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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 (Valparaiso, IN)
School: University of Notre Dame
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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (team option), 5 yrs/$13M (07-11) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.028, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Mark Rodgers [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 2 124 204 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
4 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .571 4.40 65 3 16 0 0 1 87 79 50 42 8 51 4 73 5 0 7 391 95 1.503 8.2 0.8 5.3 7.5 1.42

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 23 CHC NL 27.2 0 12 18 0 1.3 6 0.4 $
2009 24 CHC NL 34.2 2 29 22 0 .6 -7 -0.7 $
2010 25 CHC NL 19.1 3 22 13 -1 .7 -9 -0.7 $3,000,000
2011 26 CHC NL 88.0 0 35 45 0 1.0 10 1.1 $3,300,000
4 Seasons 169.2 5 98 99 -0 .9 1 0.1 $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

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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 71 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 124 18 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .143 .250 .357 .607 58 5 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 24 18 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .143 .250 .357 .607 58 7 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 23 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2009 24 CHC NL 6 0 0 -0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
2010 25 CHC NL 7 0 0 -0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $3,000,000 /1
2011 26 CHC NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,300,000 1
4 Seasons 18 -1 0 -0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 2 0.1 0.0 $6,300,000

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 CHC NL 23 P 26 27.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.28 0.27 .959 1.72 1.72
2009 CHC NL 24 P 20 34.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 0 0 2.08 0.40 .956 1.71 1.70
2010 CHC NL 25 P 7 19.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 10 1.40 0.43 .953 1.72 1.71
2011 CHC NL 26 P 75 0 0 88.0 15 2 12 1 1 .933 -3 -7 1.43 0.19 .955 1.80 1.79 16 2 11% 0
4 Seasons P 128 0 0 169.2 34 11 21 2 1 .941 -2 -2 1.70 0.25 .956 1.76 1.76 16 2 11% 0
4 Seasons TOT 128 0 0 169.2 34 11 21 2 1 .941 -2 -14 1.70 0.25 .956 1.76 1.76 16 2 11% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tony Fiore (987)
  2. Blas Minor (985)
  3. Mitchell Boggs (984)
  4. Rick Sawyer (983)
  5. Mike Butcher (982)
  6. Tom Davey (982)
  7. Burke Badenhop (981)
  8. Mike Bacsik (981)
  9. Bobby Chouinard (981)
  10. Mark Huismann (980)
Similar Pitchers through 26 
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  1. Dave Burba (987)
  2. Les Lancaster (984)
  3. John Strohmayer (980)
  4. Brian Bruney (980)
  5. Todd Coffey (979)
  6. Mike Trombley (979)
  7. T.J. Tucker (978)
  8. Roberto Novoa (978)
  9. Jim Winn (977)
  10. Joe Hudson (977)
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  1. Dave Burba (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2006.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201025Chicago Cubs$3,000,000
201126Chicago Cubs$3,300,000
201328Chicago Cubs*$3,250,000$3.25M Team Option
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,300,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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