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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
2006	21	CHC-min	A-,A	1	2	.333	2.70	7	7	0	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	BOI,PEO · NORW,MIDW
2007	22	CHC-min	A+,AA	6	11	.353	4.57	30	26	0	1	0	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	DYT,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
2008	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	7	6	.538	4.29	22	21	0	1	0	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	KNX,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2008	23	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	2.28	26	0	6	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-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.35	18	17	0	1	0	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	IWA · PCL
2009	24	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	7.53	20	2	7	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-min	AAA	11	3	.786	4.37	35	15	5	0	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	IWA · PCL
2010	25	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	8.38	7	3	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	88.0	64	35	29	5	50	3	87	5	0	8	380	131	1.295	6.5	0.5	5.1	8.9	1.74
2012	27	CHC	NL	5	3	.625	3.09	10	10	0	0	0	64.0	57	24	22	5	19	2	65	2	0	2	262	126	1.188	8.0	0.7	2.7	9.1	3.42
5 Yrs				17	12	.586	4.04	138	15	31	0	1	233.2	212	122	105	21	119	9	207	11	0	15	1027	101	1.417	8.2	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.74
162 Game Avg.				8	5	.586	4.04	61	7	14	0	0	104	94	54	47	9	53	4	92	5	0	7	456	101	1.417	8.2	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008	23	CHC	NL	27.2	26	0	12	3.90	4.80	-0.16	-0.35	106.7	4.92	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	6	.513	.502	$
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	-6	.451	.494	$
2010	25	CHC	NL	19.1	7	3	22	10.24	4.65	-0.30	0.09	102.7	5.18	-11	-1.0	.6	0.0	-0.8	-9	.356	.494	$3,000,000
2011	26	CHC	NL	88.0	75	0	35	3.58	4.16	-0.20	-0.31	102.0	4.13	5	0.5	1.0	-0.2	1.0	13	.507	.503	$3,300,000
2012	27	CHC	NL	64.0	10	10	24	3.38	4.17	0.18	0.15	101.3	4.20	5	0.6		-0.1	1.0	12	.559	.504	$
5 Seasons				233.2	138	15	122	4.70	4.35	-0.09	-0.14	103.5	4.46	-7	-0.5	.9	-0.2	1.1	15	.496	.499	$6,300,000

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	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	10	262	236	24	57	8	4	5	6	1	19	65	.242	.301	.373	.674	.310	88	6	2	3	2	2	1
5 Yrs				138	1027	880	122	212	40	9	21	34	6	119	207	.241	.337	.378	.715	.290	333	15	11	11	6	9	10
162 Game Avg.				61	456	391	54	94	18	4	9	15	3	53	92	.241	.337	.378	.715	.290	148	7	5	5	3	4	4
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.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	4.9	0.5	132	0.1	2.7	-2.6	1.32	0.4	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	1.32	2.7	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	7.5	20	16	36
2012	27	CHC	NL	5.8	0.6	271	0.8	5.0	-4.1	1.06	0.4	0.3	3.8	0.4	1.06	3.2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				-1.1	0.1	1082	0.1	16.8	-16.6	.96	0.2	-0.1	-15.2	-1.3	0.96	-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	10	10	5	3	2	1	2	7	3	.700	2	0	0	0	7	70%	57.6	76	23	7	0	0	5	4.4	4.4	6.4	98	0	6	4	0	113
3 Yrs				37	15	7	6	2	2	2	9	6	.600	2	0	0	0	8	53%	51	76	12	22	6	0	9	5.1	4.7	5.9	95	1	9	5	0	113
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-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%	1^stIP	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	1.324	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	1.000	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%		.932	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	262	52%	1.9%	24.8%	7.3%	6.5%	30%	0.90	1.27	64%	17%	6.1%	8%	36	6	17%
5 Yrs				1027	57%	2.0%	20.2%	11.6%	6.8%	33%	0.74	0.98	64%	17%	6.5%	16%	185	15	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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	263	978	3.72	638	65%	22%	22%	28%	28%	78%	2%	51%	72%	61%	3%	7	5	22%	58	26	2	11%	11	0	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				1029	3976	3.86	2417	61%	25%	17%	29%	29%	75%	2%	46%	77%	57%	6%	66	29	24%	245	124	15	15%	35	28	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		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	262	57	6	1	5	0	0	3	2	5	0	8	6	1	75%	1	2	0	89	6	1	86%	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				1027	212	23	1	21	0	29	14	7	12	9	64	27	15	42%	10	15	2	384	34	6	85%	26	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	1	27.2	24	12	7	0	15	2	25	1	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	1	62.1	70	41	36	7	30	3	46	2	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	1	81.2	91	63	54	11	50	4	55	4	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	1	169.2	155	98	83	16	100	7	142	9	13	765	95	1.503	8.2	0.8	5.3	7.5	1.42	95
2012	27	17	12	.586	4.04	138	15	31	1	233.2	212	122	105	21	119	9	207	11	15	1027	101	1.417	8.2	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.74	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3	3	.500	3.45	60.0	59	26	23	5	20	61	2	1.317	8.9	3.0	9.2	3.05	0.8	10
5 Yrs		11	12	.478	4.16	227.0	214	117	105	21	121	201	11	1.476	8.5		8.0	1.66	0.8	138

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 9.141 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 75 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 NL 65 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL 5 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL 9.141 (7th)

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

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL 65 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1549), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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