Kevin Pillar
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 32, #979, Toronto Blue Jays | Cal State Dominguez Hills
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 347 325 40 75 15 4 .231 .277 .415 .692
2022 13 12 1 1 0 0 .083 .154 .167 .321
2023 206 197 29 45 9 4 .228 .248 .416 .664
11 Seasons 4,052 3,804 489 979 106 96 .257 .294 .409 .703
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .231 15 4 .692
2022 .083 0 0 .321
2023 .228 9 4 .664
11 Seasons .257 106 96 .703
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 26 2262 510 9 1.8 1.4 85.8 112.4 14.0 28.4 .259 .354 .310 .290 .314 26.5 13.5 4.5
2016 27 2124 464 14 3.0 2.4 87.1 113.0 11.6 27.8 .258 .361 .295 .289 .319 30.2 15.4 4.1
2017 28 2220 498 17 3.4 2.7 86.0 111.9 13.0 33.3 .270 .401 .302 .311 .341 29.1 15.0 5.2
2018 29 1953 420 24 5.7 4.4 87.3 111.1 16.8 39.3 .280 .432 .302 .321 .375 36.7 18.1 3.3
2019 30 2127 529 26 4.9 4.0 86.4 111.7 14.1 33.1 .262 .411 .298 .300 .333 30.8 13.8 2.8
2020 31 829 167 9 5.4 4.0 87.1 108.0 13.4 34.7 .272 .435 .341 .328 .379 36.5 18.4 5.8
2021 32 1322 245 18 7.3 5.2 85.8 110.5 20.2 34.7 .224 .372 .297 .281 .338 31.8 23.3 3.2
2022 33 45 8 1 12.5 7.7 88.2 107.9 10.7 25.0 .192 .364 .150 .272 .356 25.0 30.8 7.7
2023 34 756 150 12 8.0 5.8 87.9 110.2 17.8 39.3 .255 .418 .280 .295 .377 38.7 24.3 2.9
Player 13638 2991 130 4.3 3.4 86.5 113.0 14.6 32.9 .261 .394 .302 .301 .340 31.3 16.6 4.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 43.7 17.6 26.7 12.0 38.6 35.7 25.3 5.3 31.8 26.3 27.8 3.5 1.8 1.4
2016 46.6 17.0 25.2 11.2 36.0 34.5 29.5 4.5 35.6 25.9 24.1 4.7 3.0 2.4
2017 44.0 22.1 24.5 9.4 36.9 37.8 24.3 5.2 30.7 26.7 27.5 5.2 3.4 2.7
2018 36.7 22.9 29.8 10.7 38.6 35.5 25.5 5.0 25.7 27.1 27.4 9.0 5.7 4.4
2019 45.2 21.4 23.4 10.0 45.2 32.1 22.7 5.3 33.5 27.8 22.7 5.7 4.9 4.0
2020 40.7 25.1 27.5 6.6 34.7 41.9 23.4 4.2 27.5 28.1 27.5 5.4 5.4 4.0
2021 35.9 30.6 19.2 14.3 42.0 34.3 23.7 3.3 25.3 34.3 23.3 6.5 7.3 5.2
2022 50.0 37.5 12.5 0.0 62.5 25.0 12.5 0.0 50.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 7.7
2023 35.3 28.7 28.0 8.0 48.7 30.7 20.7 3.3 26.0 30.7 26.0 6.0 8.0 5.8
Player 42.3 21.8 25.4 10.6 39.7 35.1 24.8 4.8 30.6 27.6 25.7 5.7 4.3 3.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 211 27.9 61 .224 .483 .319 20.7 24.6 26.8 .233 .461 .302 43.2
2023 Slider -0.1 0 165 21.8 45 .209 .395 .260 33.3 31.1 20.6 .214 .364 .250 46.7
2023 Sinker -2.8 -4 138 18.3 37 .222 .361 .262 11.8 5.4 6.9 .340 .519 .377 35.3
2023 Changeup 0.9 1 106 14.0 28 .222 .296 .250 40.7 32.1 22.5 .250 .304 .235 15.8
