Jeff Samardzija is an American professional baseball player who plays in the Major League Baseball (MLB). Samardzija currently plays for the San Francisco Giants as their Starting Pitcher while he has played for other teams like Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox.
Jeff reportedly earns around $19,800,000 per year whereas his net worth exceeds $100 million.
Jeff Samardzija is reported to be unmarried to date so let's just rule of possibility of him having a wife. He hasn't revealed his current relationship status and seems to have no girlfriend at this moment. However, some of the websites claimed that he has dated several girls in the past.
The website that writes about the wives and girlfriends of athletes mentioned that Jeff had a girlfriend but dumped his to focus on his career and remain far from distraction. Jeff rarely talks about his relationship media so it is always hard to extract his personal life details.
Jeff's rumored girlfriend in 2014. SOURCE: player wivesSamardzija doesn't seem to care about the wedding until he is in the MLB career as his passion and love is baseball right now.
In a meeting with his coach, he said:
“I just want you to know one thing about me. I will do whatever it takes to help this team. And I think the best way to help this team is by being a starting pitcher. I’m eliminating everything in my life that gets in the way. I’m dumping my girlfriend. I’m moving to Arizona. I just want the chance to show you that I’m a starting pitcher.”
A native of Indiana, his girlfriend UT in Knoxville in 2008. The couple dated for about 4 months.
The Famous MLB star is 6 feet 5 inch tall in height and weighs around 109 kg. Talking about his age, he is currently 34 years old.
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija has an estimated net worth of over $100 million and is earning in a rapid way. Besides, Jeff is currently receiving a quite good amount of money in 2019 from his team Giants which is around $19,800,000 as his annual salary.
Jeff Samardzija signed a five-year contract with the San Francisco Giant and the contract is worth $90,000,000 and is signed on December 5, 2015. In addition to this, the contract also provides him a guaranteed sum which is around $90,000,000 and also a signing bonus of $9,000,000.
Jeff Samardzija estimated career earnings:
| YEAR | TEAM | SALARY |
| 2006 | Chicago Cubs | $7,250,000 |
| 2007 | Chicago Cubs | $1,500,000 |
| 2008 | Chicago Cubs | $1,500,000 |
| 2009 | Chicago Cubs | $1,000,000 |
| 2010 | Chicago Cubs | $3,000,000 |
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs | $3,500,000 |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs | $2,640,000 |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs | $2,640,000 |
| 2014 | Oakland Athletics | $2,541,065 |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs | $2,803,935 |
| 2015 | Chicago White Sox | $9,800,000 |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants | $12,000,000 |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants | $19,500,000 |
| 2018 | San Francisco Giants | $19,500,000 |
| 2019 | San Francisco Giants | $19,500,000 |
| Earnings | $108,175,000 |
Jeff has made certainly a good amount from his MLB career which is around $108,175,000. Besides Jeff, Buster Posey is the highest earners of the Giants team since he has total estimated career earnings above $128 million.
Kept aside Jeffrey Alan Samardzija financial earnings, his personal assets includes a Home in Valparaiso, Indiana. Back in 2014, he owned a three-bedroom condo in the Southport Corridor of Lakeview which he listed for sale for $700,000 in 2014.
Moreover, he reportedly owns cars. Further details about his personal assets aren't yet disclosed to the media.
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija was born on January 23, 1985, in Merrillville, Indiana to parents Sam Samardzija and Debora Samardzija. Jeff is American by nationality and belongs to the White ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Aquarius. He grew up with an awesome childhood along with his sibling, Sam Samardzija Jr.
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija attended Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana where he played for his high school baseball team. He was a first-team All-State honoree in baseball. Not only baseball, but he was also a good football player in high school. In football, he was a three-time first-team All-State honoree and was twice named the team's Most Valuable Player.
Jeff during his college career SOURCE: Indystar.com After completing high school, Jeffrey Alan Samardzija enrolled at the University of Notre Dame accepting the athletic scholarship and played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team(2003-2006) and the Fighting Irish baseball team(2004-2006).
Jeff began his professional MLB career with the Chicago Cubs in 2007. He played for over several seasons with the Cubs team until 2014. Later on, Jeff was traded to Oakland Athletics alongside Jason Hammel for Addison Russel, Dan Straily, and Billy McKinney in 2014.
After this, he didn't play much for the Athletics and was again traded to Chicago White Sox alongside Michael Ynoa for Marcus Semien, Rangel Ravelo, Josh Phegley, and Chris Bassitt in December 2014.
Currently, Jeff is playing for the San Francisco Giants team and is on a five-year deal which was signed on December 9, 2015.
