Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (/səˈmɑːrdʒə/; born January 23, 1985), nicknamed Shark, is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.
He played college baseball and football for the University of Notre Dame, and was recognized as a two-time All-American wide receiver. Previously, he played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs from 2008 to 2014, the Oakland Athletics in 2014, and the Chicago White Sox in 2015. He was an MLB All-Star in 2014.
Samardzija made his MLB debut July 25, 2008, for the Chicago Cubs.

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| Positions Played | MLB | 2019 | 1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2019 | 6 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2019 | 8 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2019 | -53 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2019 | .138 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2019 | -26 |
| OPS | MLB | 2019 | .280 |
| SLG | MLB | 2019 | .160 |
| OBP | MLB | 2019 | .120 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2019 | .120 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2019 | 30 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2019 | 1 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2019 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2019 | 2 |
| Hits | MLB | 2019 | 6 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2019 | 1 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2019 | 50 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2019 | 56 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2019 | 29 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2019 | 0.0 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2018 | 1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2018 | 1 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2018 | 1 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2018 | -85 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2018 | .090 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2018 | -44 |
| OPS | MLB | 2018 | .200 |
| SLG | MLB | 2018 | .100 |
| OBP | MLB | 2018 | .100 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2018 | .100 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2018 | 6 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| Hits | MLB | 2018 | 1 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2018 | 0 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2018 | 10 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2018 | 11 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2018 | 8 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2018 | -0.1 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2017 | 1/H |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2017 | 3 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2017 | 11 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2017 | -67 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2017 | .111 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2017 | -32 |
| OPS | MLB | 2017 | .266 |
| SLG | MLB | 2017 | .172 |
| OBP | MLB | 2017 | .094 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2017 | .094 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2017 | 25 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2017 | 2 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2017 | 1 |
| Triples | MLB | 2017 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2017 | 2 |
| Hits | MLB | 2017 | 6 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2017 | 3 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2017 | 64 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2017 | 67 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2017 | 33 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2017 | -0.3 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2016 | 1/H |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2016 | 2 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2016 | 2 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2016 | 3 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2016 | 15 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2016 | -17 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2016 | .171 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2016 | 7 |
| OPS | MLB | 2016 | .399 |
| SLG | MLB | 2016 | .234 |
| OBP | MLB | 2016 | .164 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2016 | .156 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2016 | 28 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2016 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2016 | 9 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2016 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2016 | 5 |
| Hits | MLB | 2016 | 10 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2016 | 4 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2016 | 64 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2016 | 69 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2016 | 32 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2016 | 0.0 |
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| SO/BB | MLB | 2015 | 3.33 |
| SO9 | MLB | 2015 | 6.9 |
| BB9 | MLB | 2015 | 2.1 |
| HR9 | MLB | 2015 | 1.2 |
| H9 | MLB | 2015 | 9.6 |
| WHIP | MLB | 2015 | 1.294 |
| Fielding Independent Pitching | MLB | 2015 | 4.23 |
| ERA+ | MLB | 2015 | 79 |
| Batters Faced | MLB | 2015 | 910 |
| Wild Pitches | MLB | 2015 | 5 |
| Balks | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Home Runs Allowed | MLB | 2015 | 29 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | MLB | 2015 | 118 |
| Runs Allowed | MLB | 2015 | 122 |
| Hits Allowed | MLB | 2015 | 228 |
| Innings Pitched | MLB | 2015 | 214.0 |
| Saves | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Shutouts | MLB | 2015 | 2 |
| Complete Games | MLB | 2015 | 2 |
| Games Finished | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Games Started | MLB | 2015 | 32 |
| Games Pitched | MLB | 2015 | 32 |
| ERA | MLB | 2015 | 4.96 |
| Win-Loss Percentage | MLB | 2015 | .458 |
| Loss | MLB | 2015 | 13 |
| Wins | MLB | 2015 | 11 |
| Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers | MLB | 2015 | 0.3 |
| Positions Played | MLB | 2015 | 1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2015 | 1 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2015 | 195 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2015 | .448 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2015 | 183 |
| OPS | MLB | 2015 | 1.000 |
| SLG | MLB | 2015 | .500 |
| OBP | MLB | 2015 | .500 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2015 | .500 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2015 | 1 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| Hits | MLB | 2015 | 1 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2015 | 0 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2015 | 2 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2015 | 2 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2015 | 1 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2015 | 0.0 |
