Jeff Samardzija

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 233lb (193cm, 105kg)

Born: January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, IN us

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, 19,382nd in major league history)
vs. FLA 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 25, 2020 (Age 35-246d)
vs. SDP 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Mark Rodgers, Sam Samardzija

Full Name: Jeffrey Alan Samardzija

Nicknames: Shark

Pronunciation: \suh-MAR-jah\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

106

ERA

4.15

364

241

1645.1

1449

WHIP

1.244

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	329	4	Mar 31	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-5		99	5.0	3	1	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	4.81	21			13	6	4	11	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.124	1.32	0.08%	1.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
2	330	9	Apr 6	SFG		TBR	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.2	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.79	3.52	21	74	48	11	8	4	12	7	3	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.188	.95	-0.08%	-1.09	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d1
3	331	14	Apr 11	SFG		COL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.62	2.73	24	90	61	20	13	9	7	2	2	0	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.444	.73	0.20%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	332	19	Apr 17	SFG	@	WSN	L,6-9	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	5.0	5	4	4	2	7	2	0	2.91	3.68	21			16	9	4	8	5	0	0	46			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.167	.51	-0.09%	-1.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
5	333	24	Apr 23	SFG	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	5.1	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.00	3.88	22	85	60	13	5	5	12	2	3	0	53			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.076	.63	0.03%	0.27	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
6	334	29	Apr 29	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.53	3.81	18	79	53	11	4	5	11	5	0	0	63			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.280	.73	0.11%	2.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	335	34	May 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	4	0	4	3	0	3.16	4.57	20	86	60	19	10	3	13	3	1	0	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.204	.23	-0.08%	-1.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
8	336	39	May 11	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	GS-4		5	4.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.51	4.73	20	86	54	15	7	3	9	2	1	0	42			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.120	.47	-0.04%	-0.99	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
9	337	43	May 17	SFG	@	ARI	L,0-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.1	5	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.69	5.03	22			11	4	6	13	5	0	0	43			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	2	0	0	.98	-0.020	.56	-0.01%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d2
10	338	48	May 22	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	4	6	0	2	7	2	1	3.27	5.22	27	107	68	19	13	6	11	5	0	0	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.332	.36	-0.12%	-2.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
11	339	53	May 28	SFG	@	MIA	L,3-11	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.83	4.99	21	89	57	14	6	7	9	6	0	0	29			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.203	.27	-0.03%	-1.97	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	340	58	Jun 2	SFG	@	BAL	W,8-1	GS-6	W(3-4)	4	6.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.61	4.83	21	110	77	16	9	9	6	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.214	.14	0.03%	2.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
13	341	63	Jun 8	SFG		LAD	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-5)	5	5.1	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	3.72	4.69	28			14	16	8	12	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	25	4	0	2	0	0	1	1.48	-0.035	.37	-0.01%	0.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
14	342	69	Jun 16	SFG		MIL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	7	5.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	1	3.96	4.76	26	114	71	22	9	9	9	4	1	0	36			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.206	.31	-0.04%	-1.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
15	343	74	Jun 21	SFG	@	ARI	W,11-5	GS-6	W(4-6)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	1	4.23	4.75	28			18	6	10	11	2	2	0	38			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.005	.16	0.00%	-1.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
16	344	79	Jun 26	SFG		COL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	5.0	3	5	5	2	6	1	0	4.52	4.74	21	96	58	6	12	5	8	3	1	0	45			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.349	.21	-0.05%	-2.87	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	345	84	Jul 1	SFG	@	SDP	W,13-2	GS-8	W(5-7)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.32	4.54	32	114	72	21	10	15	9	4	2	0	68			2	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	1	1	.53	0.234	.07	0.02%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out a11
18	346	89	Jul 7	SFG		STL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(6-7)	5	7.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	4.01	4.44	25	96	61	14	5	8	14	7	1	0	71			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.444	.30	0.07%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
19	347	93	Jul 15(1)	SFG	@	COL	W,19-2	GS-7	W(7-7)	7	6.2	4	2	2	1	9	2	0	3.93	4.47	25	92	63	14	8	2	13	6	1	0	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.086	.05	0.02%	2.02	1b start a 5	7b 1-- 2 out a14
20	348	99	Jul 20	SFG		NYM	L,4-11	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	1	4.08	4.55	21	79	56	10	11	3	10	2	0	0	46			1	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.159	.58	-0.06%	-1.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
21	349	104	Jul 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.95	4.56	24	100	61	15	12	8	7	5	0	0	63			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.209	.71	0.09%	1.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	350	108	Jul 31	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS-6	W(8-8)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.75	4.44	21	90	61	15	11	7	8	4	1	0	70			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.315	.69	0.16%	3.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	351	113	Aug 5	SFG		WSN	L,0-4	GS-4	L(8-9)	4	4.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.70	4.43	18	98	55	12	6	4	8	4	4	0	52			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.084	.83	0.04%	1.01	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
24	352	118	Aug 10	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS-8	W(9-9)	4	8.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.55	4.38	25	103	65	13	10	5	15	3	2	0	79			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.391	.33	0.09%	3.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
25	353	123	Aug 16	SFG	@	ARI	W,10-9	GS-6		5	5.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.54	4.41	22	90	54	10	12	5	11	6	3	0	52			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.112	.56	0.04%	1.26	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
26	354	128	Aug 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-10)	5	7.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.44	4.32	23	95	62	16	7	10	8	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	.88	0.228	.31	0.05%	2.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	355	132	Aug 27	SFG		ARI	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.38	4.39	21	92	58	14	7	2	13	6	1	0	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.145	.28	0.02%	1.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	356	136	Sep 1	SFG		SDP	L,4-8	GS-6	L(9-11)	4	5.1	9	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.61	4.51	25	109	71	19	4	9	13	7	2	0	27			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.205	.06	-0.01%	-1.90	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
29	357	141	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-6	W(10-11)	4	6.0	5	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.64	4.58	23			14	7	7	13	3	3	0	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
30	358	147	Sep 12	SFG		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(10-12)	5	6.1	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.72	4.60	27	95	59	10	8	8	16	6	1	0	42			1	1	0	24	1	2	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d2
31	359	152	Sep 18	SFG	@	BOS	W,11-3	GS-7	W(11-12)	5	6.0	2	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.64	4.67	23	99	61	20	2	9	8	3	2	0	62			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.181	.00	0.00%	2.11	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 0 out a3
32	360	158	Sep 25	SFG		COL	W,2-1	GS-6		6	6.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.52	4.59	24	111	66	14	11	5	13	7	2	0	66			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.366	.00	0.00%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							17-15		W-L:11-12	4.7	181.1	152	78	71	49	140	28	6	3.52	4.59	740	2479	64%	19%	11%	0.60		25%	8%	0	54		---%	14	4	0	677	24	9	4	11	4	5	.91	1.626	.38	0.45%	17.53

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