Jeff samardzija biography
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Jeff samardzija biography
Jeff Samardzija
American baseball player (born )
Baseball player
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (; born January 23, ), nicknamed "Shark", is an American former professional baseballpitcher.
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. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball Draft, and made his major-league (MLB) debut in He played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs from to , the Oakland Athletics in , the Chicago White Sox in , and the San Francisco Giants from to He was an all-star in
Early life
Samardzija's father, Sam Samardzija, was a professionalhockey player, and his older brother, Sam Samardzija Jr., Samardzija's current agent, was an All State football and baseball player who graduated from Indiana University and is now the Senior Vice President at Wasserman Baseball.[1] His paternal grandparents emigrated from Serbi