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| SO/BB | MLB | 2014 | 8.25 |
| SO9 | MLB | 2014 | 8.0 |
| BB9 | MLB | 2014 | 1.0 |
| HR9 | MLB | 2014 | 1.0 |
| H9 | MLB | 2014 | 7.4 |
| WHIP | MLB | 2014 | 0.931 |
| Fielding Independent Pitching | MLB | 2014 | 3.30 |
| ERA+ | MLB | 2014 | 118 |
| Batters Faced | MLB | 2014 | 430 |
| Wild Pitches | MLB | 2014 | 4 |
| Balks | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Home Runs Allowed | MLB | 2014 | 13 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | MLB | 2014 | 39 |
| Runs Allowed | MLB | 2014 | 42 |
| Hits Allowed | MLB | 2014 | 92 |
| Innings Pitched | MLB | 2014 | 111.2 |
| Saves | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Shutouts | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Complete Games | MLB | 2014 | 2 |
| Games Finished | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Games Started | MLB | 2014 | 16 |
| Games Pitched | MLB | 2014 | 16 |
| ERA | MLB | 2014 | 3.14 |
| Win-Loss Percentage | MLB | 2014 | .455 |
| Loss | MLB | 2014 | 6 |
| Wins | MLB | 2014 | 5 |
| Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers | MLB | 2014 | 1.8 |
| Positions Played | MLB | 2014 | 1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2014 | 2 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2014 | 2 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2014 | 1 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2014 | 9 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2014 | -13 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2014 | .182 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2014 | 18 |
| OPS | MLB | 2014 | .431 |
| SLG | MLB | 2014 | .265 |
| OBP | MLB | 2014 | .167 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2014 | .176 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2014 | 10 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2014 | 3 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2014 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2014 | 3 |
| Hits | MLB | 2014 | 6 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2014 | 3 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2014 | 34 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2014 | 38 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2014 | 17 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2014 | 0.1 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2013 | 1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2013 | 10 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2013 | 12 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2013 | -49 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2013 | .157 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2013 | -13 |
| OPS | MLB | 2013 | .321 |
| SLG | MLB | 2013 | .194 |
| OBP | MLB | 2013 | .127 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2013 | .113 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2013 | 31 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2013 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2013 | 2 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2013 | 1 |
| Triples | MLB | 2013 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2013 | 2 |
| Hits | MLB | 2013 | 7 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2013 | 4 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2013 | 62 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2013 | 73 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2013 | 31 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2013 | -0.1 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2012 | 1/H |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2012 | 7 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2012 | 1 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2012 | 1 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2012 | 5 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2012 | -51 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2012 | .151 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2012 | -25 |
| OPS | MLB | 2012 | .267 |
| SLG | MLB | 2012 | .100 |
| OBP | MLB | 2012 | .167 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2012 | .100 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2012 | 16 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2012 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2012 | 3 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| Hits | MLB | 2012 | 5 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2012 | 0 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2012 | 50 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2012 | 61 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2012 | 30 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2012 | -0.1 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2011 | /1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2011 | 1 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2011 | 1 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2011 | 139 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2011 | .387 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2011 | 108 |
| OPS | MLB | 2011 | .750 |
| SLG | MLB | 2011 | .250 |
| OBP | MLB | 2011 | .500 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2011 | .250 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2011 | 2 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2011 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2011 | 1 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| Hits | MLB | 2011 | 1 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2011 | 0 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2011 | 4 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2011 | 7 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2011 | 7 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2011 | 0.1 |
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| Positions Played | MLB | 2010 | /1 |
| Intentional Bases on Balls | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Flies | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Sacrifice Hits | MLB | 2010 | 1 |
| Times Hit by a Pitch | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| GIDP | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Total Bases | MLB | 2010 | 1 |
| Rbat+ | MLB | 2010 | 139 |
| rOBA | MLB | 2010 | .387 |
| OPS+ | MLB | 2010 | 108 |
| OPS | MLB | 2010 | .750 |
| SLG | MLB | 2010 | .250 |
| OBP | MLB | 2010 | .500 |
| Hits/At Bats | MLB | 2010 | .250 |
| Strikeouts | MLB | 2010 | 2 |
| Bases on Balls/Walks | MLB | 2010 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | MLB | 2010 | 1 |
| Home Runs | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Triples | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Doubles | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| Hits | MLB | 2010 | 1 |
| Runs Scored | MLB | 2010 | 0 |
| At Bats | MLB | 2010 | 4 |
| Plate Appearances | MLB | 2010 | 7 |
| Games Played | MLB | 2010 | 7 |
| Wins Above Replacement for position players | MLB | 2010 | 0.1 |
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