2023 Curveball -0.9 -1 72 9.5 19 .222 .389 .284 23.1 31.6 21.4 .294 .482 .348 66.7
2023 Cutter 6.5 2 33 4.4 9 .444 .778 .522 28.6 22.2 28.6 .262 .354 .262 28.6
2023 Sweeper -3.2 -1 23 3.0 4 .000 .000 .175 72.7 50.0 25.0 .067 .068 .221 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -1.8 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker -8.0 -1 11 24.4 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 100.0 .273 .310 .257 50.0
2022 Curveball 4.7 0 10 22.2 2 .500 1.000 .625 20.0 0.0 0.0 .444 1.243 .708 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 9 20.0 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 33.3 100.0 .004 .007 .236 0.0
2022 Slider -8.5 -1 6 13.3 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .115 .276 .162 0.0
2022 Changeup -11.8 -1 5 11.1 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Cutter -21.5 -1 3 6.7 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .364 .386 .333 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 0.0 0 1 2.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 6 415 31.4 108 .255 .539 .361 17.6 22.2 18.3 .222 .446 .304 34.6
2021 Slider -0.4 -1 226 17.1 63 .169 .373 .285 40.5 33.3 25.6 .173 .316 .237 31.6
2021 Sinker 2.0 4 226 17.1 69 .333 .533 .415 13.6 7.2 12.2 .311 .477 .384 47.3
2021 Changeup -0.7 -1 164 12.4 44 .233 .372 .295 26.3 20.5 20.5 .243 .354 .256 25.7
2021 Curveball -2.8 -4 140 10.6 28 .071 .071 .096 31.7 39.3 21.2 .137 .165 .131 5.9
2021 Cutter 0.2 0 120 9.1 26 .280 .320 .283 29.9 38.5 30.3 .250 .284 .255 13.3
2021 Sweeper -2.6 0 15 1.1 4 .000 .000 .175 0.0 0.0 0.0 .124 .232 .284 33.3
2021 Split-Finger -11.1 -2 14 1.1 4 .000 .000 .000 12.5 25.0 14.3 .063 .100 .072 0.0
2021 Slurve -21.5 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .043 .101 .055 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 4 255 30.8 76 .304 .507 .379 17.9 17.1 15.9 .298 .524 .381 42.9
2020 Sinker -2.1 -3 159 19.2 40 .200 .314 .281 7.4 10.0 12.9 .270 .387 .336 41.9
2020 Slider 1.6 2 142 17.1 37 .333 .611 .431 36.9 21.6 17.4 .269 .417 .303 32.1
2020 Changeup 1.5 2 136 16.4 35 .314 .457 .344 35.4 22.9 16.3 .259 .417 .290 29.6
2020 Curveball -0.6 0 81 9.8 18 .294 .294 .289 37.5 22.2 17.4 .294 .352 .311 30.8
2020 Cutter -1.3 -1 44 5.3 12 .250 .500 .317 23.1 16.7 18.2 .209 .388 .254 30.0
2020 Split-Finger -3.8 0 7 0.8 3 .333 .333 .000 25.0 33.3 20.0 .038 .038 .036 0.0
2020 Sweeper -7.4 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -11 706 33.2 197 .231 .398 .293 11.9 12.7 13.9 .264 .450 .318 35.2
2019 Slider 3.4 14 407 19.1 122 .370 .571 .414 29.6 20.5 17.9 .271 .408 .296 29.5
