MLB Top 5: Toronto Blue Jays Outfielders

By Kevin Rakas

This is the fourth article in a series that looks at the five best players at each position for the Toronto Blue Jays. In this installment are the outfielders.

The Toronto Blue Jays outfield features three sluggers in the starting spots, a pair of right fielders with cannons for arms and some of the best glove men in baseball history in center field. The stars who created the two most iconic moment in franchise history will also make an appearance.

The best Outfielders in Toronto Blue Jays history

Left Fielders

Honorable Mentions – Dave Collins is a South Dakota native who was drafted by the Angels in the first round in 1972. He spent a majority of his 16-year career with the Reds in two stints but played two seasons with the Blue Jays. Collins was known primarily for his speed, having set a career high with 70 stolen bases in 1980 with Cincinnati. Three years later. He stole 31 bases with Toronto, but the following year was his best north or the border. In 1984, Collins batted .308, led the league (and tied for second in team history) with 15 triples and set a franchise record with 60 steals. His 91 stolen bases rank tenth in club history. Collins played for eight teams in all, ending his playing days with the Cardinals in 1990 before embarking on a 30-year coaching career.

Reed Johnson was a standout at Cal State Fullerton and was drafted by the Blue Jays in 1999. He played five seasons with Toronto (2003-07), totaling 319 runs, 585 hits, 114 doubles, 234 RBIs and 853 total bases in 610 games. His best season was 2006, when he set career highs with a .319 average, 86 runs, 147 hits, 34 doubles and 12 home runs while also leading the league by getting hit by a pitch 21 times. Roster change and injury forced Johnson to platoon role, and he signed with the Cubs in 2008. He played with four other teams before ending his career with the Nationals in 2015.

Michael Saunders was born in British Columbia, was drafted by the Mariners and spent his first six major league seasons in the Pacific Northwest before he was traded to the Blue Jays. He played just nine games with Toronto in the 2015 season when he stepped on a sprinkler head and tore his meniscus. The following year, he was selected to his only All-Star Game through the Final Vote and finished the campaigns by setting career highs with 24 home runs, 57 RBIs and 235 total bases. Saunders signed with the Phillies in 2017 but signed back with the Blue Jays after he was released and played 12 games in September. He had tryouts with three teams in 2018 and retired the following year. “Captain Canada” was a minor league coach and manager with the Braves and was named minor league baserunning coordinator for the Mariners in 2025.

Daulton Varsho is a Wisconsin native and the son of Gary Varsho, who had an eight-year major league career as a reserve outfielder. He was a Diamondbacks draft pick, played in the 2019 MLB All-Star Futures Game and made his big-league debut the following season with Arizona. Although Varsho hit for a low average and had a high strikeout total, he developed into a productive hitter and was traded to the Blue Jays following the 2022 season. The plate discipline continued to be an issue, and his production fell over his first two seasons in Toronto. Varsho won a gold glove in 2024, but his season with surgery on his right shoulder to repair a torn rotator cuff.

5. Al Woods – The team’s original left fielder was drafted by the Twins in the second round in 1972 but didn’t reach the major leagues until he was selected by the Blue Jays in the expansion draft. While Woods didn’t start in Toronto’s first game, he provided a spark by hitting a home run in his first major league at-bat in a win over the White Sox. He had his best season in 1980, when he set career highs with a .300 average, 15 home runs and 47 RBIs. Woods was a platoon player in his final two seasons with the Blue Jays and was traded to the Athletics in 1982. He was released by Oakland during spring training and signed back with Toronto but never returned to the major leagues until he was cut following the 1984 season. Woods spent six years with the Blue Jays (1977-82), batting .270 with 529 hits and 188 RBIs in 595 games. He signed back with the Twins, spent most of his two seasons in the minor leagues and appeared in 23 games with Minnesota in 1986 before he retired.

4. Joe Carter – Although his seven-year run in Toronto (1991-97) was split almost evenly between left and right field, he spent just two of those years as the regular left fielder. Known for his championship-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, Carter hit 25 home runs two years later. The following campaign, he earned his fifth All-Star selection in six seasons after posting 84 runs, 158 hits, 30 homers and 107 RBIs. Although his average plummeted, Carter still drove in 102 runs in 1997, when he functioned as the primary designated hitter while also spending time in left field and at first base. He split the next season between the Orioles and Giants before he retired and went into broadcasting.

3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – He began his professional career in his native Cuba as a 16-year-old and signed with the Blue Jays in 2016 after defecting to the Dominican Republic with his brother, Yuli. Two years later, he made his major league debut, and he hit 11 home runs as a rookie. Despite a minor league stint in 2019, he smacked 20 homers, then batted .308 in the COVID-shortened season. Gurriel had his best year in a Blue Jays uniform in 2021 by posting a .276-21-84 stat line with the RBIs a career high. His power numbers declined the following year, and he was traded to the Diamondbacks after the season. Gurriel hit a personal-best 24 home runs and made his only All-Star team to date in 2023 and followed it with another solid season. On September 21, 2018, Lourdes and Yuli each hit two home runs in separate games to become the first brothers to have multiple homers on the same day in major league history.

2. Shannon Stewart – The Cincinnati native was drafted by Toronto in the first round of the 1992 draft and made his debut three years later. After moving between the Blue Jays and the minor league for the next three season, he earned a starting spot in the outfield thanks to his solid contact hitting and speed. Stewart stole a career-best 51 bases and scored 90 runs in 1998 and, although his steals regressed over the next four years, he batted at least .300, scored at least 100 runs and totaled 175 hits or more in each season. He was traded to the Twins during the 2003 campaign and, after four years in Minnesota and one in Oakland, he returned to Toronto for one final season in 2008 before being released in August.

Stewart finished his decade-long total term with the Blue Jays (1995-2003 and ’08) ranked fourth in franchise history in batting average (.298), fifth in steals (166), sixth in doubles (222), seventh in runs (545) and hits (1,082), tied for seventh in triples (34) and tenth in on-base percentage (.365) and total bases (1,594) to go with 74 home runs and 370 RBIs in 907 games. The 2000 fielding champion finished fourth in the MVP voting in the 2003 season he split between the Blue Jays and Twins.

1. George Bell – He was born in one of the most famous hometowns in baseball, San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, and he was signed by the Phillies in 1978 before going to the Blue Jays in the Rule 5 Draft two years later. Bell had callups sandwiched around a full season in the minors before he came to Toronto full-time in 1984. Things were coming together for the Blue Jays around this time, and he was a big part of the team’s success. Over the next seven seasons, Bell hit at least 20 home runs and posted more than 160 hits six times each, and the Blue Jays won the division twice in that span. Not only did Bell catch the final out of the clinching game in the 1985 season, but he batted .321 (9-for-28) with four runs in a losing effort against the Royals in the American League Championship Series.

Two years later, Bell had his best season by far, earning his first All-Star selection and winning the MVP Award after batting .308 with 188 hits, setting career highs with 111 runs and 47 homers and leading the league with 134 RBIs and 369 total bases (the final three stats being the third-best single season totals in club history). His stellar season marked the first time a player from a Canadian team won the award, and it was also the first such honor for a Dominican-born player. The three-time silver slugger stuck with the team for three more years despite a contentious relationship with Toronto reporters and fans, and he finished his nine-year run (1981 and 83-90) ranked fourth in franchise history in RBIs (740) and total bases (2,201), fifth in hits (1,294) and doubles (237), sixth in runs (641) and home runs (202), seventh in games (1,181), ninth in triples (32) and slugging percentage (.486) and tied for tenth in average (.286).

Bell’s time in Toronto ended when he signed with the Cubs following the 1990 season. Despite earning his third and final All-Star selection, he lasted just one season before he was traded to the White Sox for Sammy Sosa during spring training in 1992. He hit 25 home runs and drove in 112 runs in his first season on Chicago’s South Side, but the knee injuries that plagued him throughout his career worsened. Bell batted just .217 the following year and retired after the White Sox released him. He has spent his post-playing days as a minor league instructor and consultant with the Blue Jays as well as golfing in his native country. Bell was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Center Fielders

Honorable Mentions – Otis Nixon was known primarily for his speed and stole 620 bases over a 17-year career spent with nine teams. The North Carolina native was with the Braves during their pennant-winning 1991 season and pilfered what was then a team-record 72 bases and tied a major league mark with six in a game in June. Nixon signed with the Blue Jays in 1996 and finished his first year in Toronto with a .286 average, 87 runs and 54 steals. He added 47 more the following year (with his 101 ranking ninth in franchise history) before he was traded to the Dodgers. Nixon played one year each with Minnesota and Atlanta and retired following the Braves’ loss to the Yankees in the 1999 World Series. He dealt with cocaine addiction for much of his playing career and got his life together before relapsing with a 2013 arrest.

