Yes, Sandy Leon is aware Red Sox fans call him "the only active Hall of Famer in Major League Baseball."

"Yeah, I always get that on my Twitter," Leon said, smiling. "It is funny. Makes me feel good."

Leon went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and double in the Red Sox's 11-0 win over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

Immediately after homering, the tweets came:

THE ONLY ACTIVE HALL OF FAMER SANDY LEON MAKES IT 9-0 SOX IN THE BRONX — 3 STRAIGHT SUPER BOWLS (@PrimeBrady12) July 1, 2018

SANDY LEON THE ONLY ACTIVE HALL OF FAMER — Shayne (@Filieo_) July 1, 2018

SECOND DECK FOR THE ONLY ACTIVE HALL OF FAMER SANDY LEON! — Mark Harrison 🇪🇺 (@MarkIHarrison) July 1, 2018

THE ONLY ACTIVE HALL OF FAMER SANDY LEON — Max Antony (@CompadreMax) July 1, 2018

So where did the nickname originate? Presumably Barstool Sports' Jared Carrabis who seems to come up with most nicknames. He's the one who first called Travis Shaw "The Mayor of Ding Dong City," a nickname that continue even with Shaw now playing for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Carrabis even tweets out a Leon Hall of Fame plaque. It states, "Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 16, 2016, after going 2-4 with a three-run ding dong against the Yankees at Fenway Park. Leon became the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame prior to the conclusion of his playing career."

Leon never saw the plaque until MassLive.com showed him Thursday.

He smiled.

"The fans, they're all great," Leon said. "I like it. I like it. Since I got here. Boston has got great fans. They've got a lot of fans everywhere we go. Especially in Boston, people in Boston know me. So that's good."

In a way, it's like his hometown in Venezuela except bigger.

"Where I'm from it's like a little, little town so it's like I'm the only player in the big leagues from that town," Leon said. "I'm No. 2. So there was one years ago. He played only like a month and a half in the big leagues. He was a pitcher for the Padres."

Edwin Moreno made 19 relief appearances for the Padres in 2009.

"So when I go to my little town, they all know me," Leon said. "And then here, this is a big city and they know me, it makes me feel good. I mean, we work hard just to get here. People know."