Kevin Pillar recorded the 1,000th hit of his Major League career in the Los Angeles Angels' victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

"Baseball is poetic in a way that I'm here in Texas, my family lives here, my parents are here in attendance," Pillar said. "I told them I wasn't in the starting lineup. They still wanted to be here for me to get an opportunity, and to come up in that situation with them here, it means the world to me."

Pillar, 35, has been with the Angels for only about three weeks. It is the ninth big league team over 12 seasons for the outfielder, who signed April 30, the same day the club put Mike Trout on the injured list because of a torn meniscus in his left knee that required surgery.

Mike Trout feels that having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee was a better alternative than postponing the procedure and being a designated hitter the rest of the season.

"It was an option they put out there," he said. "It would have been just maintaining the pain level of it. The day I got the MRI and it showed [a tear], I was in a lot of pain, so it would have been a tough road for the rest of the year to bear that. I felt the best option for me was to get it right and be fully healthy to come back soon."

In 1,518 career games, Trout has been the DH for the Los Angeles Angels only 81 times and has a .214 batting average.

Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee on Friday, and the three-time AL MVP is expected to return this season.

Trout had a partial medial meniscectomy procedure performed in California. The team said the outfielder will remain in Anaheim for the start of his rehab process.

Mike Trout, the Angels' superstar center fielder who has been hampered by a litany of injuries in recent years, suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee that will require surgery.

The Angels did not announce a timetable for Trout's recovery while revealing the injury Tuesday, but sources familiar with the situation said a best-case scenario could be four to six weeks. A true timeline, however, can't be determined until doctors take a closer look at Trout's knee. Surgery is expected to take place at some point this week, with a source indicating it could happen Friday.