Jeff Samardzija

American baseball pitcher and football player
Person Human Q3176584
Jeff Samardzija
U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. John Ross · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
January 23, 1985
Place of birth
Merrillville
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Citizenship
United States
Country for sport
United States[19]
Family name
Samardzija[17]
Given name
Jeff[18]
Height
196.0
League or competition
Major League Baseball[13]
Position played on team / speciality
pitcher[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jeffrey Alan Samardzija en Jeff Samardzija es Jeffrey Alan Samardzija ja ジェフ・サマージャ ja ジェフリー・アラン・サマージャ ko 제프 사마자 pl Jeffrey Alan Samardzija pt Jeffrey alan samardzija pt Jeffrey Alan Samardzija pt Jeff samardzija zh 傑夫·山馬茲亞 zh 傑夫·薩馬吉加 zh 傑夫·薩馬爾加
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Baseball Almanac ID
samarje01
Baseball Reference major league player ID
s/samarje01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
samard001jef
ESPN.com MLB player ID
29166
FanGraphs player ID
3254
Freebase ID
/m/08qr61
JRC Names ID
236043
MLB.com player ID
502188
Podchaser creator ID
107aDxJEfK
Retrosheet person ID
samaj001
Sports Reference college football player ID
jeff-samardzija-1
The Baseball Cube player ID
49977
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Trading Card Database name ID
17631

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 5
Sport 2
Country for sport 1
Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Instance of 1
League or competition 1
Occupation 1
Place of birth 1
Position played on team / speciality 1
Sex or gender 1
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Jeff Samardzija's place of birth was Merrillville[1]. He was born on January 23, 1985[2]. He worked as a baseball player[3] and American football player[4].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Notre Dame[6], a private university[20], in United States[21], founded in 1842[22] and Valparaiso High School[7], a high school[23], in United States[24], founded in 1871[25].

FAQs

Where was Jeff Samardzija born?

Born in Merrillville[1].

What did Jeff Samardzija do for work?

Jeff Samardzija worked as baseball player[3] and American football player[4].

Where did Jeff Samardzija go to school?

Jeff Samardzija was educated at University of Notre Dame[6] and Valparaiso High School[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Jeff Samardzija. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/jeff-samardzija
MLA “Jeff Samardzija.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 9 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/jeff-samardzija.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_jeff-samardzija_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Jeff Samardzija}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/jeff-samardzija}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-09}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Jeff Samardzija — https://4ort.xyz/entity/jeff-samardzija (retrieved 2026-11-09)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jeff-samardzija · Last refreshed: