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2013 NL  378 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1381), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1721), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (667th), 4.1 career WAR/4.1 7yr-peak WAR/4.1 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Harry Taylor (974)
  7. Burke Badenhop (973)
  8. Xavier Rescigno (973)
  9. Bob Stoddard (973)
  10. Matt Wise (971)
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  5. Jack Lamabe (973)
  6. Charlie Williams (971)
  7. Jose Paniagua (971)
  8. Marty Pattin (970)
  9. Dave Burba (970)
  10. Sarge Connally (969)
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