1897 Stolen Bases Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank
Bill Lange	73	Chicago Colts	1
Jake Stenzel	69	Baltimore Orioles	2
Billy Hamilton	66	Boston Beaneaters	3
George Davis	65	New York Giants	4
Willie Keeler	64	Baltimore Orioles	5
Jack Doyle	62	Baltimore Orioles	6
Hughie Jennings	60	Baltimore Orioles	7
Fred Clarke	57	Louisville Colonels	8
George Van Haltren	50	New York Giants	9
Fielder Jones	48	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	10
Kip Selbach	46	Washington Senators	11
Joe Kelley	44	Baltimore Orioles	12
Barry McCormick	44	Chicago Colts
John McGraw	44	Baltimore Orioles
Kid Gleason	43	New York Giants	15
Tommy Dowd	41	St. Louis Browns	16
		Philadelphia Phillies
Hugh Duffy	41	Boston Beaneaters
Mike Tiernan	40	New York Giants	18
Monte Cross	38	St. Louis Browns	19
Ollie Pickering	38	Louisville Colonels
		Cleveland Spiders
Dummy Hoy	37	Cincinnati Reds	21
Patsy Donovan	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Fred Tenney	34	Boston Beaneaters
Bill Joyce	33	New York Giants	24
Duff Cooley	31	Philadelphia Phillies	25
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank

	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. 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).