Jeff Samardzija
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 233LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 5, #149, Chicago Cubs | Notre Dame
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 1 5 6.25 10 10 0 44.2 30 1.63
2019 11 12 3.52 32 32 0 181.1 140 1.11
2020 0 2 9.72 4 4 0 16.2 6 1.50
13 Seasons 80 106 4.15 364 241 1 1,645.1 1,449 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 10 1-5 6.25 44.2 30 1.63
2019 32 11-12 3.52 181.1 140 1.11
2020 4 0-2 9.72 16.2 6 1.50
13 Seasons 364 80-106 4.15 1,645.1 1,449 1.24
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 30 3339 686 35 5.1 3.8 88.1 112.3 14.5 34.7 .263 .413 .330 .323 .369 31.8 17.9 5.4 4.96 4.37
2016 31 3190 607 37 6.1 4.5 88.7 115.1 10.9 31.1 .249 .416 .303 .307 .361 35.1 20.1 6.5 3.81 3.96
2017 32 3273 604 38 6.3 4.5 87.4 118.4 12.4 36.1 .247 .425 .309 .301 .379 33.8 24.2 3.8 4.42 3.87
2018 33 805 149 14 9.4 6.8 87.3 108.9 20.0 37.6 .261 .481 .342 .361 .374 32.0 14.5 12.6 6.25 5.73
2019 34 3006 545 45 8.3 6.1 89.5 117.9 16.9 34.5 .253 .465 .289 .326 .376 37.7 18.9 6.6 3.52 4.73
2020 35 298 65 7 10.8 9.1 89.3 110.9 29.3 33.8 .280 .559 .409 .377 .381 33.8 7.8 5.2 9.72 6.36
Player 13911 2656 176 6.6 4.9 88.3 118.4 14.4 34.3 .254 .434 .313 .318 .371 34.3 19.7 5.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Samardzija relies on 6 pitches.
Slider
(23.8%) ,
Cutter
(21.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(18.8%) ,
Split Finger
(18.1%) ,
Sinker
(15.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(1.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 40.8 22.6 28.6 8.0 37.9 35.7 26.1 3.1 29.2 25.7 27.8 4.2 5.1 3.8
2016 47.4 21.7 25.4 5.4 38.1 33.4 27.7 2.5 35.6 23.6 23.7 6.6 6.1 4.5
2017 43.0 24.0 26.2 6.8 33.8 40.7 25.5 4.6 31.3 27.3 23.7 6.0 6.3 4.5
2018 31.5 29.5 27.5 11.4 32.2 40.9 26.8 3.4 25.5 33.6 20.1 5.4 9.4 6.8
2019 37.4 29.5 25.3 7.7 39.3 38.7 22.0 2.0 28.8 29.7 23.3 6.8 8.3 6.1
2020 20.0 38.5 21.5 20.0 36.9 33.8 29.2 3.1 10.8 44.6 23.1 7.7 10.8 9.1
Player 41.1 24.9 26.4 7.6 36.9 37.2 25.6 3.1 30.4 27.3 24.5 5.8 6.6 4.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 Curveball SF R 5 81.2 41.3 -9.7 7.8ARM -16.0 0.2 -9.9 7.8ARM -17.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball SF R 56 90.3 17.9 -1.1 11.9ARM 5.4 15.6 -0.4 11.9ARM 4.6
2020 Sinker SF R 47 91.1 22.7 0.0 17.2ARM 2.7 10.4 -1.3 17.2ARM 2.4
2020 Cutter SF R 65 87.5 22.7 5.3 2.9ARM -5.7 12.9 4.7 2.9ARM -5.7
2020 Split-Finger SF R 54 82.5 31.2 -4.1 14.2ARM 3.3 8.9 -4.3 14.2ARM 3.3
2020 Slider SF R 71 83.9 30.5 -7.5 1.7ARM -6.9 8.1 -6.7 1.7ARM -7.0
2019 Curveball SF R 74 76.3 58.7 -0.4 6.3GLV -3.3 -10.4 0.7 6.3GLV -2.9
2019 Slider SF R 542 84.6 31.4 -5.3 0.3ARM -4.8 7.1 -5.3 0.3ARM -5.4
2019 Cutter SF R 746 88.8 23.6 3.0 2.8ARM -4.6 11.3 3.5 2.8ARM -5.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball SF R 830 91.6 17.5 -0.8 9.7ARM 2.6 15.4 -0.2 9.7ARM 2.2
2019 Sinker SF R 579 92.2 23.0 0.6 16.7ARM 2.1 9.4 -0.3 16.7ARM 1.8
2019 Split-Finger SF R 229 82.3 30.8 -5.2 8.0ARM -1.4 10.1 -5.7 8.0ARM -2.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 Slider 2.5 2 71 23.8 17 .125 .125 .147 13.2 11.8 9.5 .224 .316 .262 14.3
2020 Cutter -8.9 -6 65 21.8 20 .350 1.000 .553 13.8 15.0 17.6 .252 .682 .378 41.2
