1897 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Hugh Duffy	11	Boston Beaneaters	1
George Davis	10	New York Giants	2
Nap Lajoie	9	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Jake Beckley	8	New York Giants	4
		Cincinnati Reds
Mike Grady	7	Philadelphia Phillies	5
		St. Louis Browns
General Stafford	7	New York Giants
		Louisville Colonels
Fred Clarke	6	Louisville Colonels	7
Jack Clements	6	Philadelphia Phillies
Jimmy Collins	6	Boston Beaneaters
Bill Dahlen	6	Chicago Colts
Klondike Douglass	6	St. Louis Browns
Elmer Smith	6	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tom Brown	5	Washington Senators	13
George Decker	5	Chicago Colts
Ed Delahanty	5	Philadelphia Phillies
Bill Everitt	5	Chicago Colts
Joe Kelley	5	Baltimore Orioles
Bill Lange	5	Chicago Colts
Bobby Lowe	5	Boston Beaneaters
Tom McCreery	5	Louisville Colonels
		New York Giants
Jimmy Ryan	5	Chicago Colts
Kip Selbach	5	Washington Senators
Frank Shugart	5	Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Tiernan	5	New York Giants
Tommy Tucker	5	Boston Beaneaters
		Washington Senators
Name	Home Runs	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.