Colby Rasmus was a member of a Georgia team that reach the finals of the Little League World Series in 1999. He was drafted in the first round by the Cardinals, appeared in the 2007 MLB All-Star Futures Game and made his major league debut two years later. Rasmus was sent to the Blue Jays late in the 2011 season and hit at least 20 home runs each of the next two years. He was named a Wilson Defensive Player of the Year winner in 2013, but the following season he was bothered by a sore hamstring and his play suffered. Rasmus signed with the Astros in 2015, and he spent two seasons with Houston and one each with Tampa Bay and Baltimore before retiring in 2018.

Kevin Kiermaier is an Indiana native who won championships at high school and in junior college before being drafted by the Rays in 2010. During his decade in Tampa Bay, he won three gold gloves, two Wilson Defensive Player of the Year awards and a platinum glove in 2015. “Outlaw” signed with the Blue Jays in 2023 and won his fourth gold glove patrolling center field. He was traded to the Dodgers the following year and won a title four years after his Tampa Bay squad lost to Los Angeles in the World Series. Kiermaier retired after the season and now works as a special assistant for the Blue Jays.

5. Jose Cruz Jr. – The Puerto Rico native is the son of a longtime Astros outfielder who earned two All-Star selections during his 19-year career. Cruz Jr. played in the major leagues for 12 seasons with half coming in Toronto (1997-2002). He was selected third overall by the Mariners in 1995 but wasn’t in Seattle very long. Cruz Jr. was traded to the Blue Jays during the 1997 season and finished as the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year Award after hitting 26 home runs. He hit at least 30 homers twice, including 2001, when he set career highs with a .274 average, 92 runs, 158 hits, 34 long balls, 88 RBIs, 32 steals and 306 total bases. Cruz Jr. signed with the Giants in 2003, ending his time in Toronto with 396 runs, 640 hits, 136 doubles, 122 home runs, 355 RBIs and 1,182 total bases in 698 games. He won a gold glove in his only season with San Francisco and played with six other teams before retiring in 2008. Following his playing career, Cruz Jr. worked as a studio analyst, was a hitting coach for the Tigers and spent four years as the manager with Rice University before he was fired in 2025.

4. Kevin Pillar – He was drafted by the Blue Jays in 2011, one year after he set an NCAA Division II record with a 54-game hitting streak with Cal State Dominguez Hills. Pillar spent his first two seasons in left field before moving over to center, where he won the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award and set career highs with 163 hits and 25 stolen bases. He continued to produce at the top of the Toronto batting order for the next four years until he was traded to the Giants early in the 2019 season. Pillar totaled 303 runs, 641 hits, 156 doubles, 231 RBIs had 976 total bases in 695 games. He added seven runs, 15 hits, six doubles, two homers and eight RBIs in 24 postseason contests. Pillar had his best offensive season after the trade to San Francisco, posting a .264-21-87 stat line but has bounced around since that point. He signed with the Rangers in 2025, the tenth team he has played for over the past seven seasons.

3. Devon White (Whyte) – The native of Jamaica was originally a third baseman when he was drafted by the Angels in 1981 but was converted to outfield in the minor leagues. After earning an All-Star selection and two gold gloves in California, White was traded to Toronto before the 1991 season. He responded with arguably the best offensive campaign of his career, batting .292 with 110 runs, 40 doubles, 10 triples, 33 steals, 17 home runs and 60 RBIs while also a setting personal best with 181 hits. He was also at or near the top of the lineup that would produce three straight division titles.

White continued his fantastic defensive play, winning gold gloves in each of his five seasons north of the border (1991-95). The Blue Jays won their first World Series in 1992, with the center fielder making a stellar catch and relay throw in Game 3 that nearly turned into a triple play. White set a career high with 116 runs and stole more than 30 bases for the third straight year to earn his second All-Star selection. He was even better in the postseason, smacking 12 hits in the ALCS and posting seven more along with eight runs scored and seven RBIs against the Phillies, helping the Blue Jays win their second straight championship.

