Jeff Samardzija
Chicago Cubs 2008–2014; Oakland Athletics 2014; Chicago White Sox 2015; San Francisco Giants 2016–2020
Percentile snapshot
2019 season — qualified pitchers
of 61 qualified 2019 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -134.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | 140.9 | 142.8 | .405 | -0.8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 141.5 | 108.1 | .396 | -0.7 |
| 2011 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -134.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 31 | 61 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .167 | .100 | .267 | -35.9 | -25.4 | .137 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 33 | 73 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .127 | .194 | .321 | -34.1 | -13.0 | .142 | 0.6 |
| 2014 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .167 | .265 | .431 | -2.1 | 18.6 | .183 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 189.7 | 180.4 | .442 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | 34 | 69 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .164 | .234 | .399 | -6.0 | 6.8 | .171 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 35 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .172 | .266 | -49.6 | -32.0 | .111 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -60.9 | -44.2 | .089 | -0.8 |
| 2019 | 32 | 56 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .160 | .280 | -38.8 | -26.8 | .119 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 27.7 | 2.28 | 1.410 | 8.13 | 3.03 | 67.3 | 198.0 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 34.7 | 7.53 | 1.760 | 5.45 | 5.85 | 133.1 | 58.4 | -0.8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 19.3 | 8.38 | 2.121 | 4.19 | 8.28 | 199.7 | 49.5 | -0.7 |
| 2011 | 75 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 29 | 50 | 87 | 5 | 88.0 | 2.97 | 1.295 | 8.90 | 3.63 | 93.6 | 130.8 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 74 | 56 | 180 | 20 | 174.7 | 3.81 | 1.219 | 9.27 | 3.59 | 89.4 | 105.4 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 103 | 78 | 214 | 25 | 213.7 | 4.34 | 1.348 | 9.01 | 3.75 | 98.7 | 87.5 | 0.6 |
| 2014 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 73 | 43 | 202 | 20 | 219.7 | 2.99 | 1.065 | 8.28 | 3.20 | 86.1 | 124.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 228 | 118 | 49 | 163 | 29 | 214.0 | 4.96 | 1.294 | 6.86 | 4.20 | 106.4 | 79.5 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 86 | 54 | 167 | 24 | 203.3 | 3.81 | 1.200 | 7.39 | 3.89 | 96.8 | 105.5 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 102 | 32 | 205 | 30 | 207.7 | 4.42 | 1.136 | 8.88 | 3.63 | 85.0 | 96.5 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 44.7 | 6.25 | 1.634 | 6.04 | 5.41 | 140.5 | 61.6 | -0.8 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 71 | 49 | 140 | 28 | 181.3 | 3.52 | 1.108 | 6.95 | 4.55 | 106.4 | 121.2 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16.7 | 9.72 | 1.500 | 3.24 | 9.04 | 208.7 | 44.6 | -0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-15 | COL @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017-06-16 | SF @ COL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009-09-23 | CHC @ MIL Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016-04-22 | MIA @ SF Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013-08-13 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-07 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017-05-03 | SF @ LAD Gameday | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012-07-02 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012-08-13 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2013-06-01 | AZ @ CHC Gameday | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.