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Jeff Samardzija

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Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 1/23/1985 (40)
Height, Weight 6'4", 240 lb
Hometown Merrillville, IN

2020 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
16.2 9.72 1.50 7.8% 5.2%
41
IP
4.87
ERA
1.37
WHIP
22.3%
K%
8.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.3 6.0% 23.2% 44.0% 7.1% 4.80 3.80
92.7
FB MPH
11.7%
SwStr%
28.5%
CSW%
49.9%
Str-ICR
6.9%
MTK%
4.87
PLV
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PLA

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2008 CHC 26 0 27.2 1-0 0 2.28 1.41 - 3.06 - - 20.2% 12.1% 7.8 0.00 .293 - 70.0% - - - - - -
2009 CHC 20 2 34.2 1-3 0 7.53 1.76 - 5.93 - - 13.0% 9.3% 11.9 1.82 .345 - 63.2% - - - - - -
2010 CHC 7 3 19.1 2-2 1 8.38 2.12 - 8.31 - - 9.0% 20.0% 9.8 1.86 .262 - 56.1% - - - - - -
2011 CHC 75 0 88.0 8-4 0 2.97 1.30 - 3.66 - - 22.9% 13.2% 6.5 0.51 .257 - 75.0% - - - - - -
2012 CHC 28 28 174.2 9-13 17 3.81 1.22 - 3.55 - - 24.9% 7.7% 8.1 1.03 .299 - 73.0% - - - - - -
2013 CHC 33 33 213.2 8-13 19 4.34 1.35 - 3.78 - - 23.4% 8.5% 8.8 1.05 .316 - 71.6% - - - - - -
2014 CHC/OAK 33 33 219.2 7-13 23 2.99 1.07 - 3.20 - - 23.0% 4.9% 7.8 0.82 .285 - 73.1% - - - - - -
2015 CWS 32 32 214.0 11-13 15 4.96 1.29 - 4.23 - - 17.9% 5.4% 9.6 1.22 .305 - 67.2% - - - - - -
2016 SF 32 32 203.1 12-11 17 3.81 1.20 - 3.85 - - 20.1% 6.5% 8.4 1.06 .288 - 74.3% - - - - - -
2017 SF 32 32 207.2 9-15 20 4.42 1.14 - 3.61 - - 24.2% 3.8% 8.8 1.30 .305 - 67.5% - - - - - -
2018 SF 10 10 44.2 1-5 1 6.25 1.63 - 5.47 - - 14.5% 12.6% 9.5 1.21 .289 - 64.6% - - 9.2% 24.2% 0.31 -
2019 SF 32 32 181.1 11-12 13 3.52 1.11 - 4.59 - - 18.9% 6.6% 7.5 1.39 .242 - 76.9% - - 9.7% 25.3% 0.42 -
2020 SF 4 4 16.2 0-2 0 9.72 1.50 7.60 9.18 7.41 3.80 7.8% 5.2% 11.3 3.78 .241 31.8% 46.5% 41.5% 20.0% 6.0% 23.2% 0.27 4.80
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 8 8 41.0 2-3 3 4.87 1.37 4.83 4.84 4.71 3.64 22.3% 8.7% 8.9 1.56 .290 23.7% 72.5% 38.0% 44.2% 11.7% 28.5% 0.49 4.87
Career 364 241 1,645.1 80-106 126 4.15 1.24 - - - 0.01 21.0% 7.1% 8.5 1.12 .291 186.4% 70.8% 3.6% 20.0% 9.3% 24.9% 0.39 4.80