After two more seasons, White signed with the Marlins, where he won a third title in 1997. He ranks fifth in franchise history in stolen bases (126) and is tied for seventh in triples (34) to go with a .270 average, 452 runs, 733 hits, 155 doubles, 72 home runs, 274 RBIs and 1,172 total bases in 656 games. White also appeared in 29 playoff contests, totaling 20 runs, 41 hits, eight doubles, 13 RBIs and five steals. He was an All-Star for the final time with the expansion Diamondbacks the following season, and he spent two years with the Dodgers and one with the Brewers before retiring in 2001. Despite seven gold gloves in 17 seasons, White didn’t receive a single vote for the Hall of Fame in his only year of eligibility in 2007. He has been a coach and instructor in the Nationals, White Sox and Blue Jays organizations. White went back to using the birth spelling of his last name in 2003.

2. Lloyd Moseby – He was born in Arkansas, was drafted second overall in 1978 out of an Oakland high school and made his major league debut two years later. Moseby spent a decade in Toronto (1980-89), much of it sandwiched between the slugging “Killer B’s” of Bell and Barfield in the outfield. After struggling for his first few seasons, he became a catalyst at the top of the order, stealing at least 20 bases and reaching double figures in home runs seven times each, scoring at least 85 runs five times and amassing more than 150 hits and 80 RIBs four times apiece. Moseby earned his only silver slugger in 1983 after he set career highs with a .315 average and 170 hits to go with 104 runs, 18 homers and 81 RBIs.

He led the league with 15 triples and appeared in the postseason for the first time over the next two years, then he was an All-Star in 1986 after posting a .253-21-86 stat line. Moseby had arguably his best season in 1987, batting .282 with 167 hits while setting career highs with 106 runs, 26 home runs, 96 RBIs and 39 steals. His production dropped over the next two years and, while he had a solid ALCS in 1989, the loss to the Athletics signaled the end of his Blue Jays career. He played two seasons with Detroit and another two in Japan before retiring in 1993.

Moseby finished his run in Toronto as the all-time franchise leader with 255 stolen bases. He also ranks second in triples (60) and strikeouts (1,015), third in walks (547), fourth in games (1,392), runs (768), hits (1,319) and doubles (242), sixth in in total bases (2,127), seventh in RBIs (651) and ninth in home runs (149). Moseby added nine runs, 12 hits and six RBIs in 12 postseason contests. He served as Toronto’s first base coach in 1998-99 and has also worked as a team ambassador. Moseby was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

1. Vernon Wells – The fifth pick in the 1997 draft had three brief callups before getting a chance to start in 2002. Wells made the most of his opportunity, hitting 23 homers and driving in 100 runs that season. The following year was even better, with the center fielder earning his first All-Star selection and his only silver slugger after setting career highs with a .317 average, 118 runs, 33 home runs and 117 RBIs, while also leading the league with 49 doubles and a franchise record 215 hits.

Wells began to focus on his defense and won three straight gold gloves while still posting solid numbers at the plate. He had another stellar offensive season in 2006, taking home his second All-Star selection after position a .303-32-1016 stat line with 91 runs, 185 hits and a personal-best 17 steals. Wells signed a big contract extension but suffered injuries in each of the next three years while his production declined. He had one final strong offensive season in 2010, becoming an All-Star for the third and final time after hitting .273 with 44 doubles and 31 home runs, a total which made him the fourth player in club history to hit 30 or more in a season three times.

The 2010 Branch Rickey Award winner was traded to the Angels the following year and ended his career with the Yankees in 2013. Wells ranks second in franchise history in hits (1,529), doubles (330), RBIs (813) and total bases (2,597), third in games (1,393) and runs (789), fourth in home runs (223), fifth in strikeouts (762), eighth in walks (406) and tenth in triples (30) to go with a .280 average. His totals include 30 or more doubles eight times, 20 or more homers seven times, at least 80 runs, 160 hits and 80 RBIs six times each and an average of .300 or better on four occasions. A four-time fielding champion, Wells served as a coach for the National League squad in the 2024 MLB All-Star Futures Game.

