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Trevor Story
Colorado Rockies – No. 27
Shortstop
Born: (1992-11-15) November 15, 1992 (age 31)
Irving, Texas
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 4, 2016, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
(through April 8, 2016)
Batting average.368
Home runs6
Runs batted in11
Teams

Trevor John Story (born November 15, 1992) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on April 4, 2016. On April 8, 2016, Story set a MLB record for a rookie by hitting home runs in each of his first four games.

Early career

Story attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. He played for the school's baseball team as a shortstop and pitcher, reaching 96 miles per hour (154 km/h) with his fastball.[1] He also played football as a quarterback, but stopped playing football after his sophomore year of high school so that he could focus on baseball.[2] He committed to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) on a college baseball scholarship.[1][3]

Professional career

Minor leagues

The Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Story as a shortstop in the first round, with the 45th overall selection, of the 2011 MLB draft.[4] Story signed with the Rockies, receiving a $915,000 signing bonus, rather than attend LSU.[5][6] After he signed, he played for the Casper Ghosts of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he batted .268.[2] In 2012, Story played for the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL), and was named a SAL Postseason All-Star after batting .277 with 18 home runs.[7] Prior to the 2013 season, Story was ranked as the 99th-best prospect in baseball by MLB.com.[8] Story played for the Modesto Nuts of the Class A-Advanced California League in 2013, and he struggled, recording a .233 batting average.[9] After batting .332 for Modesto in 2014, the Rockies promoted Story to the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League in June.[10] He struggled with Tulsa, batting .205.[9]

With Troy Tulowitzki playing shortstop for the Rockies, Story began to gain experience as a second baseman and third baseman.[11] He began the 2015 season with the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League, and had a .281 batting average in 300 plate appearances before was promoted to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on July 1.[11][9] During the 2015 season, the Rockies traded Tulowitzki,[12] and Story appeared in the All-Star Futures Game.[7][11] He finished the 2015 season with a .350 on-base percentage and 20 home runs for New Britain and Albuquerque.[13] The Rockies added Story to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.[14]

Colorado Rockies

Story competed with Cristhian Adames to become the Rockies' starting shortstop during spring training in 2016. He had a .340 batting average during spring training in 2016, and he made the Rockies' Opening Day roster.[12]

He made his major league debut on Opening Day as the Rockies' starting shortstop on April 4, 2016, against the Arizona Diamondbacks.[15] In Story's second major league at bat, he recorded his first career hit, a three-run home run off of Zack Greinke. He then hit another home run in his next plate appearance, also off of Greinke. He was only the seventh player to hit two home runs in one game against Greinke[16] and the sixth player in MLB history to hit two home runs on his debut, following Charlie Reilly, Bob Nieman, Bert Campaneris, Mark Quinn and J. P. Arencibia. Of the six, Story was the only National Leaguer, and the only one to make his major league debut on Opening Day.[17] The following day, Story hit another home run, becoming only the third player ever to hit three home runs in his first two games, following Reilly and Joe Cunningham.[18] On his third day in the major leagues, he hit a two-run home run off Arizona's Patrick Corbin, becoming the first player in MLB history to hit a home run in each of his first three games and a home run in each of his first four hits.[19] In his fourth game, he hit two home runs against the San Diego Padres, becoming the first rookie to hit home runs in his first four games,[20] and the first player in major league history to hit six home runs in the first four games of any season.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Good Kid: Meet Trevor Story of Irving High". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rockies' Trevor Story writes first chapter in Casper". On the Rox. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Meet Irving's Trevor Story: The shortstop who attracted 28 scouts to a practice this season". Dallas Morning News. May 4, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Rockies draft Story No. 45" (video). MLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Hartford Courant (May 6, 2015). "Trevor Story Tearing It Up With The Bat For Rock Cats". courant.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Tom Gatto. "Introducing Trevor Story: Rockies SS takes Zack Greinke deep twice in debut". Sporting News. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Former Tourists Story And Tapia Selected To MLB Futures Game; Ocasio Named A Coach To The World Team - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Rockies place three on Top 100 Prospects list". MLB.com. January 29, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Patrick Saunders (August 30, 2015). "Rockies shortstop prospect Trevor Story near big-league chapter". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "Pro baseball: Top Rockies infield prospect joins Drillers". Tulsa World. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  11. ^ a b c "Rockies' trade of Troy Tulowitzki clears roadblock cleared for Irving's Story". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story blasts way into the history books - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "Trevor Story's time arrives quickly with Rockies". USA TODAY. March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "Rockies' John Axford designated for assignment". MLB.com. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  15. ^ Kiszla, Mark (April 4, 2016). "Rookie Trevor Story breathes life into opening day". Denver Post. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  16. ^ "Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks - Play By Play - April 04, 2016". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  17. ^ "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  19. ^ Associated Press (April 6, 2016). "Amazing Story: rookie makes history with another HR". ESPN. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  20. ^ "Rockies' Trevor Story first rookie ever to homer in first four games". ESPN.com. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  21. ^ "Elias Says: Story gets better every day". Elias Sports Bureau. ESPN. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

External links

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