2019 Sinker 0.1 0 345 16.2 119 .304 .500 .361 6.6 5.9 10.8 .308 .488 .354 37.4
2019 Curveball 0.1 0 266 12.5 78 .224 .421 .284 23.7 20.5 20.3 .255 .406 .290 25.0
2019 Changeup -3.4 -6 184 8.7 63 .153 .254 .213 25.0 15.9 19.6 .186 .244 .203 21.6
2019 Cutter -2.7 -4 163 7.7 47 .200 .289 .276 18.0 10.6 12.5 .257 .345 .276 24.4
2019 Split-Finger -0.5 0 43 2.0 10 .200 .600 .325 23.1 10.0 4.5 .147 .225 .162 22.2
2019 Sweeper -13.4 -1 8 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .104 .138 .103 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 653 33.4 160 .276 .476 .338 14.4 15.0 14.7 .302 .529 .372 45.6
2018 Slider 0.3 1 408 20.9 134 .275 .427 .326 31.4 20.1 19.7 .282 .413 .303 30.5
2018 Sinker -1.7 -6 350 17.9 99 .239 .359 .291 13.6 15.2 19.5 .302 .408 .332 38.5
2018 Changeup 0.3 1 185 9.5 50 .224 .408 .330 27.7 18.0 14.1 .234 .336 .256 20.0
2018 Curveball 4.8 9 178 9.1 43 .293 .610 .476 37.6 30.2 18.8 .276 .408 .311 53.6
2018 Cutter -3.4 -5 131 6.7 42 .150 .250 .196 18.4 14.3 15.0 .222 .303 .251 20.6
2018 Split-Finger -0.3 0 29 1.5 9 .111 .444 .222 36.8 22.2 12.5 .250 .711 .399 57.1
2018 Knuckleball -8.5 -1 9 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper 1.1 0 8 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .237 .316 .249 0.0
2018 Slurve -3.3 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .387 .710 .463 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 739 33.3 187 .281 .431 .350 11.9 15.0 13.4 .294 .439 .350 32.1
2017 Sinker -0.4 -2 482 21.7 160 .296 .437 .354 6.7 3.8 6.0 .297 .410 .341 31.7
2017 Slider -1.2 -5 426 19.2 122 .195 .364 .274 25.8 22.1 19.4 .236 .373 .271 27.5
2017 Curveball -1.2 -3 236 10.6 68 .224 .358 .274 25.9 23.5 21.1 .214 .308 .230 25.5
2017 Changeup 0.5 1 137 6.2 41 .366 .537 .390 20.7 19.5 18.6 .319 .457 .332 21.2
2017 Cutter -4.4 -5 122 5.5 30 .138 .276 .236 21.7 16.7 21.7 .215 .387 .251 16.0
2017 Split-Finger -2.6 -1 41 1.8 13 .154 .231 .165 27.3 38.5 26.3 .179 .310 .208 25.0
2017 Sweeper 10.0 1 9 0.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .390 .813 .491 100.0
2017 Slurve 6.2 0 5 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 25.0 0.0 0.0 .673 .755 .630 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 110 437 -2 -1 0 1 -3
2014 122 420 2 -3 -2 0 -3
2015 672 2,428 -1 -12 10 7 4
2016 618 2,216 -20 -2 5 9 -8
2017 629 2,211 -7 -28 11 5 -18
2018 542 1,953 2 -14 3 6 -3
2019 639 2,122 -5 -13 3 6 -9
2020 222 829 0 -7 9 3 4
2021 348 1,323 -1 -13 8 8 2
2023 213 791 -3 -3 1 2 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,262 51.4 63.1 87.6 38.9 69.3 44.4 24.0 51.2 18.1 8.2 63.8
