Kevin Pillar was the best player at California State University, where he set a Division II school hit streak record with 54 Games. As good as he was, Pillar still played in Division II and dropped to the 32nd Round of the 2011 Draft, but Pillar defied the odds and first made the Blue Jays in only two years.
Pillar entered the 2015 season as Toronto's starting Centerfielder, and he batted .278 with 163 Hits and a Wilson Platinum Glove. The Blue Jays were contenders, with Pillar providing the occasional clutch hit. Toronto reached the ALCS in 2015 and did so again in 2016, with a 144 Hit/.266 campaign.
He never played another playoff game in Toronto but had two more respectable years, though his OBP was not great. The Jays shipped him off to San Francisco early in the 2019 season, leaving Pillar with 641 Hits as a Blue Jay.
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