Right Fielders

Honorable Mentions – Bob Bailor was born in southwestern Pennsylvania and played all over the field in the minor leagues after signing with the Orioles after high school in 1969. After just 14 games as a middle infielder with Baltimore, he was selected with Toronto’s first pick in the expansion draft. Known for choking up on the bat at the plate, Bailor moved from shortstop around the outfield, eventually settling in right. During a rough first season for the Blue Jays, he batted .310, and the following year, he set career highs with 74 runs, 164 hits and 52 RBIs. Although he led the league in assists in 1979, Bailor slumped over the next two seasons and was traded to the Mets in 1980. He moved back to the infield first in New York and then Los Angeles, retiring in 1985 after 11 seasons. Bailor was a minor league manager and major league coach for the Blue Jays until 1995.

Teoscar Hernandez was born in the Dominican Republic and signed with the Astros in 2011. He played 42 games with Houston before being traded to Toronto in 2017. Hernandez started at all three outfield spots and, while his defense was average, his offense was stellar. He hit at least 20 home runs four times with the Blue Jays and won two silver sluggers. “Mr. Seeds” earned his first All-Star selection and was named to the All-MLB second team in 2021 after hitting 32 home runs and setting career highs with a .296 average, 92 runs, 163 hits and 116 RBIs. He was traded to the Mariners in 2023, finishing his six-year run with the Blue Jays ranked seventh in franchise history in slugging percentage (.503) and strikeouts (715) to go with 337 runs, 584 hits, 125 doubles, 129 home runs, 369 RBIs and 1,116 total bases. Hernandez signed with the Dodgers in 2024, and he paid immediate dividends by earning an All-Star selection and a silver slugger while also winning the Home Run Derby. He totaled eight runs, 15 hits, three homers and 12 RBIs to help the Dodgers with the World Series.

5. Shawn Green – One of the more popular players of his era and one of the best players of Jewish faith in the history of the game, he was selected by the Blue Jays in the first round of the 1991 draft and made a brief debut two years later. After getting frustrated with Toronto’s penchant for putting him in a platoon for his first few seasons, Green broke out in 1998, posting a .278-35-100 stat line. The following year, he was even better, setting career highs with a .309 average, 134 runs (still a club record) and 190 hits to go with 42 home runs, 123 RBIs and league-leading totals of 45 doubles and 361 total bases. The offensive barrage led to his first All-Star, gold glove and silver slugger honors. Green was traded to the Dodgers after the season and two years later, he earned his final All-Star selection and became the 14th player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game. His playing career ended in 2007, and he made occasional acting cameos, worked with several charities and started his own software company.

4. Alex Rios – He was selected by Toronto in the first round of the 1999 draft, appeared in the 2003 MLB All-Star Futures Game and made his major league debut the following year. During his six seasons with the Blue Jays (2004-09), Rios earned two All-Star selections. His best season was 2007, when he batted .297 with 24 home runs and 85 RBIs along with career-high totals of 114 runs and 191 hits. The following season, he was even more productive, posting a .291-15-79 stat line to go with 91 runs, 185 hits, 32 steals and a personal-best 47 doubles, and he was also the runner-up in the Home Run Derby. After a down year in 2009, Rios was waived and signed by the White Sox. He also spent time with the Rangers and Royals, with his final game coming as part of Kansas City’s championship team in 2015. The three-time World Baseball Classic participant with Puerto Rico ended his Blue Jays career tied for fifth in franchise history in triples (36) and eighth in stolen bases (112) along with a .285 average, 451 runs, 875 hits, 195 doubles, 81 homers and 395 RBIs in 809 games.

3. Joe Carter – The Oklahoma native was selected second overall by the Cubs in 1981, and he had stints with the Indians and Padres before coming to the Blue Jays in a blockbuster trade following the 1990 season. Carter spent his first four years with Toronto as the club’s starting right fielder, amassing at least 25 home runs and 100 RBIs each season. Overall, he earned five All-Star selections and two silver sluggers in seven years with the Blue Jays (1991-97). His best season was 1992, when he finished third in the MVP voting after posting a .264-34-119 stat line with 97 runs and 164 hits.