Jeff Samardzija Repertoire

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Jeff Samardzija Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2008 CHC 26 0 27.2 1-0 0 1 - 486 284 202 124 24 19 5 0 0 25 15 1 2
2009 CHC 20 2 34.2 1-3 0 0 - 608 374 234 161 46 27 9 3 7 21 15 1 2
2010 CHC 7 3 19.1 2-2 1 0 - 374 209 165 100 21 12 4 1 4 9 20 2 1
2011 CHC 75 0 88.0 8-4 0 0 - 1,530 910 620 380 64 44 14 1 5 87 50 5 8
2012 CHC 28 28 174.2 9-13 17 0 - 2,767 1,790 977 723 157 101 30 6 20 180 56 4 10
2013 CHC 33 33 213.2 8-13 19 0 - 3,462 2,177 1,285 914 210 138 41 6 25 214 78 8 11
2014 CHC/OAK 33 33 219.2 7-13 23 0 - 3,340 2,216 1,124 879 191 128 38 5 20 202 43 10 10
2015 CWS 32 32 214.0 11-13 15 0 - 3,339 2,242 1,097 910 228 150 40 9 29 163 49 12 5
2016 SF 32 32 203.1 12-11 17 0 - 3,190 2,103 1,087 829 190 121 37 8 24 167 54 1 2
2017 SF 32 32 207.2 9-15 20 0 - 3,279 2,195 1,084 847 204 122 40 12 30 205 32 6 2
2018 SF 10 10 44.2 1-5 1 0 0 805 481 324 207 47 33 7 1 6 30 26 2 2
2019 SF 32 32 181.1 11-12 13 0 0 3,006 1,921 1,085 740 152 91 24 9 28 140 49 6 5
2020 SF 4 4 16.2 0-2 0 0 0 298 185 113 77 21 11 3 0 7 6 4 2 0
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 8 8 41.0 2-3 3 0 0 688 437 251 175 39 24 7 1 6 40 14 2 1
Career 364 241 1,645.1 80-106 126 1 0 26,484 17,087 9,397 6,891 1,555 997 292 61 205 1,449 491 60 60

Jeff Samardzija Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2008 CHC 20.2% 12.1% .226 .274 .599 .275 .293 .293 - - - - - - - -
2009 CHC 13.0% 9.3% .329 .586 .981 .417 .345 .383 - - - - - - - -
2010 CHC 9.0% 20.0% .269 .500 .930 .409 .262 .304 - - - - - - - -
2011 CHC 22.9% 13.2% .200 .297 .613 .281 .257 .272 - - - - - - - -
2012 CHC 24.9% 7.7% .240 .396 .698 .304 .299 .328 - - - - - - - -
2013 CHC 23.4% 8.5% .255 .411 .736 .325 .316 .344 - - - - - - - -
2014 CHC/OAK 23.0% 4.9% .234 .367 .646 .285 .285 .308 - - - - - - - -
2015 CWS 17.9% 5.4% .273 .446 .765 .330 .305 .334 - - - - - - - -
2016 SF 20.1% 6.5% .249 .412 .710 .303 .288 .316 - - - - - - - -
2017 SF 24.2% 3.8% .255 .447 .734 .309 .305 .340 - - - - - - - -
2018 SF 14.5% 12.6% .270 .425 .789 .343 .289 .318 - - - - - - - -
2019 SF 18.9% 6.6% .225 .411 .692 .289 .242 .281 - - - - - - - -
2020 SF 7.8% 5.2% .296 .634 .985 .410 .241 .323 .304 .413 .258 .423 88.3 91.5 29.7 7.60
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 22.3% 8.7% .251 .439 .762 .328 .290 .331 .247 .325 .286 .376 88.1 89.9 12.8 4.83
Career 21.0% 7.1% .248 .413 .720 .319 .291 .321 .089 .266 .227 .444 88.3 91.5 29.7 -

Jeff Samardzija Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 SF - - - - - - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
2019 SF 8.7% (91.7) 8.1% (92.1) 9.2% (88.7) 6.5% (84.2) - 1.0% (76.1) - 2.6% (82.5) - 16.8% 19.2%
2020 SF 18.5% (90.3) 17.8% (90.8) 19.8% (87.4) 26.2% (84.0) - 16.4% (82.4) - 1.3% (81.1) - 36.2% 63.8%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 40.4% (92.7) 26.1% (92.2) 20.7% (87.7) 22.7% (84.2) - (-) 16.6% (78.4) 16.8% (84.7) 20.0% (85.4) - (-) 49.6% 50.3%
Career 7.7% (91.4) 7.2% (91.8) 8.2% (88.5) 6.6% (84.1) - 1.9% (80.1) - 2.0% (82.4) - 14.9% 18.7%

