The outfielder appeared in six Major League seasons and 272 total games played for the Cleveland Indians (1959–62) and Milwaukee Braves (1963; 1965).

He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).

He added four more pinch hitting appearances that September, and ended his first big-league campaign as a .400 batter, with four singles and an RBI in ten at bats.

His 1963 season with the Braves saw Dillard make 67 appearances as a pinch hitter and left fielder, playing behind regular Lee Maye, with a batting average of .235 with one home run.

In 1964, he returned to the minor leagues and, apart from another 20-game trial with Milwaukee in 1965, he spent much of the rest of his career at the Triple-A level, retiring in 1967.