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: 14-18 / in Starts: 14-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	223	1	Apr 6	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	5	5	3	1	1	2	7.50	7.47	28	92	56	13	4	6	16	5	1	0	38			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.168	.75	-0.11%	-1.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d3
2	224	5	Apr 11	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	0	0	6.23	4.21	29	113	80	22	10	11	12	8	2	0	51			2	1	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.017	.85	0.01%	-0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	225	9	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	1	0	4.29	3.75	32	106	79	17	16	13	12	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.410	1.28	0.23%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
4	226	14	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.33	3.62	26	113	72	22	7	9	12	5	3	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.327	1.12	0.16%	2.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
5	227	18	Apr 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	6	5.0	10	8	7	1	5	2	0	4.78	4.13	26	87	62	12	7	5	15	9	1	0	21			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	1	1	.44	-0.396	.37	-0.20%	-5.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
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
6	228	23	May 5	CHW		DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.38	4.01	29	105	71	12	11	6	15	8	0	0	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.093	.60	0.04%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
7	229	29	May 11	CHW	@	MIL	L,7-10	GS-6		5	6.0	8	7	5	1	6	1	0	4.80	3.98	28	84	66	13	8	11	10	6	1	0	37			1	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.352	.26	-0.14%	-4.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
8	230	34	May 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS-8	W(3-2)	5	8.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.58	4.08	33	120	79	18	8	10	15	6	2	0	56			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.132	1.04	0.07%	0.78	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
9	231	39	May 22	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	8.0	3	2	2	1	9	0	0	4.28	3.71	28	118	83	21	21	7	11	6	1	0	76			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.91	0.272	.73	0.13%	1.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	232	44	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.84	3.55	30	114	78	17	10	13	11	3	2	0	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.328	.75	0.11%	2.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
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
11	233	50	Jun 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-15	GS-6	L(4-3)	5	5.0	12	9	9	1	4	2	1	4.68	3.85	28	95	70	17	9	10	12	9	0	0	10			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.413	.43	-0.19%	-5.44	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d5
12	234	55	Jun 7	CHW		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	7.1	10	6	6	1	5	2	0	4.93	4.02	31	102	75	14	11	8	17	12	1	0	38			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.423	.68	-0.19%	-2.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
13	235	60	Jun 13	CHW	@	TBR	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	1	4.84	3.86	28	96	63	16	9	7	12	8	3	0	59			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.067	.85	-0.03%	0.27	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
14	236	65	Jun 18	CHW		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	1	4.67	3.69	29	114	78	15	13	12	9	5	0	0	56			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.26	0.072	.53	0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	237	70	Jun 23	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	1	4.53	3.70	28	105	70	21	15	10	9	4	3	0	59			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.170	.39	0.04%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
16	238	74	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	5	4	4	3	4	0	1	4.56	3.70	31	110	70	12	10	10	13	5	3	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.267	.42	-0.06%	-0.81	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
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	239	78	Jul 4	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.2	3	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.33	3.56	27	111	70	16	20	8	8	2	1	0	76			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.447	.56	0.12%	3.52	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
18	240	83	Jul 9	CHW		TOR	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.02	3.47	30	108	70	16	16	12	12	5	3	0	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.550	.45	0.15%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	241	87	Jul 17(1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-5)	7	7.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	4.08	3.67	29	111	71	16	11	9	14	7	2	0	47			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.238	.68	-0.10%	-0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
20	242	93	Jul 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	5	8.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.91	3.60	28	99	67	20	5	12	13	2	3	0	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.234	.15	0.04%	3.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
21	243	98	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-9	W(8-5)	4	8.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.94	3.64	32	115	73	23	8	15	13	4	1	0	54			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.136	.28	0.05%	0.17	1b start a 5	9b 12- 0 out a6
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
22	244	103	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-12	GS-5	L(8-6)	4	4.2	8	9	9	2	3	2	2	4.35	3.83	26	101	58	16	4	5	14	6	2	0	13			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.304	.58	-0.14%	-5.09	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d7
23	245	108	Aug 8	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-5	L(8-7)	5	4.2	6	7	7	2	1	0	1	4.62	3.86	23	79	51	12	6	9	10	5	2	0	23			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.396	.53	-0.11%	-3.79	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
24	246	113	Aug 14	CHW		CHC	L,5-6	GS-6	L(8-8)	5	6.0	9	6	6	2	5	3	0	4.78	4.04	28	110	71	15	15	7	14	11	0	0	33			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.475	.37	-0.12%	-3.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
25	247	118	Aug 19	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	7	1	0	4.64	4.04	31	116	76	12	12	11	11	6	1	0	62			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.175	.27	0.02%	2.20	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	248	123	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GS-6	L(8-10)	4	5.2	8	5	5	2	7	1	2	4.75	4.07	28	102	72	27	11	5	12	4	4	0	38			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.262	.14	-0.03%	-2.62	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
27	249	128	Aug 29	CHW		SEA	L,6-7	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	5.2	8	5	5	3	8	1	0	4.85	4.07	27	119	82	20	15	5	11	7	1	0	38			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	2	0	.53	-0.274	.06	-0.02%	-2.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
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	250	132	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(9-11)	4	6.1	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.87	4.13	29	102	64	18	8	10	11	3	3	0	47			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.184	.03	0.00%	-1.11	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a2
29	251	138	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-12)	5	6.2	8	4	4	2	5	2	0	4.89	4.21	29	102	69	19	7	7	15	9	1	0	45			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.192	.09	-0.01%	-1.15	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
30	252	143	Sep 15	CHW		OAK	L,6-17	GS-4	L(9-13)	5	3.0	11	10	10	3	3	1	0	5.27	4.28	23	91	56	19	6	4	13	8	2	0	-3			0	0	0	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.484	.01	0.00%	-8.22	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d7
31	253	149	Sep 21(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-13)	5	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.04	4.17	28	88	60	13	9	8	14	2	3	0	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.618	.00	0.00%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	254	157	Sep 29	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(11-13)	7	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	2	0	4.96	4.23	28	111	80	17	11	7	18	10	0	0	56			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.244	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
							14-18		W-L:11-13	4.7	214.0	228	122	118	49	163	29	12	4.96	4.23	910	3339	67%	16%	10%	0.70		28%	8%	0	50		---%	12	4	0	836	40	9	0	17	9	6	.95	-0.670	.49	-0.29%	-15.42

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