It's a record setting Springer Dinger in Cincinnati

Move over Devon White, George Springer's name now sits alone at the top of the leader board. On Tuesday evening in Cincinnati, George Springer hit his team leading 25th home run of the season. But that's not what made the blast historic, it was the fact that it led off the game, the 23rd time he has done that as a Blue Jay, giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

That breaks the record once held by White, who starred as the Blue Jays centerfielder during Toronto's glory days when the team won back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and '93. Springer is now just 19 home runs shy of the all-time MLB record of 81 lead off home runs, which is held by the late-great Rickey Henderson, who, ironically, usurped White as the teams leadoff hitter in the second half of '93 when Henderson was traded to the Blue Jays.

The home run ties Springer for the most he has hit since joining Toronto, when he tallied 25 homers in 2022 - his lone All-Star season with the Blue Jays. It's also the most since he hit his career high of 39 in 2019. Springer then added a second home run later in the game to run his season total up to 26, giving the Blue Jays a 10-6 lead at the time.

It's another feather in the cap for Springer who is enjoying a resurgence this season, as he entered Tuesdays game slashing .300/.391/.533 and a .925 OPS - his best mark in that category since he posted a .974 OPS in 2019. He owns a wRC+ of 157, the highest mark he's ever put up in that category and he's been worth 3.6 fWAR in his 116 games played. As the leadoff hitter, Springer has a .365 average with six home runs in 59 at-bats.

While the franchise record for leadoff home runs is a distinguished title to hold, Springer is also closing in on a couple other nice, rounded numbers. He is just four homers shy of eclipsing 30 home runs, something he has only done in a season twice, that being in 2019 as previously mentioned and when he hit 34 in 2017. He's also closing in on 300 career home runs, as he's just 13 back of that number.