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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

More Stats

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	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	174.2	157	79	74	20	56	2	180	4	0	10	723	106	1.219	8.1	1.0	2.9	9.3	3.21
2013	28	CHC	NL	1	5	.167	3.70	8	8	0	0	0	48.2	42	24	20	5	19	0	57	2	0	6	206	107	1.253	7.8	0.9	3.5	10.5	3.00
6 Yrs				22	27	.449	4.05	164	41	31	1	1	393.0	354	201	177	41	175	9	379	15	0	29	1694	101	1.346	8.1	0.9	4.0	8.7	2.17
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.449	4.05	54	14	10	0	0	130	117	67	59	14	58	3	126	5	0	10	562	101	1.346	8.1	0.9	4.0	8.7	2.17

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
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	48.2	8	8	24	4.44	4.66	-0.09	0.18	102.9	5.07	3	0.3		-0.1	0.7	7	.539	.502	$2,640,000
6 Seasons				393.0	164	41	201	4.60	4.41	-0.09	-0.01	101.4	4.55	-5	-0.3	.9	-0.3	2.8	30	.498	.500	$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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
2006	21	CHC-min	A-,A	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		BOI,PEO · NORW,MIDW
2007	22	CHC-min	AA,A+	30	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571		2	0	0	2	0		KNX,DYT · SOUL,FLOR
2008	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	22	31	29	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	12	.138	.138	.207	.345		6	0	0	2	0		KNX,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2008	23	CHC	NL	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	24	CHC-min	AAA	18	26	20	2	5	0	1	1	3	3	6	.250	.333	.500	.833		10	0	0	2	1		IWA · PCL
2009	24	CHC	NL	20	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.200	.200	.800	1.000	141	4	0	0	1	0	1
2010	25	CHC-min	AAA	36	21	21	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	7	.190	.190	.381	.571		8	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2010	25	CHC	NL	7	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.250	.500	.250	.750	108	1	0	0	1	0	/1
2011	26	CHC	NL	75	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	27	CHC	NL	31	61	50	0	5	0	0	0	3	3	16	.100	.167	.100	.267	-25	5	1	1	7	0	1
2013	28	CHC	NL	8	18	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	.071	.133	.143	.276	-24	2	0	0	3	0	/1
6 Yrs				167	97	78	3	8	1	0	1	5	6	32	.103	.176	.154	.330	-9	12	1	1	12	0
162 Game Avg.				162	94	76	3	8	1	0	1	5	6	31	.103	.176	.154	.330	-9	12	1	1	12	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	23	CHC	NL	26	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$2,000,000	1
2009	24	CHC	NL	20	6	0	0	0	1	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$2,000,000	1
2010	25	CHC	NL	7	7	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	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$3,300,000	1
2012	27	CHC	NL	31	61	-9	-0	-0	9	-0	-0.0	2	2	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	2	$2,640,000	1
2013	28	CHC	NL	8	18	-3	-0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	-0.0	0	$2,640,000	/1
6 Seasons				167	97	-12	-0	0	14	2	0.2	3	5	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	5	$15,580,000

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

Standard Fielding

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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%	lgCS%
2008	CHC	NL	23	P	26	0	0	27.2	7	3	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.28	0.27	.959	1.72	1.72	5	1	17%	27%
2009	CHC	NL	24	P	20	2	0	34.2	9	4	4	1	0	.889	-1	-6	2.08	0.40	.956	1.71	1.70	3	1	25%	29%
2010	CHC	NL	25	P	7	3	0	19.1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.40	0.43	.953	1.72	1.71	4	1	20%	29%
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%	28%
2012	CHC	NL	27	P	28	28	1	174.2	40	13	25	2	1	.950	1	1	1.96	1.36	.950	1.77	1.75	15	5	25%	27%
2013	CHC	NL	28	P	8	8	0	48.2	7	4	1	2	0	.714	-3	-12	0.92	0.63	.967	1.72	1.70	2	2	50%	28%
	6 Seasons			P	164	41	1	393.0	81	28	47	6	2	.926	-6	-3	1.72	0.46	.954	1.76	1.75	45	12	21%	27%
	6 Seasons			TOT	164	41	1	393.0	81	28	47	6	2	.926	-6	-18	1.72	0.46	.954	1.76	1.75	45	12	21%	27%

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From 1945 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 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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 10.541 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 75 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2013 NL 57 (4th)	Games Started s c a p y 2013 NL 8 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 2012 NL 13 (5th) 2013 NL 5 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2012 NL 10 (3rd) 2013 NL 6 (1st)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2013 NL 2 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1797), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (883rd), 2.6 career WAR/2.6 7yr-peak WAR/2.6 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Transactions

June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2006.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	22	Chicago Cubs	$2,000,000
2008	23	Chicago Cubs	$2,000,000
2009	24	Chicago Cubs	$2,000,000
2010	25	Chicago Cubs	$3,000,000
2011	26	Chicago Cubs	$3,300,000
2012	27	Chicago Cubs	$2,640,000	contracts
2013	28	Chicago Cubs	$2,640,000
2013 Status		1st-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$17,580,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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