1897 Doubles Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Doubles	Team	Rank
Jake Stenzel	43	Baltimore Orioles	1
Ed Delahanty	40	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Nap Lajoie	40	Philadelphia Phillies
Jimmy Ryan	33	Chicago Colts	4
Bobby Wallace	33	Cleveland Spiders
Herman Long	32	Boston Beaneaters	6
Billy Shindle	32	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
George Davis	31	New York Giants	8
Joe Kelley	31	Baltimore Orioles
Fred Clarke	30	Louisville Colonels	10
Tommy Corcoran	30	Cincinnati Reds
Chick Stahl	30	Boston Beaneaters
Jack Doyle	29	Baltimore Orioles	13
Mike Tiernan	29	New York Giants
John Anderson	28	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	15
Jesse Burkett	28	Cleveland Spiders
Jimmy Collins	28	Boston Beaneaters
Candy LaChance	28	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Gene DeMontreville	27	Washington Senators	19
Willie Keeler	27	Baltimore Orioles
Dusty Miller	27	Cincinnati Reds
Charlie Irwin	26	Cincinnati Reds	22
Hughie Jennings	26	Baltimore Orioles
Hugh Duffy	25	Boston Beaneaters	24
Mike Griffin	25	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Name	Doubles	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five. Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).