Jeff Samardzija

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, IN

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN).

High School: Valparaiso HS (Valparaiso, IN)

School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: July 25, 2008 (Age 23-184d, 16,991st in MLB history)
vs. FLA 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2020, 5 yrs/$90M (16-20)

Service Time (01/2017): 7.028 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Wasserman Media Group • Previously: Mark Rodgers, Sam Samardzija

Full Name: Jeffrey Alan Samardzija

Nicknames: Shark

Pronunciation: \suh-MAR-jah\

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2017

Career

WAR

1.9

12.0

W

L

ERA

4.51

4.11

G

317

GS

194

SV

IP

201.2

1396.2

SO

201

1269

WHIP

1.150

1.248

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RAvg	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	21	-0.5	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CHC	1	2	.333	2.70	3.00	7	7	0	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
2006	21	-0.8	Peoria	MIDW	A	CHC	0	1	.000	3.27	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	6	5	4	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	43	1.091	4.9	0.8	4.9	3.3	0.67
2006	21	-0.3	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	1	1	.500	2.37	2.37	5	5	0	0	0	0	19.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	13	5	0	2	84	1.263	8.5	0.5	2.8	6.2	2.17
2007	22	-1.3	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CHC	6	11	.353	4.57	5.34	30	26	0	1	0	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
2007	22	-2.1	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	3	3	.500	3.41	3.93	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	33	15	13	8	9	0	20	1	0	0	145	1.223	8.7	2.1	2.4	5.2	2.22
2007	22	-1.1	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	3	8	.273	4.95	5.79	24	20	0	1	0	0	107.1	142	69	59	8	35	1	45	1	0	3	479	1.649	11.9	0.7	2.9	3.8	1.29
2008	23	-2.2	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	7	6	.538	4.29	4.45	22	21	0	1	0	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
2008	23	-5.9	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	1	0	1.000	2.28	3.90	26	0	6	0	0	1	27.2	24	12	7	0	15	2	25	1	0	2	124	1.410	7.8	0.0	4.9	8.1	1.67
2008	23	-3.9	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	4	1	.800	3.13	3.13	6	6	0	1	0	0	37.1	32	13	13	5	16	0	40	1	0	3	152	1.286	7.7	1.2	3.9	9.6	2.50
2008	23	-1.4	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	3	5	.375	4.86	5.09	16	15	0	0	0	0	76.0	71	43	41	6	42	0	44	2	0	4	332	1.487	8.4	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
2009	24	-4.6	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	1	3	.250	7.53	7.53	20	2	7	0	0	0	34.2	46	29	29	7	15	1	21	1	0	2	161	1.760	11.9	1.8	3.9	5.5	1.40
2009	24	-3.0	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	6	6	.500	4.35	4.65	18	17	0	1	0	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
2009-10	24	-3.5	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		2	0	1.000	2.25	3.75	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	22	10	6	0	8	0	22	3	0	2	100	1.250	8.3	0.0	3.0	8.3	2.75
2010	25	-3.7	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	2	2	.500	8.38	10.24	7	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	21	22	18	4	20	1	9	2	0	1	100	2.121	9.8	1.9	9.3	4.2	0.45
2010	25	-1.9	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	11	3	.786	4.37	5.01	35	15	5	0	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
2011	26	-2.5	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	8	4	.667	2.97	3.58	75	0	18	0	0	0	88.0	64	35	29	5	50	3	87	5	0	8	380	1.295	6.5	0.5	5.1	8.9	1.74
2012	27	-1.5	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	9	13	.409	3.81	4.07	28	28	0	1	0	0	174.2	157	79	74	20	56	2	180	4	0	10	723	1.219	8.1	1.0	2.9	9.3	3.21
2013	28	-0.1	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	8	13	.381	4.34	4.59	33	33	0	2	1	0	213.2	210	109	103	25	78	3	214	8	0	11	914	1.348	8.8	1.1	3.3	9.0	2.74
2014	29	0.5	2 Teams	2 Lgs	MLB	OAK-CHC	7	13	.350	2.99	3.52	33	33	0	2	0	0	219.2	191	86	73	20	43	3	202	10	0	10	879	1.065	7.8	0.8	1.8	8.3	4.70
2014	29	0.5	CHC	NL	MLB	CHC	2	7	.222	2.83	3.67	17	17	0	0	0	0	108.0	99	44	34	7	31	3	103	6	0	6	449	1.204	8.3	0.6	2.6	8.6	3.32
2014	29	0.5	OAK	AL	MLB	OAK	5	6	.455	3.14	3.39	16	16	0	2	0	0	111.2	92	42	39	13	12	0	99	4	0	4	430	0.931	7.4	1.0	1.0	8.0	8.25
2015	30	1.7	CHW	AL	MLB	CHW	11	13	.458	4.96	5.13	32	32	0	2	2	0	214.0	228	122	118	29	49	0	163	12	0	5	910	1.294	9.6	1.2	2.1	6.9	3.33
2016	31	2.9	SFG	NL	MLB	SFG	12	11	.522	3.81	3.90	32	32	0	1	0	0	203.1	190	88	86	24	54	4	167	1	0	2	829	1.200	8.4	1.1	2.4	7.4	3.09
2017	32	3.5	SFG	NL	MLB	SFG	9	15	.375	4.51	4.73	31	31	0	1	1	0	201.2	201	106	101	29	31	1	201	6	0	1	826	1.150	9.0	1.3	1.4	9.0	6.48
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RAvg	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
MLB (10 seasons)					MLB		68	87	.439	4.11	4.43	317	194	31	9	4	1	1396.2	1332	688	638	163	411	20	1269	50	0	52	5846	1.248	8.6	1.1	2.6	8.2	3.09
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		31	28	.525	4.30	4.78	112	86	5	3	0	0	485.1	486	258	232	50	208	5	339	15	1	20	2101	1.430	9.0	0.9	3.9	6.3	1.63
All Levels (12 Seasons)							101	115	.468	4.14	4.51	434	285	36	12	4	1	1906.0	1840	956	876	213	627	25	1630	68	1	74	8047	1.294	8.7	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.60

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		21	10	.677	4.17	4.58	59	38	5	2	0	0	237.2	216	121	110	26	110	4	213	6	1	11	1018	1.372	8.2	1.0	4.2	8.1	1.94
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	8	.429	4.40	4.73	22	21	0	0	0	0	110.1	104	58	54	14	51	0	64	3	0	4	477	1.405	8.5	1.1	4.2	5.2	1.25

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