Jeff Samardzija Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 SF - - - - - - - - - - -
2019 SF 25.6% (22) 22.7% (12) 24.2% (22) 33.0% (29) - 20.7% (2) - 19.5% (9) - 24.2% 110.6%
2020 SF 25.5% (6) 26.4% (0) 18.6% (4) 24.4% (5) - 20.4% (2) - 25.0% (1) - 25.9% 21.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.9% (23) 25.6% (9) 26.7% (15) 30.1% (20) - (-) 31.4% (12) 25.2% (16) 24.4% (19) - (-) 27.6% 29.2%
Career 25.6% (28) 23.4% (12) 23.2% (26) 30.5% (34) - 20.5% (4) - 19.8% (10) - 24.5% 114.0%

Jeff Samardzija Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 SF - - - - - - - - 17.0% - - - - -
2019 SF - - - - - - - - 20.5% - - - - -
2020 SF 20.0% 20.0% 33.8% 26.2% 33.8% 40.0% 32.3% 27.7% 17.1% 58.5% 23.1% 9.2% 9.2% 41.5%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.2% 22.0% 24.6% 9.3% 35.6% 41.0% 35.2% 23.8% 17.3% 61.7% 24.7% 6.2% 7.6% 38.0%
Career 20.0% 20.0% 33.8% 26.2% 33.8% 40.0% 32.3% 27.7% 19.6% 58.5% 23.1% 9.2% 9.2% 3.6%

Jeff Samardzija Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 SF .270 .343 .289 .318 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 SF .225 .289 .242 .281 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SF .296 .410 .241 .323 .304 .413 .258 .423 88.3 91.5 29.7 31.8% 41.5% 35.1%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG .251 .328 .290 .331 .247 .325 .286 .376 88.1 89.9 12.8 23.7% 38.0% 25.8%
Career .248 .319 .291 .321 .089 .266 .227 .444 88.3 91.5 29.7 186.4% 3.6% 2.6%

Jeff Samardzija Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 SF - 59.8% 44.7% - 20.6% 17.0% 79.4% - - 15.0% 9.2% 24.2% 18.5% 53.9% 0.31 -
2019 SF - 63.9% 48.3% - 20.0% 20.5% 80.0% - - 15.6% 9.7% 25.3% 18.1% 58.8% 0.42 -
2020 SF 49.0% 62.1% 45.0% 21.7% 13.4% 17.1% 86.6% 91.1% 72.7% 17.1% 6.0% 23.2% 21.8% 55.0% 0.27 44.0%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.1% 46.3% 29.4% 25.2% 17.3% 74.8% 83.3% 59.2% 16.8% 11.7% 28.5% 17.3% 57.4% 0.49 49.9%
Career 3.6% 64.5% 47.4% 21.7% 19.7% 19.6% 80.3% 91.1% 72.7% 15.6% 9.3% 24.9% 18.5% 57.6% 0.39 61.6%

Jeff Samardzija Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 SF - - - - - - - - - -
2019 SF - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SF 49.0% 40.9% 23.8% 35.2% 37.2% 29.5% 33.2% 32.2% 44.0% 8.1%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.5% 35.6% 25.4% 39.0% 28.9% 23.9% 47.1% 30.1% 44.5% 6.3%
Career 3.6% 40.9% 23.8% 35.2% 37.2% 29.5% 33.2% 32.2% 44.0% 8.1%

Jeff Samardzija Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 SF 59.5% 15.8% 24.8% 14.8% 55.1% 43.0% 18.2% - 15.0%
2019 SF 56.5% 12.1% 31.5% 14.1% 61.0% 51.0% 20.4% - 14.8%
2020 SF 59.7% 12.4% 27.9% 14.0% 58.4% 48.1% 23.6% 14.5% 7.2%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 58.3% 12.4% 29.3% 14.2% 60.2% 50.0% 22.0% 25.3% 19.0%
Career 57.3% 12.9% 30.0% 14.2% 59.6% 49.2% 20.2% 1.0% 14.3%

Jeff Samardzija PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 SF 805 - - - - - - - - -
2019 SF 3,006 - - - - - - - - -
2020 SF 298 4.80 41.3% 17.9% 40.9% 0.4% 7.1% 5.6 +4 3.80
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 688 4.87 40.8% 20.5% 38.7% 2.1% 6.9% 1.7 +3 3.64
Career 26,484 4.80 41.3% 17.9% 40.9% 0.4% 7.1% 5.6 +4 0.01
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