1897 Wins Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Wins	Team	Rank
Kid Nichols	31	Boston Beaneaters	1
Amos Rusie	28	New York Giants	2
Fred Klobedanz	26	Boston Beaneaters	3
Joe Corbett	24	Baltimore Orioles	4
Ted Breitenstein	23	Cincinnati Reds	5
Bill Hoffer	22	Baltimore Orioles	6
Clark Griffith	21	Chicago Colts	7
Ted Lewis	21	Boston Beaneaters
Billy Rhines	21	Cincinnati Reds
Cy Young	21	Cleveland Spiders
Jouett Meekin	20	New York Giants	11
Win Mercer	20	Washington Senators
Jerry Nops	20	Baltimore Orioles
Frank Dwyer	18	Cincinnati Reds	14
Pink Hawley	18	Pittsburgh Pirates
Brickyard Kennedy	18	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Arlie Pond	18	Baltimore Orioles
Cy Seymour	18	New York Giants
Frank Killen	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Jack Taylor	16	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Zeke Wilson	16	Cleveland Spiders
Chick Fraser	15	Louisville Colonels	22
Doc McJames	15	Washington Senators
Jack Powell	15	Cleveland Spiders
Bert Cunningham	14	Louisville Colonels	25
Name	Wins	Team	Rank

	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. 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.