1897 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Willie Keeler	.424 (.42376)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Fred Clarke	.390 (.38996)	Louisville Colonels	2
Jesse Burkett	.383 (.38298)	Cleveland Spiders	3
Ed Delahanty	.377 (.37736)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Joe Kelley	.362 (.36238)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Nap Lajoie	.361 (.36147)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Hughie Jennings	.355 (.35535)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Jack Doyle	.354 (.35435)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Chick Stahl	.354 (.35394)	Boston Beaneaters	9
Jake Stenzel	.353 (.35261)	Baltimore Orioles	10
George Davis	.353 (.35260)	New York Giants	11
Jimmy Collins	.346 (.34594)	Boston Beaneaters	12
Billy Hamilton	.343 (.34320)	Boston Beaneaters	13
Gene DeMontreville	.341 (.34099)	Washington Senators	14
Bill Lange	.340 (.34029)	Chicago Colts	15
Hugh Duffy	.340 (.34000)	Boston Beaneaters	16
Cupid Childs	.338 (.33784)	Cleveland Spiders	17
Bobby Wallace	.335 (.33527)	Cleveland Spiders	18
Tommy Tucker	.333 (.33333)	Boston Beaneaters	19
		Washington Senators
Jake Beckley	.330 (.33025)	New York Giants	20
		Cincinnati Reds
George Van Haltren	.330 (.32979)	New York Giants	21
Mike Tiernan	.330 (.32955)	New York Giants	22
Klondike Douglass	.329 (.32946)	St. Louis Browns	23
Duff Cooley	.329 (.32862)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
John Anderson	.325 (.32520)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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). Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.