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: 15-17 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	255	3	Apr 6	SFG	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-6		99	5.1	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	5.06	5.02	26	98	63	20	6	9	8	5	0	0	43			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.138	1.26	-0.09%	-0.88	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out tie
2	256	8	Apr 12	SFG	@	COL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.38	3.60	31	111	72	21	10	12	12	4	2	0	65			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.224	1.20	0.16%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
3	257	13	Apr 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.72	4.28	25	94	56	13	11	11	8	3	2	0	48			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.129	1.22	-0.10%	-1.10	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
4	258	18	Apr 22	SFG		MIA	W,8-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.00	3.59	29	117	82	21	12	11	13	8	1	0	68			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.184	.58	0.09%	2.71	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a7
5	259	23	Apr 27	SFG		SDP	W,13-9	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	5.2	5	5	5	2	7	1	0	3.86	3.67	23	95	56	15	8	4	10	6	1	0	44			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.224	.66	-0.14%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a7
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	260	28	May 3	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	8.0	3	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.32	3.59	29	115	80	26	15	12	6	4	0	0	79			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.394	1.05	0.25%	3.00	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
7	261	33	May 8	SFG		COL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(4-2)	4	7.2	8	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.17	3.21	31	123	89	21	19	10	11	6	0	0	63			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.67	0.067	.85	0.05%	1.49	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
8	262	38	May 13	SFG	@	ARI	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	8.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.88	3.09	30	112	77	24	8	14	13	5	4	0	65			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.386	1.41	0.30%	3.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
9	263	43	May 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	8.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.66	2.85	27	105	72	17	15	6	13	7	1	0	80			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.422	1.48	0.36%	2.77	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
10	264	48	May 24	SFG		SDP	W,8-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	6.2	6	1	1	3	7	1	0	2.54	2.99	27	105	64	18	10	5	12	5	3	0	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.190	1.62	0.17%	1.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
11	265	53	May 30	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(7-3)	5	5.0	6	5	4	2	4	0	0	2.84	2.97	24	93	59	8	7	9	9	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	21	1	1	1	0	1	1	.93	-0.322	1.15	-0.24%	-2.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	266	58	Jun 4	SFG	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	5.0	9	6	6	0	2	4	0	3.33	3.58	23	87	57	15	6	12	9	3	1	0	27			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.457	.99	-0.31%	-3.57	1b start a 1	6b --- 0 out d2
13	267	63	Jun 11	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	GS-5		6	4.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.36	3.55	22	98	62	16	9	7	10	3	0	0	43			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.010	2.25	-0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out tie
14	268	68	Jun 17	SFG	@	TBR	W,5-1	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.14	3.57	30	115	74	21	11	12	14	4	1	0	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.305	.70	0.20%	3.34	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
15	269	73	Jun 22	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS-3		4	3.0	6	6	6	2	2	3	0	3.59	3.98	16	64	40	9	3	4	8	3	1	0	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.389	.75	-0.23%	-4.53	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
16	270	78	Jun 27	SFG		OAK	L,3-8	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.91	4.07	27	89	60	13	9	8	15	7	0	0	32			0	0	0	25	4	0	1	1	0	0	.41	-0.319	.30	-0.14%	-3.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
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	271	83	Jul 2	SFG	@	ARI	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	0	5	0	0	3.97	3.92	30	94	68	21	6	15	10	7	0	0	51			0	0	0	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.162	1.04	0.09%	0.54	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a2
18	272	88	Jul 8	SFG		ARI	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	6.1	5	2	2	3	6	1	1	3.91	3.99	27	110	72	20	10	11	6	2	2	0	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.023	.71	0.01%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
19	273	92	Jul 16	SFG	@	SDP	L,6-7	GS-5		7	5.0	5	5	4	4	4	2	0	4.05	4.20	25	104	65	15	9	6	11	3	2	0	39			2	0	0	21	0	1	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.314	.55	-0.14%	-2.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	274	98	Jul 24	SFG	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(9-6)	7	5.2	8	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.22	4.33	24	87	59	12	8	7	13	7	0	0	35			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.51	-0.133	.51	-0.08%	-2.48	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d5
21	275	103	Jul 29	SFG		WSN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-7)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.30	4.30	27	98	63	20	6	13	10	4	0	0	42			2	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.205	1.41	-0.17%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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	276	109	Aug 5	SFG	@	WSN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-8)	6	7.0	6	5	5	2	5	2	0	4.40	4.39	28	107	67	21	6	5	16	9	2	0	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	2	0	.58	-0.204	.76	-0.16%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
23	277	114	Aug 10	SFG	@	MIA	W,1-0	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	5.2	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.23	4.37	22	82	52	16	4	9	7	3	0	0	63			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.295	2.06	0.26%	2.35	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
24	278	119	Aug 16	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.24	4.27	24	95	61	16	10	13	5	3	0	0	52			2	0	0	23	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.057	1.72	-0.05%	-0.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
25	279	124	Aug 21	SFG		NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	7.0	3	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.17	4.24	25	99	64	15	10	4	13	4	2	0	69			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.054	1.34	0.05%	1.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
26	280	128	Aug 26	SFG		ATL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	7.0	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.00	4.17	30	107	77	21	12	14	7	5	0	0	66			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.160	1.38	0.17%	3.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
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
27	281	133	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-4		5	4.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.06	4.17	20	87	57	15	4	6	8	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	-0.081	2.35	-0.09%	-1.00	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a1
28	282	138	Sep 6	SFG	@	COL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	1	9	0	0	4.00	4.04	26	105	75	20	10	4	12	7	2	0	69			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.90	0.142	1.62	0.15%	2.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
29	283	143	Sep 12	SFG		SDP	L,0-4	GS-6	L(11-10)	5	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.07	4.03	26	92	66	14	12	10	9	7	2	0	45			1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.132	1.81	-0.14%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
30	284	148	Sep 17	SFG		STL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.97	4.09	26	104	61	12	11	13	5	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.26	0.290	2.41	0.33%	2.11	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
31	285	153	Sep 22	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(12-10)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.83	3.97	25	105	71	20	9	9	7	3	2	0	78			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.432	2.52	0.53%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
32	286	158	Sep 28	SFG		COL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(12-11)	5	6.0	7	2	2	1	11	0	0	3.81	3.85	24	93	62	16	13	5	8	4	0	0	60			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.027	2.41	0.04%	0.48	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
							15-17		W-L:12-11	4.6	203.1	190	88	86	54	167	24	1	3.81	3.85	829	3190	66%	17%	9%	0.91		25%	5%	0	54		---%	13	6	0	764	37	8	4	19	4	4	.94	0.643	1.30	1.13%	8.47

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