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Just how rare is Trevor Story’s recent tear?

Here are 10 stats to help put his torrid stretch into perspective.

Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story gets the celebratory laundry cart ride after his grand slam home run in the third inning. Barry Chin/Globe Staff

By Trevor Hass

May 21, 2022

Trevor Story appears to be getting comfortable in Boston.

He’s hitting .400 with five home runs, 12 RBIs, and 10 runs in the last week and has been a catalyst as the Red Sox have finally started to resemble the team many expected to see from the start.

Story finished Thursday’s 12-6 win over the Mariners 4 for 5 with three home runs, seven RBIs, five runs, a walk, and a stolen base. The next night, he added a grand slam, and Jonny Gomes has the souvenir to prove it.

How unprecedented is Story’s surge? Here are some stats to help put it in perspective.

1. Story is the third player in Major League history to hit three home runs one night and a grand slam the next.

Trevor Story is the 3rd player in MLB history to follow a 3-HR game with a grand slam in the next.

Jeromy Burnitz did it on Sept. 25-26, 2001 with the Brewers and Sammy Sosa did it on Aug. 10-11, 2002 for the Cubs h/t @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/brjUse5skd
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 21, 2022

2. His 11 RBIs are tied for the second-most in a two-game span in franchise history. Remember Rudy York? He had 14 in 1946.

11 RBI over Trevor Story's last 2 games are tied for the 2nd-most in a 2-game span in Red Sox history. Rudy York had 14 in a 2-game span in 1946. pic.twitter.com/XU5gbUUHEc
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 21, 2022

“He’s a guy that hits,” manager Alex Cora said of Story. “He’s very dynamic, a good athlete.”

3. On Thursday, he became the first second baseman in MLB history to have three homers and a stolen base in the same game.

.@Tstory2 is the first 2B in @MLB history to have 3 HR and a SB in one game. pic.twitter.com/3PhgM9NHcP
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) May 20, 2022

4. That same day, he joined Yoenis Cespedes and Eric Davis as the only players since 1901 to hit three home runs, score at least five runs, and have a stolen base in the same game.

Trevor Story becomes only the third player since 1901 to hit at least three homers, score at least five runs and have a stolen base in the same game. He joins Yoenis Cespedes in 2015 and Eric Davis in 1986, per @MLBRandomStats
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) May 20, 2022

5. His three home runs Thursday traveled a whopping 1,163 feet.

6. According to the Red Sox, Story is the fifth Red Sox player with four-plus home runs and 11-plus RBIs in a two-game span. He joins Nomar Garciaparra, Ken Harrelson, Bobby Doerr, and Jim Tabor. Tabor and Doerr are the only others on that list to score six-plus runs.

7. After Friday, he joined renowned speedster Mo Vaughn as the only Red Sox players to hit six homers and steal four bases in a 10-game stretch. Vaughn did so twice in 1995.

Unexpected company for Trevor Story in a power/speed showcase: He's the second Red Sox player ever with at least 6 homers and 4 steals over a 10-game stretch. The other? Mo Vaughn in 1995 had a 10-game stretch of 7HR/4SB and another with 6HR/5SB.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) May 21, 2022

8. One element of his recent explosion is part of a larger trend. Story has driven his teammates in at the second-highest rate (24 percent) among those who have batted with at least 80 men on base.

106 MLB batters have batted with at least 80 men on base for them this year, Story ranks 2nd driving in 24% of them.

1. 27% Rowdy Tellez
2. 24% Trevor Story
3. 24% Jose Ramirez
4. 23% Giancarlo Stanton
5. 23% Paul Goldschmidt
— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) May 21, 2022

9. Story is one of four players in the Majors with five-plus homers, 25-plus RBIs, 20-plus runs, and five-plus stolen bases, joining Bryce Harper, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Shohei Ohtani.

10. He leads the Majors with 22 RBIs in May after finishing with five in April.

GRAND SLAM TREVOR STORY. pic.twitter.com/O1pISDAxUi
— Red Sox (@RedSox) May 21, 2022

Story now leads the Red Sox this season in RBIs (27), walks (15), and stolen bases (5) and ranks second in home runs (6). He’s reached safely in 10 straight games (.324 average).

“It’s no surprise, this little tear he’s been on,” pitcher Michael Wacha said. “He’s a heck of a player.”