# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-samardzija
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:11:57.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-samardzija"
name: "Jeff Samardzija"
slug: "jeff-samardzija"
description: "Jeffrey Alan Samardzija, nicknamed \"Shark\", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball and football for the University of Notre Dame, and was recognized as a two-time football All-American playing wide receiver and a two-time Baseball All-American as a pitcher. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, and made his major-league (MLB) debut in 2008. He played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs from 2008 to 2014, the Oakland Athletics in 2014, the Chicago White Sox in 2015, and the San Francisco Giants from 2016 to 2020. He was an All-Star in 2014."
tagline: "American baseball pitcher and football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Samardzija_catch_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1985-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.8
  momentum:             6.365648517042939
  historical:           10.73285066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيف ساماردزيچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3"
    title: "ジェフ・サマージャ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제프 서마저"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%9F%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0"
    title: "Џеф Самарџија"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija"
    title: "Jeff Samardzija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3176584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump