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Birth Date1-4-1989
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age36 years, 1 months, 21 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
3.82015
1.52016
0.52017
2.82018
1.42019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2013 TOR 24 36 110 21 4 0 3 4 29 2 0 1 .206 .250 .333 77 -2.7 -1.7 0.9 -0.1
2014 TOR 25 53 122 31 9 0 2 4 28 1 1 2 .267 .295 .397 80 -2.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
2015 TOR 26 159 628 163 31 2 12 28 85 5 25 4 .278 .314 .399 94 -1.8 6.1 13.1 3.8
2016 TOR 27 146 584 146 35 2 7 24 90 6 14 6 .266 .303 .376 81 -12.2 2.7 6.1 1.5
2017 TOR 28 154 632 150 37 1 16 33 95 6 15 6 .256 .300 .404 87 -8.4 -1.1 -6.2 0.5
2018 TOR 29 142 542 129 40 2 15 18 98 6 14 3 .252 .282 .426 94 -2.4 3.3 9.0 2.8
2019 SFN 30 156 628 157 37 3 21 18 86 9 14 5 .264 .293 .442 87 -8.4 4.1 -10.6 0.4
2019 TOR 30 5 17 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .062 .059 .062 27 -1.2 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Career85132637981931076129514358327.261.296.40587-39.713.512.18.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2011 BLU Rk APP 60 256 .255 .326 .396 .383 105 17.4 8.0 -0.8 171 0 5.9 0.5 4.4 1.7
2012 LNS A MID 86 375 .253 .325 .375 .371 101 12 11.0 -3 143 0 9.2 0.1 16.8 3.4
2012 DUN A+ FSL 42 178 .256 .326 .376 .342 105 4.9 5.3 -1.1 120 0 0.9 1.6 3.3 1.0
2012 SRR Wnt AFL 15 67 .000 .000 .000 .458 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 TOR MLB AL 36 110 .253 .312 .403 .257 101 -4.4 2.9 -0.7 77 12 0.9 -1.7 -2.7 -0.1
2013 NHP AA EAS 71 327 .259 .335 .391 .336 103 8.2 8.9 0 114 0 8.9 1.3 -0.3 2.0
2013 BUF AAA INT 52 218 .256 .324 .387 .350 101 7.8 6.3 -0.9 131 0 3.5 1.9 4.6 1.6
2014 TOR MLB AL 53 122 .250 .313 .384 .333 105 0.2 3.1 -0.4 80 12 -0.3 -0.1 -2.5 0.0
2014 BUF AAA INT 100 434 .265 .332 .399 .345 101 16.9 13.0 -2.3 143 0 1.3 3.2 14.3 2.9
2015 TOR MLB AL 159 628 .254 .315 .408 .306 108 -3.9 16.9 0.9 94 8 13.1 6.1 -1.8 3.8
2016 TOR MLB AL 146 584 .259 .321 .427 .306 108 -15.4 16.5 1.5 81 7 6.1 2.7 -12.2 1.5
2016 DUN A+ FSL 2 9 .264 .360 .386 .857 113 2.9 0.3 0 248 0 0.0 -0.4 1.1 0.1
2017 TOR MLB AL 154 632 .254 .320 .424 .280 104 -11.1 18.5 1.7 87 9 -6.2 -1.1 -8.4 0.5
2018 TOR MLB AL 142 542 .250 .318 .421 .281 106 -3.8 15.2 1.4 94 9 9.0 3.3 -2.4 2.8
2019 SFN MLB NL 156 628 .253 .322 .438 .275 94 0.7 19.0 0.3 87 8 -10.6 4.1 -8.4 0.4
2019 TOR MLB AL 5 17 .250 .313 .426 .071 98 -3.4 0.5 0 27 31 0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2011 BLU Rk APP 256 236 44 82 17 3 7 126 37 10 36 8 4 .347 .377 .534 .186 3 4
2012 SRR Wnt AFL 67 62 13 23 1 0 1 27 7 3 13 8 2 .371 .409 .435 .065 0 1
2012 DUN A+ FSL 178 164 16 53 8 2 1 68 34 5 17 16 3 .323 .339 .415 .091 6 1
2012 LNS A MID 375 335 49 108 20 4 5 151 57 35 53 35 6 .322 .390 .451 .128 1 1
2013 NHP AA EAS 327 304 44 95 20 2 5 134 30 19 31 15 8 .313 .361 .441 .128 0 0
2013 BUF AAA INT 218 201 30 60 19 4 4 99 27 12 39 8 5 .299 .341 .493 .194 2 1
2013 TOR MLB AL 110 102 11 21 4 0 3 34 13 4 29 0 1 .206 .250 .333 .127 0 2
2014 BUF AAA INT 434 405 57 131 39 3 10 206 59 21 48 27 6 .323 .359 .509 .185 4
2014 TOR MLB AL 122 116 19 31 9 0 2 46 7 4 28 1 2 .267 .295 .397 .129 1
2015 TOR MLB AL 628 586 76 163 31 2 12 234 56 28 85 25 4 .278 .314 .399 .121 5 4
2016 DUN A+ FSL 9 7 3 6 1 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 .857 .889 1.000 .143 0 0
2016 TOR MLB AL 584 548 59 146 35 2 7 206 53 24 90 14 6 .266 .303 .376 .109 3 3
2017 TOR MLB AL 632 587 72 150 37 1 16 237 42 33 95 15 6 .256 .300 .404 .148 3 3
2018 TOR MLB AL 542 512 65 129 40 2 15 218 59 18 98 14 3 .252 .282 .426 .174 6 0
2019 SFN MLB NL 628 595 82 157 37 3 21 263 87 18 86 14 5 .264 .293 .442 .178 6 0
2019 TOR MLB AL 17 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 .063 .059 .063 .000 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2013 437 0.5034 0.4943 0.7361 0.5864 0.4009 0.8450 0.5747 0.2639 -0.0001
2014 412 0.5024 0.5364 0.7647 0.6329 0.4390 0.8855 0.5889 0.2353 0.0100
2015 2247 0.4882 0.5002 0.8132 0.6162 0.3896 0.8861 0.7031 0.1868 -0.0039
2016 2122 0.4915 0.4854 0.8107 0.5877 0.3865 0.8907 0.6930 0.1893 0.0000
2017 2189 0.4669 0.5162 0.8354 0.6663 0.3847 0.9266 0.6971 0.1646 0.0000
2018 1953 0.4716 0.5381 0.7755 0.6504 0.4380 0.8765 0.6416 0.2245 0.0000
2019 2110 0.4588 0.5848 0.8225 0.7283 0.4632 0.9206 0.6919 0.1775 0.0000
Career114700.47760.52360.80760.64640.41210.89780.67860.1924-0.0004

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 CHA $1,000,000
2023 ATL $3,000,000
2022 LAN $
2021 NYN $3,600,000
2020 BOS $4,250,000
2019 TOR $5,800,000
2018 TOR $3,250,000
2017 TOR $555,000
2016 TOR $521,100
2015 TOR $512,000
2014 TOR $
2013 TOR $
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$22,488,100
9 yrTotal$22,488,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 72 dAll Bases Covered1 year/$1M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 2/2/24 (minor-league contract). Salary of $3M in majors. Released by Chicago White Sox 3/22/24. Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 3/24/24 (split contract $1M in majors, $180,000 in minors). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375 plate appearances.
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/18/23 (minor-league contract). Salary of $3M in majors.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 3/24/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 5/28/22.
  • 1 year/$5M (2021), plus 2022 options. Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/15/21. 21:$3.6M, 22:$2.9M player option (no buyout) or $6.4M club option ($1.4M buyout). NY Mets, Pillar declined 2022 options 11/4/21.
  • 1 year/$4.25M (2020). Signed by Boston as a free agent 2/14/20. Acquired by Colorado in trade from Boston 8/31/20.
  • 1 year/$5.8M (2019). Re-signed by Toronto 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Toronto 4/2/19. Non-tendered by San Francisco 12/2/19.
  • 1 year/$3.25M (2018). Re-signed by Texas 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$555,000 (2017). Re-signed by Toronto 3/17.
  • 1 year/$521,100 (2016). Re-signed by Toronto 3/16.
  • 1 year/$512,000 (2015). Re-signed by Toronto 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Toronto 3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by Toronto 8/14/13.
  • Drafted by Toronto 2011 (32-979) (Cal State Dominguez Hills).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 37 9 2 0 1 2 6 1 0 .265 .306 .412 103 2.0 CF 0 0.0
80o 25 6 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 .261 .320 .435 98 1.2 CF 0 0.0
70o 17 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .294 .312 95 0.7 CF 0 0.0
60o 10 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .400 .444 92 0.4 CF 0 0.0
50o 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 89 0.1 CF 0 0.0
Weighted Mean310000100.333.333.333890.1CF 00.0

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DateQuestionAnswer
2018-04-23 20:00:00 (link to chat)Who do you like better rest of season in an OBP league: Kevin Pillar or Delino DeShields
(Mark from Portland)		DeShields easily. 10 BB% in 1,100+ PA plus his speed blow Pillar out of the water. I still believe. (Eddy Almaguer)
2018-05-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)Blue Jays have been revolving OFs all season. Barring injuries, who do you see them settling on for the 3 spots this year and next? Do you think they start a youth movement? Thanks...
(Jim from Kansas)		Ah, now here's a question that fits in my wheelhouse. I'm all aboard the Teoscar Hernandez hype train after getting a live look at him in Pawtucket last year after the trade. I think his power and athleticism will play, and he should be on the field every day. And while Kevin Pillar has his warts, I'd like to see him continue to get reps in center even though he's hitting way above his head right now.

For the third spot, I think this season should be a Curtis Granderson / Anthony Alford platoon. I'd like to see Alford continue to get big league reps, and Granderson is likely to be an amazing influence in the clubhouse who can also still hit a little ... sometimes. (Steve Pearce should play super-sub and Randal Grichuk should play golf.)

For 2019, I'd probably go out and get an outfielder unless all three of Alford, Hernandez, and Pillar have breakout years. Preferably, it'd be an upper-tier guy and I'd love to see them land Charlie Blackmon. (Bryan Grosnick)
2014-11-04 18:00:00 (link to chat)John Gibbons said yesterday that, if the Blue Jays roster remained unchanged between now and the start of the season, he'd love to see Dalton Pompey out there in CF. Let's assume that only one OF is signed to replace Colby Rasmus and Melky Cabrera (assuming he doesn't return): is there any realistic chance of Pompey making the Opening Day roster and playing CF/LF ahead of both Anthony Gose and Kevin Pillar?
(Nick from London, UK)		There's absolutely a chance of that. Pompey impressed a ton this year and the offensive/defensive potential projects to play in a big way at the MLB level. He's got the all-around skills to be a far better player than Gose or Pillar, and if he shows even reasonably well in spring training, he could walk away with the Opening Day job and never look back. Pompey's real....very real and he's going to be a factor in Toronto sooner than people realize. (Mark Anderson)
2013-08-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Welcome to the big leagues, Kevin Pillar. Shot to be a good regular?
(marjinwalker from Land of Make Believe)		I haven't seen him personally, but a scout that I really trust says this: "Second-division regular. The kid has good instincts and has hit everywhere. Heck, he may be an everyday guy at some point." (Jason Cole)


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