2020 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -3 56 18.8 13 .500 1.083 .665 21.4 0.0 0.0 .403 .860 .536 41.7
2020 Split-Finger -4.4 -2 54 18.1 11 .300 .600 .409 15.0 9.1 4.8 .320 .521 .388 33.3
2020 Sinker -6.2 -3 47 15.8 13 .300 .400 .396 0.0 0.0 0.0 .273 .377 .376 30.0
2020 Curveball 10.3 1 5 1.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .156 .551 .278 66.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 11 830 27.6 171 .174 .403 .302 20.5 22.2 14.9 .226 .510 .349 42.9
2019 Cutter 1.8 14 746 24.8 205 .198 .333 .253 16.1 19.0 14.8 .242 .416 .293 35.7
2019 Sinker -0.2 -1 579 19.3 181 .277 .464 .351 11.7 13.8 13.4 .285 .478 .349 39.4
2019 Slider 1.3 7 542 18.0 133 .219 .398 .272 26.9 18.8 17.1 .250 .459 .304 33.3
2019 Split-Finger -3.0 -7 229 7.6 38 .306 .500 .400 41.7 34.2 16.0 .264 .488 .369 34.8
2019 Curveball -3.6 -3 74 2.5 6 .400 .800 .683 17.6 0.0 0.0 .384 .620 .469 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Cutter 50 87.7 56 12.8 1:00 12:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 49 90.4 83 19.3 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Split-Finger 47 82.6 86 16.8 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 Sinker 45 91.1 88 20.2 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 56 84.1 42 7.7 12:30 12:30 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 118 471 1 7 -3 -3 2
2009 159 603 -3 -5 -1 -3 -12
2010 99 370 -5 2 -4 -3 -10
2011 372 1,505 18 9 -11 -9 7
2012 720 2,756 8 12 -4 -11 6
2013 898 3,419 12 14 -15 -16 -4
2014 874 3,327 13 19 -5 -11 16
2015 910 3,336 -14 23 -11 -14 -17
2016 838 3,221 -7 34 -10 -9 7
2017 844 3,262 -4 24 -12 -8 -1
2018 204 801 -3 11 -9 -3 -5
2019 734 3,001 23 33 -19 -16 21
2020 77 298 2 -8 -4 -2 -12
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,339 52.2 68.6 84.1 31.6 64.1 42.9 62.6 50.9 21.5 8.8 73.4
2016 3,190 50.2 68.0 84.5 29.1 64.6 44.6 63.7 48.6 20.7 7.5 76.1
2017 3,273 51.0 67.2 81.9 30.4 65.4 43.6 65.1 49.1 22.5 7.2 77.4
2018 805 45.6 68.9 83.7 24.3 67.0 41.4 55.1 44.7 20.6 7.1 78.9
2019 3,006 48.0 70.2 83.4 28.2 70.7 42.4 61.0 48.3 20.2 7.3 82.7
2020 298 52.0 67.7 91.4 20.3 69.0 40.3 58.4 45.0 13.4 8.7 80.8
Player 13,911 50.2 68.5 83.7 29.3 66.2 43.2 62.6 48.9 21.1 7.7 77.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 27 22 30 41 41 4 47 50 60 33 82 39 70 74 97 25 57
2016 54 47 40 36 72 8 46 44 45 43 72 28 51 78 93 46 50
2017 64 48 36 32 86 4 42 43 45 65 98 36 76 70 95 35 40
2018 4 21 5 3 4 56 6 76 76 5 6 18 12 38 96 32 35
2019 35 39 22 13 57 3 25 25 40 21 74 11 40 29 97 47 53
2020 8 13 3 1 32 38 13 31 69 1 89 1 5 16 97 62
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 24 28.7 -5 18 23 10 41.7
2017 21.8 30 27.5 3 16 24 8 26.7
2018 23.8 6 7.2 -1 6 5 3 50.0
2019 22.9 28 29.0 -1 20 15 17 60.7
2020 24.1 7 7.1 0 5 5 3 42.9
Player 22.5 95 99.6 -5 65 72 41 43.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 24 32 21 34 28 25 29 31 21 23 27 38 29 27 28 33 20 26 30 33 30 22 36 36 30 28 28 41 30 29 17
2017 30 26 25 32 29 25 33 26 17 22 26 37 29 28 25 31 24 23 30 28 27 28 34 31 27 24 24 37 31 27 18
2018 6 10 6 10 7 5 8 8 6 4 6 10 7 6 5 7 6 6 9 10 7 7 11 8 7 5 8 9 9 6 4
2019 28 35 25 33 28 26 29 34 22 23 24 33 35 29 27 28 28 25 32 28 32 34 37 35 26 26 25 28 36 24 24
2020 7 8 8 8 7 7 10 6 6 5 6 11 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 9 7 7 9 6 5 6 7 10 7 6 7
Player 95 111 85 117 99 88 109 105 72 77 89 129 106 96 92 105 85 87 108 108 103 98 127 116 95 89 92 125 113 92 70
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 94.4 0.3 ↑ 93.9 -0.5 ↓ 91.9 -2.0 ↓ 90.8 -1.1 ↓ 89.4 -1.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 86.3 0.6 ↑ 86.7 0.4 ↑ 82.4 -4.3 ↓ 82.3 -0.1 ↓ 82.5 0.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 85.7 84.9 -0.8 ↓ 84.7 -0.2 ↓ 82.6 -2.1 ↓ 83.6 1.0 ↑ 83.8 0.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.1 88.7 0.6 ↑ 87.4 -1.3 ↓ 87.3 -0.1 ↓ 89.5 2.2 ↑ 89.3 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 14.5 10.9 -3.6 ↓ 12.4 1.5 ↑ 20.0 7.6 ↑ 16.9 -3.1 ↓ 29.3 12.4 ↑
Barrel % 5.1 6.1 1.0 ↑ 6.3 0.2 ↑ 9.4 3.1 ↑ 8.3 -1.1 ↓ 10.8 2.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.8 35.1 3.3 ↑ 33.8 -1.3 ↓ 32.0 -1.8 ↓ 37.7 5.7 ↑ 33.8 -3.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.7 31.1 -3.6 ↓ 36.1 5.0 ↑ 37.6 1.5 ↑ 34.5 -3.1 ↓ 33.8 -0.7 ↓
xBA .263 .249 -0.014 ↓ .247 -0.002 ↓ .261 0.014 ↑ .253 -0.008 ↓ .280 0.027 ↑
BA .273 .249 -0.024 ↓ .255 0.006 ↑ .270 0.015 ↑ .225 -0.045 ↓ .296 0.071 ↑
xwOBA .323 .307 -0.016 ↓ .301 -0.006 ↓ .361 0.060 ↑ .326 -0.035 ↓ .377 0.051 ↑
wOBA .330 .303 -0.027 ↓ .309 0.006 ↑ .342 0.033 ↑ .289 -0.053 ↓ .409 0.120 ↑
xSLG .413 .416 0.003 ↑ .425 0.009 ↑ .481 0.056 ↑ .465 -0.016 ↓ .559 0.094 ↑
SLG .446 .412 -0.034 ↓ .447 0.035 ↑ .425 -0.022 ↓ .411 -0.014 ↓ .634 0.223 ↑
K% 17.9 20.1 2.2 ↑ 24.2 4.1 ↑ 14.5 -9.7 ↓ 18.9 4.4 ↑ 7.8 -11.1 ↓
BB% 5.4 6.5 1.1 ↑ 3.8 -2.7 ↓ 12.6 8.8 ↑ 6.6 -6.0 ↓ 5.2 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 50.9 48.6 -2.3 ↓ 49.1 0.5 ↑ 44.7 -4.4 ↓ 48.3 3.6 ↑ 45.0 -3.3 ↓
Whiff% 21.5 20.7 -0.8 ↓ 22.5 1.8 ↑ 20.6 -1.9 ↓ 20.2 -0.4 ↓ 13.4 -6.8 ↓
In Zone % 52.2 50.2 -2.0 ↓ 51.0 0.8 ↑ 45.6 -5.4 ↓ 48.0 2.4 ↑ 52.0 4.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.8 49.8 2.0 ↑ 49.0 -0.8 ↓ 54.4 5.4 ↑ 52.0 -2.4 ↓ 48.0 -4.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.6 29.1 -2.5 ↓ 30.4 1.3 ↑ 24.3 -6.1 ↓ 28.2 3.9 ↑ 20.3 -7.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.4 28.2 -3.2 ↓ 29.8 1.6 ↑ 27.5 -2.3 ↓ 29.8 2.3 ↑ 24.7 -5.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.6 63.7 1.1 ↑ 65.1 1.4 ↑ 55.1 -10.0 ↓ 61.0 5.9 ↑ 58.4 -2.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 812 .305 403 9 2.2 409 50 12.2
2017 Shifts 842 .305 392 1 0.3 450 20 4.4
2018 Shifts 206 .342 120 11 9.2 86 23 26.7
2019 Shifts 736 .289 362 67 18.5 374 197 52.7
2020 Shifts 77 .409 42 4 9.5 35 29 82.9
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 122 16.0 38.5% 3.3% 64 20.1 1.6% 4.7%
2011 394 18.6 4.8% 1.0% 270 22.0 0.0% 6.3%
2012 778 16.0 35.7% 0.6% 396 22.4 0.8% 8.6%
2013 1002 17.5 16.7% 1.2% 500 23.1 0.0% 9.2%
2014 1048 19.0 3.9% 1.0% 443 23.9 1.1% 7.9%
2015 990 19.0 14.3% 3.8% 453 24.2 4.2% 19.6%
2016 1011 20.0 10.3% 6.0% 451 26.4 2.7% 28.6%
2017 1050 17.6 15.8% 1.4% 468 23.7 0.4% 7.3%
2018 235 17.3 17.0% 1.3% 138 24.0 0.0% 7.2%
2019 966 19.0 6.2% 1.4% 424 23.9 0.0% 8.3%
2020 106 19.4 0.9% 0.9% 46 24.9 0.0% 4.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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