Trevor Story: What you need to know about Rockies' breakout performer

Trevor Story, the Colorado Rockies' rookie shortstop, continues to re-write history. 

But unlike many young stars who preceded him, Story arrived on the national landscape with virtually no advance billing.

"I never would've thought that I'd start out like this, but it's been great so far," Story told MLB.com after hitting his fifth and sixth home runs Friday night in just his fourth major league game.

So, what's the back story of the player who's captivated Major League Baseball in this opening week?

Age: 23

Position: Shortstop. In high school, he was also a pitcher who could throw 96 mph

Draft: 1st round (45th overall) in 2011. Committed to LSU before draft.

Signing bonus: $915,000

Prospect rankings: 11th, according to MLB.com organizational rank.

High school: Irving, Texas

Twitter account: @Tstory2 (Just 9,903 followers; that figures to change)

• Fifth player to hit two home runs in his big league debut and the first do it when debuting in his team's season opener. The last player to hit two homers in his debut was Toronto's J.P. Arencibia on Aug. 7, 2010, against Tampa Bay Rays.
• Third player ever to hit three home runs in his first two games, following Charlie Reilly and Joe Cunningham.
• First rookie to begin career with two multi-homer games in his first four games.
• Fifth player to homer in four straight games to start a season, joining Baltimore Orioles' Chris Davis (2013), Texas' Nelson Cruz (2011), St. Louis' Mark McGwire (1998) and San Francisco's Willie Mays (1971).
• Six home runs are the most ever for a player in his team's first four games.

Story was known as a power hitter, but not to this degree. He hit 70 home runs in five minor league seasons, including 20 in 130 games between Class AAA Albuquerque and Class AA New Britain (Conn.) in 2015.

But what may be more impressive is the pitchers he victimized and the balls' exit velocities:

1.  Zack Greinke, Diamondbacks -- 102.5 mph
2. Greinke -- 106 mph
3. Shelby Miller, Diamondbacks -- 107 mph
4. Patrick Corbin, Diamondbacks -- 108.8 mph
5. Colin Rea, Padres -- 106.1 mph
6. Ryan Buchter, Padres -- 96.5 mph

The average exit velocity in 2015 was 88.7 mph.