1917 Doubles Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Doubles	Team	Rank
Heinie Groh	39	Cincinnati Reds	1
Fred Merkle	31	Brooklyn Robins	2
		Chicago Cubs
Red Smith	31	Boston Braves
Gavvy Cravath	29	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Hal Chase	28	Cincinnati Reds	5
Dode Paskert	27	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Milt Stock	27	Philadelphia Phillies
Doug Baird	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
		St. Louis Cardinals
George Burns	25	New York Giants
Art Fletcher	24	New York Giants	10
Rogers Hornsby	24	St. Louis Cardinals
Fred Luderus	24	Philadelphia Phillies
Possum Whitted	24	Philadelphia Phillies
Casey Stengel	23	Brooklyn Robins	14
Dave Bancroft	22	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Benny Kauff	22	New York Giants
Cy Williams	22	Chicago Cubs
Heinie Zimmerman	22	New York Giants
Max Carey	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Gene Paulette	21	St. Louis Cardinals
Walton Cruise	20	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Larry Doyle	19	Chicago Cubs	22
Ed Konetchy	19	Boston Braves
Larry Kopf	19	Cincinnati Reds
Les Mann	19	Chicago Cubs
Name	Doubles	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.