David Villar #7

Got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Allison Chilton, in December 2023...Attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Fla....Villar was three years old when he played in his first T-ball league...At the University of South Florida, Villar received a criminology degree after finishing the last remaining credits during the pandemic. He intends to go to law school one day, either to enter sports law or to become a prosecutor...Credits Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan with helping him get drafted. McClanahan had many scouts at his starts during his time at USF, so Villar would use that to his advantage to try and show out that day...Hit a home run in his first collegiate at-bat...Made the 2018 All-American Athletic Conference First Team as a junior after setting a conference record with 24 doubles and finishing second with a .374 average.

2024

Saw action in 11 games for the Giants over two stints with SF (June 22-July 6 and July 25-Aug. 2)...Drove in a run in four straight games from June 25-30 (four RBI total)...Posted an .802 OPS with a .260/.361/.441 slash line in 106 games at Triple-A Sacramento...Led the River Cats with 26 doubles, 16 homers and 77 RBI...Played 38 games at first base and 54 at third base...Hit 11 of his 16 homers away from Sutter Health Park...Owned a .927 OPS in 56 road games compared to a .646 OPS in 50 home games...Thirteen of his 16 homers came off righties...Had an .842 OPS vs. righties compared to a .704 OPS vs. lefties...Only hit four homers for Sacramento in the second half of the season (48 games) after hitting 12 in 58 games in the first half.

2023

Made his first Opening Day roster...hit .145 with 15 runs, six doubles, five home runs, 12 RBI and a .551 OPS in 46 games...Spent majority of the season at Triple-A…hit .272 with 54 runs, 14 doubles, 17 home runs, 51 RBI and an .869 OPS in 75 games for Sacramento...recalled from Triple-A three times...Did not appear in a game for SF at the Major League level after July 24...Knocked in a career-high five runs while homering twice on April 3 at Chicago-AL...Pitched a scoreless inning of relief on June 22 vs. San Diego.

2022

Enjoyed a breakout season in his first year with San Francisco...Split the year between San Francisco and Triple-A Sacramento...Started the year with Sacramento and hit .284 (65-for229) with 15 doubles, 21 home runs and 62 RBI in 66 games with the River Cats before earning a promotion...His 21 home runs at the time of his promotion were the most in the Pacific Coast League and his 62 RBI ranked as the second-most...Had his contract purchased on July 4 and made his Major League debut that night at Arizona, going 2-for4 with a double and an RBI...Hit his first Major League home run on July 8 at SD...was named to the Futures Game on July 7, but did not participate due to being on the Major League roster...Was sent back down to Triple-A on Aug. 4 and recalled on Sept. 1 when rosters expanded to 28 players...Over his final 26 games of the year, he slashed .291/.351/.616 with four doubles, eight homers and 17 RBI...was 8-for-18 (.444) over his final six games and slugged two homers in SF's final game of the year...His six home runs in September were tied for the third-most by SF rookie in the month of September (Tom Haller & Buster Posey with seven)…Went 6-for-8 with four runs, three homers and five RBI over the Giants three-game set at Dodger Stadium from Sept. 5-7...his 2.653 OPS in the series was the highest OPS by any MLB rookie in a three-game series in the modern era (minimum 8 AB)…Finished the season with two multi-homer games: Sept. 7 at LAD and Oct. 5 at SD...Combined to hit 36 homers through the year between Triple-A and SF...In 84 games for Sacramento, he posted a 1.021 OPS (led PCL) with 19 doubles, one triple, 27 homers and 82 RBI.

2021

Led the Flying Squirrels in homers (20), doubles (29), hits (106), runs (70), total bases (195) and OPS (.880) and was second in RBI (58).