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Kevin Andrew Pillar () (born January 4, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Pillar was an All-American center fielder in college. He set the NCAA Division II record with a 54-game hitting streak in 2010, and established his school's all-time record with a career batting average of .367. Pillar was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 32nd round (979th overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. In 2011 he batted .347, winning the Appalachian League batting title in his first minor league season. In 2012 Pillar batted .323, while stealing 51 bases, and was named the Midwest League MVP. He made his major league debut for the Blue Jays in August 2013. In December 2013, ''Baseball America'' identified him as the "Best Hitter for Average" among Blue Jays' prospects. In 2014, he led the International League in doubles while batting .323, and was named an IL post-season All Star. In his minor league career through 2014, he batted .322. ==Early life== Pillar, who is Jewish, was born in the Los Angeles district of West Hills to Mike and Wendy Pillar.〔 His mother is Jewish and his father is Christian; Pillar had a Bar Mitzvah. His nickname is K.P. In high school at Chaminade College Prep, Pillar played in the outfield for the baseball team. He also played on offence, defence, and special teams with the football team, as well as point guard on the basketball team, and earned first-team all-league honors in each sport.〔 In baseball, he batted just under .400 for his high school career, with a high of .463 in his senior year.〔 Pillar attended California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, California. There, he majored in mathematics and business, and played center field for the Toros baseball team, for which he was an All American.〔〔〔〔 As a freshman in 2008 he hit .379, the fifth-highest average in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (as he was also third in the league with 20 doubles, and fifth in the league with 17 steals), and was named to the All-CCAA 2nd team.〔 As a sophomore in 2009 he batted .329 and was again named a 2nd-Team All-CCAA selection, while stealing 18 bases in 19 attempts.〔 In 2010, as a junior he set an NCAA Division II record at the school, with a 54-game hitting streak, five games more than the prior record.〔〔 During Pillar's streak he came to the plate eight times needing a hit in his final at bat, and got one. Batting .379 for the season, he was also named a Rawlings/ABCA National Gold Glove Award winner, ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic 1st-team All-District, an Honorable Mention All-American by NCBWA, 1st-team Daktronics/NCAA, NCBWA and Rawlings/ABCA All-West Region, and 1st-team All-CCAA selection, giving him three All-CCAA honors in three years. In his senior year, he batted .369 with a 1.000 fielding percentage. Pillar finished his college career as the school's all-time batting leader, with a .367 average.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Pillar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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