2016 2,124 51.1 61.3 89.5 37.3 64.4 42.1 21.7 49.6 18.4 8.1 66.5
2017 2,220 49.3 67.9 90.8 36.9 69.2 41.8 27.5 52.2 16.4 8.1 72.6
2018 1,953 48.4 67.0 86.9 41.8 63.2 43.9 24.2 54.0 22.3 6.6 76.7
2019 2,127 44.9 73.6 90.3 46.9 71.0 41.2 39.7 58.9 17.7 6.1 79.2
2020 829 49.6 67.2 84.4 36.8 57.1 42.2 26.1 51.9 25.3 7.1 89.8
2021 1,322 46.9 71.3 85.3 36.0 56.9 39.6 23.3 52.6 24.5 6.9 79.1
2022 45 44.4 65.0 84.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 53.8 51.1 34.8 8.9 75.0
2023 756 49.2 72.8 81.9 40.4 58.1 40.3 33.5 56.3 26.3 9.1 76.8
Player 13,638 48.9 67.2 88.0 39.8 65.5 42.2 27.6 53.2 20.0 7.5 73.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 22 59 24 17 27 20 14 10 90 17 82 10 69 6 91
2016 13 50 17 13 17 25 18 18 90 18 78 7 74 9 80 96
2017 31 71 32 22 34 33 19 16 86 17 80 10 84 7 72 28
2018 44 88 56 40 32 44 35 24 80 44 67 1 63 2 70 73
2019 16 59 31 22 8 47 22 11 82 14 89 1 86 1 74 61
2020 50 75 57 44 44 41 30 21 49 35 73 18 53 8 74 16 69
2021 6 12 21 34 2 23 39 6 74 13 36 1 51 5 65 34 70
2022 38 45
2023 60 72 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.6 8 12.4 -4 9 10 5 62.5
2017 23.4 16 17.8 -2 10 10 10 62.5
2018 22.9 15 15.2 0 7 15 5 33.3
2019 22.9 21 24.0 -3 10 13 15 71.4
2020 23.7 6 7.1 -1 5 4 4 66.7
2021 23.2 15 15.2 0 7 10 7 46.7
2023 22.7 9 9.0 0 1 6 4 44.4
Player 23.0 90 100.7 -11 49 68 50 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 14 9 12 12 9 13 9 13 8 13 16 10 10 11 11 7 11 15 14 14 12 16 16 11 11 14 17 17 14 12
2017 16 18 14 19 18 17 21 14 17 15 18 23 16 16 18 21 13 16 21 18 17 18 21 18 16 16 18 24 20 18 16
2018 15 21 12 12 14 16 18 11 14 10 14 20 18 11 12 15 12 13 17 19 18 18 21 18 10 11 13 17 19 18 14
2019 21 28 25 20 25 22 28 23 22 17 24 25 28 23 23 20 21 19 25 25 27 29 30 26 20 19 21 27 31 26 21
2020 6 9 8 7 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 10 7 6 7 7 8 7 9 9 9 11 7 5 6 6 6 9 6 6
2021 15 18 13 14 15 15 18 14 13 12 12 18 13 14 15 18 14 13 18 15 15 18 16 18 12 13 19 18 16 14 16
2023 9 5 9 10 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 8 9 9 9 8 10 10 9 8 11 9 7 9 10 10 10 9 8
Player 90 113 90 94 100 96 114 86 93 76 95 117 105 89 94 101 83 88 113 110 109 112 126 112 81 85 101 119 122 105 93
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.8 87.1 1.3 86.0 -1.1 87.3 1.3 86.4 -0.9 87.1 0.7 85.8 -1.3 88.2 2.4 87.9 -0.3
Launch Angle 14.0 11.6 -2.4 13.0 1.4 16.8 3.8 14.1 -2.7 13.4 -0.7 20.2 6.8 10.7 -9.5 17.8 7.1
Barrel % 1.8 3.0 1.2 3.4 0.4 5.7 2.3 4.9 -0.8 5.4 0.5 7.3 1.9 12.5 5.2 8.0 -4.5
