1897 Total Bases Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Total Bases	Team	Rank
Nap Lajoie	310	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Willie Keeler	304	Baltimore Orioles	2
Ed Delahanty	285	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Fred Clarke	276	Louisville Colonels	4
Hugh Duffy	265	Boston Beaneaters	5
George Davis	264	New York Giants	6
Bobby Wallace	260	Cleveland Spiders	7
Jake Stenzel	258	Baltimore Orioles	8
Jimmy Collins	255	Boston Beaneaters	9
Joe Kelley	247	Baltimore Orioles	10
Jesse Burkett	246	Cleveland Spiders	11
Gene DeMontreville	245	Washington Senators	12
Duff Cooley	238	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Jimmy Ryan	238	Chicago Colts
Mike Tiernan	238	New York Giants
George Van Haltren	235	New York Giants	16
Chick Stahl	234	Boston Beaneaters	17
Candy LaChance	232	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	18
Bill Lange	230	Chicago Colts	19
John Anderson	224	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	20
Kip Selbach	224	Washington Senators
Mike Griffin	222	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	22
Perry Werden	217	Louisville Colonels	23
Elmer Smith	216	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Fred Tenney	213	Boston Beaneaters	25
Name	Total Bases	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.