1897 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Willie Keeler	239	Baltimore Orioles	1
Fred Clarke	202	Louisville Colonels	2
Ed Delahanty	200	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Jesse Burkett	198	Cleveland Spiders	4
Nap Lajoie	197	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Gene DeMontreville	193	Washington Senators	6
Jake Stenzel	189	Baltimore Orioles	7
Hugh Duffy	187	Boston Beaneaters	8
Duff Cooley	186	Philadelphia Phillies	9
George Van Haltren	186	New York Giants
Jimmy Collins	183	Boston Beaneaters	11
George Davis	183	New York Giants
Joe Kelley	183	Baltimore Orioles
Fred Tenney	180	Boston Beaneaters	14
Billy Hamilton	174	Boston Beaneaters	15
Mike Tiernan	174	New York Giants
Bobby Wallace	173	Cleveland Spiders	17
Kid Gleason	172	New York Giants	18
Fielder Jones	172	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Klondike Douglass	170	St. Louis Browns	20
Mike Griffin	169	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	21
Chick Stahl	166	Boston Beaneaters	22
Jack Doyle	163	Baltimore Orioles	23
Bill Lange	163	Chicago Colts
John Anderson	160	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	25
Name	Hits	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. 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). 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.