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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)

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

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2012-04-08	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Washington Nationals	1-9	W	8.2	4	3	1	0	8	1	0	76	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	110	79	18	14	10	12	2	1
2	2012-04-13	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5	W	5.0	10	5	5	1	5	0	0	31	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	103	64	12	12	9	11	5	1
3	2012-04-19	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Miami Marlins	1-4	L	3.2	8	5	5	5	3	0	0	23	17	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	23	88	50	11	8	5	8	4	0
4	2012-04-24	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		St. Louis Cardinals	1-7		6.2	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	73	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	90	63	15	14	10	4	1	0
5	2012-05-02	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-8	W	7.2	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	74	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	95	61	15	16	6	11	2	1
6	2012-05-07	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Atlanta Braves	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	1	68	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27	105	66	14	12	12	5	1	1
7	2012-05-13	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-5		5.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	61	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	19	90	58	14	13	5	5	1	1
8	2012-05-18	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Chicago White Sox	1-8	L	7.1	6	3	3	2	8	2	1	60	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	113	78	18	18	7	10	3	1
9	2012-05-23	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Houston Astros	1-6	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	54	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	26	90	58	13	5	9	11	6	1
10	2012-05-29	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		San Diego Padres	1-8	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	0	56	27	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	93	60	12	15	7	12	5	1
11	2012-06-04	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5		5.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	46	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	110	66	17	11	7	9	6	1
12	2012-06-09	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Minnesota Twins	1-4	L	3.2	9	8	8	1	1	0	0	11	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	77	51	13	3	9	9	4	0
13	2012-06-16	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Boston Red Sox	1-6	L	5.1	4	3	3	3	6	1	0	51	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	108	67	17	9	8	6	3	1
14	2012-06-22	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-6	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	0	37	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	88	59	15	12	8	8	4	0
15	2012-06-27	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		New York Mets	1-5	L	4.1	6	9	9	4	1	2	0	12	18	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	72	39	13	4	4	14	5	1
16	2012-07-02	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Atlanta Braves	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	11	0	0	75	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	101	67	15	17	7	6	2	0
17	2012-07-07	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	New York Mets	1-7	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	53	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	29	99	64	21	11	9	13	3	1
18	2012-07-18	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Miami Marlins	1-5		5.0	6	1	1	3	9	1	0	57	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	97	66	23	13	7	6	3	1
19	2012-07-23	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-8	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	84	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	99	71	17	15	8	11	1	1
20	2012-07-28	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		St. Louis Cardinals	1-6		6.0	3	2	2	6	7	0	0	59	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	104	58	12	12	9	4	1	1
21	2012-08-03	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	L	5.1	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	35	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	96	64	15	4	4	16	3	1
22	2012-08-08	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	San Diego Padres	1-7	L	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	69	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	112	66	12	9	11	6	3	0
23	2012-08-13	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Houston Astros	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	11	1	0	73	23	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	26	108	68	20	19	6	6	3	0
24	2012-08-18	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-5	L	5.0	6	4	4	0	5	3	1	44	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	86	61	16	12	6	10	2	3
25	2012-08-24	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Colorado Rockies	1-7		7.0	6	3	2	2	7	2	0	60	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	99	64	10	11	10	9	2	1
26	2012-08-29	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs		Milwaukee Brewers	1-7	L	7.0	7	3	2	0	10	0	0	63	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	104	71	14	17	6	11	7	0
27	2012-09-03	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Washington Nationals	1-7	L	7.0	7	1	1	1	8	1	0	66	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	108	68	19	16	5	14	6	2
28	2012-09-08	Maj-NL	Chicago Cubs	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-9	W	9.0	4	3	2	1	9	0	1	77	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	120	81	18	16	8	13	3	2

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	28	723	654	79	157	30	6	20	15	5	56	180	.240	.302	.396	.698	.299	259	10	4	5	4	2

Home	12	320	285	32	63	14	2	12	7	2	28	91	.221	.293	.411	.703	.276	117	5	2	2	3	0
Away	16	403	369	47	94	16	4	8	8	3	28	89	.255	.310	.385	.695	.315	142	5	2	3	1	2

April	4	105	94	13	26	3	1	1	4	0	8	25	.277	.330	.362	.692	.362	34	2	0	2	1	1
May	6	157	142	11	31	5	3	4	2	1	11	40	.218	.282	.380	.662	.273	54	4	2	1	1	1
June	5	116	100	27	33	10	1	4	2	1	15	20	.330	.414	.570	.984	.377	57	0	0	0	1	0
July	5	130	116	7	21	3	1	3	2	2	13	36	.181	.262	.302	.563	.231	35	1	0	0	1	0
August	6	153	144	17	35	8	0	7	5	1	7	42	.243	.283	.444	.727	.295	64	3	1	1	0	0
September	2	62	58	4	11	1	0	1	0	0	2	17	.190	.230	.259	.488	.250	15	0	1	1	0	0

As Starter	28	723	654	79	157	30	6	20	15	5	56	180	.240	.302	.396	.698	.299	259	10	4	5	4	2

vs RHB as RHP	28	354	326		78	10	1	8			19	97	.239	.287	.350	.636	.315	114	2	3	5	1	1
vs LHB as RHP	28	369	328		79	20	5	12			37	83	.241	.317	.442	.759	.284	145	8	1	0	3	1

Bases Empty	28	444	411		92	17	2	12			30	120	.224	.282	.363	.644	.287	149	0	3	0	0	0
Runners On	28	279	243		65	13	4	8			26	60	.268	.336	.453	.789	.318	110	10	1	5	4	2

vs. Younger Batters	27	294	260		68	13	3	12			26	73	.262	.330	.473	.803	.315	123	5	2	3	3	1
vs. Older Batters	28	429	394		89	17	3	8			30	107	.226	.283	.345	.629	.289	136	5	2	2	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	9	13	.409	3.81	28	28	0	174.2	157	79	74	20	56	2	180	4	0	0	723	1.220	9.3	3.21

Home	4	4	.500	3.22	12	12	0	78.1	63	32	28	12	28	0	91	2	0	0	320	1.162	10.5	3.25
Away	5	9	.357	4.30	16	16	0	96.1	94	47	46	8	28	2	89	2	0	0	403	1.266	8.3	3.18

April	2	1	.667	4.13	4	4	0	24.0	26	13	11	1	8	1	25	0	0	0	105	1.417	9.4	3.13
May	3	2	.600	2.48	6	6	0	40.0	31	11	11	4	11	1	40	2	0	0	157	1.050	9.0	3.64
June	0	4	.000	10.41	5	5	0	23.1	33	27	27	4	15	0	20	0	0	0	116	2.057	7.7	1.33
July	2	1	.667	1.91	5	5	0	33.0	21	7	7	3	13	0	36	0	0	0	130	1.030	9.8	2.77
August	1	4	.200	3.52	6	6	0	38.1	35	17	15	7	7	0	42	1	0	0	153	1.096	9.9	6.00
September	1	1	.500	1.69	2	2	0	16.0	11	4	3	1	2	0	17	1	0	0	62	0.813	9.6	8.50

As Starter	9	13	.409	3.81	28	28	0	174.2	157	79	74	20	56	2	180	4	0	0	723	1.220	9.3	3.21

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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