Doubles : 1897 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1897 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

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  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).