BIOGRAPHY
David Villar was born January 27, 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an infielder in the MLB.
Villar spent 2018, his first professional season, with the Rookie League Arizona League Giants and Class A- Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, batting a combined .282/.342/.535 in 245 at bats, playing third base. With Salem-Keizer, he was 3rd in doubles in the Northwest League with 22, 3rd in home runs with 13, 3rd in RBIs with 42, 6th in slugging percentage at .549, 8th in strikeouts (67), and 9th in runs with 36, in 226 at bats. He was named a 2018 MiLB Organization All Star.
He played in 2019 with the Class A+ San Jose Giants, batting .262/.334/.421 with 68 runs (9th in the California League), 9 hit by pitch (9th), 144 strikeouts (5th), and 7 sacrifice flies (4th) in 423 at bats, playing 97 games at third base and 12 games at first base. Villar did not play in 2020, due to the minor league season being cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Villar played for the Class AA Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2021. He batted .275/.374/.506 with 70 runs (3rd in the Northeast League), 29 doubles (4th), 20 home runs (7th; a single-season franchise record), 46 walks (5th), 112 strikeouts (6th), 15 hit by pitch (leading the league) in 385 at bats, playing 92 games at third base and 13 games at first base. He was named a 2021 MiLB Organization All-Star.
Villar started 2022 with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. At the time of his July 4, 2022, callup, Villar was leading the Pacific Coast League with 21 home runs and batting .284/.409/.633(5th) with 53 runs (3rd), 63 RBIs (2nd), 44 walks (2nd), 76 strikeouts (2nd), and 6 hit by pitch (7th) in 229 at bats.
On July 4, 2022, the Giants selected Villar's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. His first Major League hit came that day on the first pitch in his first at bat, a double in the second inning against Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In 2022 with Sacramento Villar batted .275/.404(7th in the league)/.617(4th) in 298 at bats, with 67 runs, 27 home runs (6th), 82 RBIs (tied for 8th), 55 walks, 93 strikeouts, and 11 hit by pitch (8th), while playing 51 games at third base, 16 games at first base, and 15 games at second base, and five at DH. After the season, he was chosen for the Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award, and named third baseman on the post-season PCL All Star team.
With the Giants in 2022 he batted .231/.332/.455 in 156 at bats, with 9 home runs, 24 RBIs, and 58 strikeouts, while playing 27 games at third base, 11 at first base, 10 at DH, and 6 at second base.
On April 3, 2023, in a game against the Chicago White Sox, Villar hit two home runs off of Michael Kopech, with the second homer being his first career grand slam.