Hard Hit % 26.5 30.2 3.7 29.1 -1.1 36.7 7.6 30.8 -5.9 36.5 5.7 31.8 -4.7 25.0 -6.8 38.7 13.7
Sweet Spot % 28.4 27.8 -0.6 33.3 5.5 39.3 6.0 33.1 -6.2 34.7 1.6 34.7 0.0 25.0 -9.7 39.3 14.3
xBA .259 .258 -0.001 .270 0.012 .280 0.010 .262 -0.018 .272 0.010 .224 -0.048 .192 -0.032 .255 0.063
BA .278 .266 -0.012 .256 -0.010 .252 -0.004 .259 0.007 .288 0.029 .231 -0.057 .083 -0.148 .228 0.145
xwOBA .290 .289 -0.001 .311 0.022 .321 0.010 .300 -0.021 .328 0.028 .281 -0.047 .272 -0.009 .295 0.023
wOBA .310 .295 -0.015 .302 0.007 .302 0.000 .298 -0.004 .341 0.043 .297 -0.044 .150 -0.147 .280 0.130
xSLG .354 .361 0.007 .401 0.040 .432 0.031 .411 -0.021 .435 0.024 .372 -0.063 .364 -0.008 .418 0.054
SLG .399 .376 -0.023 .404 0.028 .426 0.022 .432 0.006 .462 0.030 .415 -0.047 .167 -0.248 .416 0.249
K% 13.5 15.4 1.9 15.0 -0.4 18.1 3.1 13.8 -4.3 18.4 4.6 23.3 4.9 30.8 7.5 24.3 -6.5
BB% 4.5 4.1 -0.4 5.2 1.1 3.3 -1.9 2.8 -0.5 5.8 3.0 3.2 -2.6 7.7 4.5 2.9 -4.8
Swing % 51.2 49.6 -1.6 52.2 2.6 54.0 1.8 58.9 4.9 51.9 -7.0 52.6 0.7 51.1 -1.5 56.3 5.2
Whiff% 18.1 18.4 0.3 16.4 -2.0 22.3 5.9 17.7 -4.6 25.3 7.6 24.5 -0.8 34.8 10.3 26.3 -8.5
In Zone % 51.4 51.1 -0.3 49.3 -1.8 48.4 -0.9 44.9 -3.5 49.6 4.7 46.9 -2.7 44.4 -2.5 49.2 4.8
Out of Zone % 48.6 48.9 0.3 50.7 1.8 51.6 0.9 55.1 3.5 50.4 -4.7 53.1 2.7 55.6 2.5 50.8 -4.8
Out of Zone Swing % 38.9 37.3 -1.6 36.9 -0.4 41.8 4.9 46.9 5.1 36.8 -10.1 36.0 -0.8 40.0 4.0 40.4 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 24.0 21.7 -2.3 27.5 5.8 24.2 -3.3 39.7 15.5 26.1 -13.6 23.3 -2.8 53.8 30.5 33.5 -20.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.1 64.7 -0.4 63.9 -0.8 60.7 -3.2 64.7 4.0 58.6 -6.1 57.1 -1.5 69.2 12.1 64.6 -4.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 572 6 1.0 .298 .439
2017 Shifts R 630 9 1.4 .304 .174
2018 Shifts R 542 35 6.5 .299 .336
2019 Shifts R 641 82 12.8 .282 .402
2020 Shifts R 222 54 24.3 .327 .383
2021 Shifts R 346 67 19.4 .301 .283
2022 Shifts R 12 9 75.0 .000 .217
2023 Shades R 206 31 15.0 .279 .283
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2013 125 14.8 52.8% 1.6% 69 20.2 4.3% 7.2%
2014 98 16.5 29.6% 1.0% 63 22.2 3.2% 9.5%
2015 559 17.8 26.3% 6.4% 418 23.6 7.7% 22.2%
2016 619 17.4 33.0% 4.2% 337 23.1 7.1% 19.6%
2017 595 16.2 39.3% 1.7% 335 22.6 2.1% 8.7%
2018 481 16.2 35.3% 1.7% 315 21.8 1.0% 3.8%
2019 470 16.9 33.2% 1.7% 284 23.0 0.4% 11.3%
2020 227 17.6 25.1% 1.3% 117 23.7 0.0% 8.5%
2021 333 17.8 23.4% 3.9% 223 24.3 0.9% 13.5%
2022 13 18.1 30.8% 0.0% 3 23.1 0.0% 0.0%
2023 171 15.4 42.7% 0.0% 114 18.5 6.1% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings