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Jeff Samardzija

Cubs Career team 2008–2014
Number #29
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 5"
Weight 240 lbs
Birth Place Merrillville, IN
Born Jan 23, 1985

Key Insights

2020
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Jayson Werth has hit .636/.692/1.182 against Samardzija over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 11 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .750 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Samardzija has struck Chase Utley out 8 times in 16 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 16 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Christian Yelich squares Samardzija up like nobody else: 102.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.3 across the hitters he has faced.

13 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Nick Castellanos has hit .067/.067/.067 against Samardzija over 15 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 15 with 0 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .750 OPS median across his matchups.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Matt Wieters gets nothing on it against Samardzija: 70.8 mph off the bat, against a median of 89.3 across the hitters he has faced.

11 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup has gone worse than he has deserved

The .143 Jarrod Dyson has hit against Samardzija understates the contact: the quality of it projects .340.

15 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 23, 1985
Birth Place Merrillville, IN
Height 6' 5"
Weight 240 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Notre Dame