Carter posted similar numbers the following year, but his greatest work was yet to come. In the World Series against the Phillies, he totaled six runs, seven hits, eight RBIs and two home runs, including a championship-winning blast off reliever Mitch Williams in Game 6, marking only the second time the World Series ended with a home run (Bill Mazeroski did so for the Pirates against the Yankees in 1960). Carter finished his Blue Jays career with two seasons as a left fielder and one as a designated hitter, and he ranks fifth in franchise history in home runs (203) and RBIs (736), seventh in total bases (1,934), eighth in hits (1,051) and doubles (218), ninth in runs (578) and strikeouts (696) and tenth in games (1,039). He split his final campaign in 1998 between the Orioles and Giants, ending his 16-year career with 396 home runs and 1,445 RBIs. Carter spent five seasons as a broadcaster for the Blue Jays and Cubs, and he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

2. Jesse Barfield – The Illinois native was a ninth-round selection of the Blue Jays in 1977 and made his big-league debut four years later. Barfield became a solid run producer and power hitter throughout his nine seasons in Toronto (1981-89), but his greatest asset was his throwing arm. He won two gold gloves and led the league in outfield assists five times, three with the Blue Jays. Barfield hit 27 home runs in 1985 and added another among his seven hits in the ALCS, but the Kansas City edged Toronto in its first foray into postseason play.

Barfield had his best offensive season the following year, finishing fifth in the MVP race and earning his only All-Star selection and silver slugger after setting career highs with a .289 average, 107 runs, 170 hits, 108 RBIs and a league-leading 40 homers. He had another solid year in 1987, but his production began to fall off and he was traded to the Yankees early in the 1989 season. Barfield finished his Blue Jays career ranked fourth in franchise history in strikeouts (855), seventh in home runs (179, although he was first at the trade) and ninth in RBIs (527) and total bases (1,672) to go with a .265 average, 530 runs, 919 hits and 162 doubles in 1,032 games.

The free-swinging Barfield saw his play in New York decline due to injury, and he retired in 1992. He tried a comeback, joining his Moseby, his former Blue Jays teammate, in Japan, but he lasted just one year and failed to make the Astros on a tryout in 1994. Barfield was a color commentator for the Blue Jays in 2007-08 and runs a company that makes custom sports furniture.

1. Jose Bautista – The native of the Dominican Republic bounced around with five different teams in his 2004 rookie season (including less than a day with the Mets) and spent nearly four full years with the Pirates before he was traded to the Blue Jays late in the 2008 season. After one season as a reserve, Bautista became a starter in Toronto in 2010, and his career took off. He earned his first of six straight All-Star selections and three silver sluggers while finishing fourth in the MVP voting. Bautista missed just one game, batting .260 with 148 hits, 25 doubles, career-best totals of 109 runs, 124 RBIs and a .617 slugging percentage (a club record) and league-high marks with 54 homers (also a team record) and 351 total bases. He finished third in the MVP race the following year after hitting a personal-best .302 with 105 runs, 103 RBIs and league-leading totals of 43 home runs, 132 walks (a franchise best) and a .608 slugging percentage.

“Joey Bats” missed time over the 2012-13 seasons with wrist surgery and a hip injury but returned to his old form, hitting at least 35 homers and both scoring and driving in more than 100 runs in each of the next two campaigns. In Toronto’s first postseason appearance since winning the World Series in 1993, Bautista provided another iconic moment for the franchise. He hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning of Game 5 of the Division Series against the Rangers, then flipped his bat high into the air as he watched the ball sail over the fence. The Blue Jays reached the ALCS in each of the next two seasons, with Bautista totaling 12 runs, 18 hits, four doubles, six home runs and 16 RBIs in 20 postseason games.

Bautista fell off and hit just .203 in 2017 and the Blue Jays declined his option, ending his decade-long run with the team (2008-17). Overall, he ranks second in franchise history in runs (790), home runs (288) and walks (803), third in RBIs (766), total bases (2,210) and strikeouts (948), fifth in games (1,235) and slugging percentage (.506), sixth in hits (1,103) and seventh in doubles (219) and on-base percentage (,372). In addition to the All-Stars and silver sluggers, Bautista was a two-time Hank Aaron Award winner and a 2005 MLB All-Star Futures Game participant. He also led the league in outfield double plays four times and topped all A. L. right fielders with 12 assists in 2014. Bautista retired after splitting the 2018 season between three N. L. East teams. He played in a pair of World Baseball Classics, won a bronze medal with the Dominican Republic in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, was named a special advisor for a team in his native land and will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in June 2025.

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