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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Jeff Samardzija 2026 Season · SF

Jeff Samardzija is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.7, #636 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2017 (+1.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 80-106, 4.15 ERA, 1449 K in 1645.1 IP.

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Jeff Samardzija Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Jeff Samardzija

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+3.7Career NUT

+4.3 to Great

Career

4.15ERA1.24WHIP80W1449K1645.1IP1SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 4", 233 lb · b. Jan 23, 1985 · Merrillville, IN · Draft 2006 (5th Rd, #149)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2008	23	CHC	+0.4	1	0	2.28	26	0	0	0	6	1	3	3	4	124	27.2	24	7	15	1	25	1.41
2009	24	CHC	-0.6	1	3	7.53	20	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	161	34.2	46	29	15	1	21	1.76
2010	25	CHC	—	2	2	8.38	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	19.1	21	18	20	2	9	2.12
2011	26	CHC	+0.3	8	4	2.97	75	0	0	0	18	0	13	2	2	380	88.0	64	29	50	5	87	1.30
2012	27	CHC	+0.9	9	13	3.81	28	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	723	174.2	157	74	56	4	180	1.22
2013	28	CHC	+0.2	8	13	4.34	33	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	914	213.2	210	103	78	8	214	1.35
2014	29	CHC	+0.9	2	7	2.83	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	449	108.0	99	34	31	6	103	1.20
2014	29	OAK	+0.6	5	6	3.14	16	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	430	111.2	92	39	12	4	99	0.93
2014	29	TOT	+1.4	7	13	2.99	33	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	879	219.2	191	73	43	10	202	1.07
2015	30	CWS	-0.7	11	13	4.96	32	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	910	214.0	228	118	49	12	163	1.29
2016	31	SF	+0.8	12	11	3.81	32	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	829	203.1	190	86	54	1	167	1.20
2017	32	SF	+1.7	9	15	4.42	32	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	847	207.2	204	102	32	6	205	1.14
2018	33	SF	-0.7	1	5	6.25	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	207	44.2	47	31	26	2	30	1.63
2019	34	SF	-0.1	11	12	3.52	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	740	181.1	152	71	49	6	140	1.11
2020	35	SF	—	0	2	9.72	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	16.2	21	18	4	2	6	1.50
Career	—	13 yrs	+3.7	80	106	4.15	364	241	9	4	31	1	17	5	6	6891	1645.1	1555	759	491	60	1449	1.24

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Samardzija's career NUT of +3.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.7

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NUT by Season

+0.4

-0.6

+0.3

+0.9

+0.2

+1.4

-0.7

+0.8

+1.7

-0.7

-0.1

Awards

2013NL Player of the Week

2014NL All-Star

2017NL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	HLD	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2006	21	A	0	1	3.27	2	2	0	0	0	43	11.0	6	4	6	0	4	1.09
2007	22	A+	3	8	4.95	24	20	1	0	0	479	107.1	142	59	35	1	45	1.65
2007	22	AA	3	3	3.41	6	6	0	0	0	145	34.1	33	13	9	1	20	1.22
2008	23	AA	3	5	4.86	16	15	0	0	1	332	76.0	71	41	42	2	44	1.49
2008	23	AAA	4	1	3.13	6	6	1	0	0	152	37.1	32	13	16	1	40	1.29
2009	24	AAA	6	6	4.35	18	17	1	0	0	384	89.0	98	43	27	3	71	1.40
2010	25	AAA	11	3	4.37	35	15	0	5	3	482	111.1	86	54	67	2	102	1.37
2018	33	A+	0	0	20.25	1	1	0	0	0	15	2.2	5	6	2	0	5	2.63
2018	33	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	15	4.0	1	0	1	1	1	0.50
2018	33	AAA	0	2	5.29	4	4	0	0	0	73	17.0	17	10	3	3	20	1.18

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