The most one-sided shutout in modern major league history saw the Pirates crush the Cubs, 22-0, in a game which Rennie Stennett set one modern record and tied another. Stennett collected four singles, two doubles and a triple to become the only player with seven hits in a nine-inning game since Wilbert Robertson accomplished the feat with the old Baltimore Orioles June 10, 1892. The record for most hits in an overtime contest is nine by Johnny Burnett of the Indians in 18 innings July 10, 1932.

Stennett also became the fourth player with two hits in one inning twice in one game. The second baseman singled and doubled in the first inning during a nine-run outburst by the Pirates and then singled and doubled again in the fifth when the Pirates went on a six-run spree. The Pirates' 22-0 margin was three runs better than the previous modern N. L. record and one run more than the modern major league mark of 21-0 set by the Tigers against the Indians September 15, 1901, and equaled by the Yankees against the old Philadelphia Athletics August 13, 1939. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 22, Chicago Cubs 0
Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Pirates      9  0  2    1  6  2    2  0  0  -  22 24  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  3


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           7   5   7   2     0   0   .287      Kessinger 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .239
  Randolph pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Dunn 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .159
Hebner 3b             7   3   2   3     0   2   .253      Tyrone lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Oliver cf             4   2   1   1     2   1   .283      Morales cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .266
  Dilone cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaCock rf,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Stargell 1b           4   2   3   3     0   0   .297      Cardenal rf           2   0   1   0     0   1   .321
  Robertson 1b        3   1   1   0     0   0   .269        Harris cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Parker rf             4   3   2   5     1   0   .311      Thornton 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Zisk lf               5   2   2   1     2   1   .288        P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sanguillen c          5   2   2   1     1   0   .334      Trillo 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .237
  Brett p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Sperring 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Taveras ss            6   1   3   3     0   0   .213      Rosello ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Candelaria p          5   1   1   2     0   1   .146      R. Reuschel p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Ott ph,c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dettore p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                            Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Summers rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               53  22  24  21     6   5             Totals               30   0   3   0     0   7

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  4,932
Left on Base: Pirates 12, Cubs 3
DP: Pirates 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Dunn, Rosello, Dettore
Doubles: Stennett 2 (24)
Triples: Stennett (6)
Home Runs: Hebner (15), Parker (24)
Sacrifice Flies: Parker (1)
Hit by Pitch: Parker (5,by Dettore)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria W(8-5)       7     3   0   0   0   5   0  24   2.80
Brett                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.19
Hernandez               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.85
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   7   0  30

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel L(10-16)    0.1   6   8   8   2   0   0   9   3.83
Dettore                 3.2   7   8   7   2   1   1  22   5.29
Zamora                  1     4   2   2   0   2   1   7   5.07
Schultz                 2     6   4   2   1   2   0  14   6.35
P. Reuschel             2     1   0   0   1   0   0   9   2.67
Totals                  9    24  22  18*  6   5   2  61

Hit by Pitch: Dettore (9)
Wild Pitches: Dettore (5)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Doug Harvey


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett doubled to right; Hebner singled to center
[Stennett scored]; Oliver walked [Hebner to second]; Stargell
singled to right [Hebner scored, Oliver to third]; Parker hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Oliver scored]; Zisk singled to center
[Stargell to third]; Sanguillen walked [Zisk to second]; Taveras
singled to center [Stargell scored, Zisk to third, Sanguillen to
second]; Candelaria singled to center [Zisk scored, Sanguillen
scored, Taveras to third]; DETTORE REPLACED R. REUSCHEL
(PITCHING); Stennett singled to right [Taveras scored,
Candelaria to third]; Dettore threw a wild pitch [Candelaria
scored, Stennett to second]; Hebner grounded out (first
unassisted) [Stennett stayed at second]; Oliver walked; Stargell
singled to center [Stennett scored, Oliver to third]; Parker
grounded out (first unassisted); 9 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
9, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Tyrone flied
out to center; Morales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 9, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk struck out; Sanguillen flied out to left;
Taveras flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 9,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal singled to left; Thornton flied out to right;
Trillo was called out on strikes; Mitterwald forced Cardenal
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Candelaria grounded out (pitcher to first);
Stennett singled to center; Hebner homered [Stennett scored];
Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Rosello flied out to left; Dettore was called out on
strikes; Kessinger popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 11, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker was hit by a pitch; Zisk walked [Parker to
second]; Sanguillen forced Zisk (second to shortstop) [Parker to
third]; Taveras forced Sanguillen (shortstop to second) [Parker
scored]; Candelaria grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 12, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Tyrone made an out to shortstop; Morales flied out to
left; Cardenal was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 12, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett doubled to left; Hebner reached on an
error by Dettore [Stennett to third, Hebner to first]; Oliver
singled to right [Stennett scored, Hebner to third]; Stargell
singled to right [Hebner scored (unearned), Oliver to third];
ZAMORA REPLACED DETTORE (PITCHING); Parker homered [Oliver
scored, Stargell scored]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sanguillen singled to center; Taveras singled to center
[Sanguillen to second]; Candelaria struck out; Stennett singled
to right [Sanguillen scored (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher), Taveras to third]; Hebner struck out; 6 R (5 ER), 7 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING 1B); Thornton
singled to left; Trillo forced Thornton (third to second);
Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory; Rosello singled
to left [Trillo to second]; HOSLEY BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Hosley
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 6TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED HOSLEY (PITCHING); SPERRING
REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING 2B); Oliver struck out; Robertson
popped to second; Parker reached on an error by Rosello [Parker
to first]; Zisk walked [Parker to second]; Sanguillen singled to
right [Parker scored (unearned), Zisk to third]; Taveras singled
to right [Zisk scored (unearned), Sanguillen to second];
Candelaria grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Pirates 20, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger struck out; Tyrone grounded out (third to
first); Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 20, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 7TH: DUNN REPLACED KESSINGER (PLAYING 3B); LACOCK
REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING RF); HARRIS REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING
CF); Stennett singled to center; Hebner struck out; Oliver
popped to second; Robertson singled to left [Stennett to
second]; Parker singled to left [Stennett scored, Robertson to
second]; Zisk singled to center [Robertson scored, Parker to
second]; Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Harris popped to first in foul territory; Thornton
flied out to left; Sperring popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 8TH: SUMMERS REPLACED SCHULTZ (PLAYING RF); LACOCK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); P. REUSCHEL REPLACED THORNTON
(PITCHING); Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); OTT BATTED
FOR CANDELARIA; Ott grounded out (second to first); Stennett
tripled to right; Rennie Stennett's seventh hit of the
game; RANDOLPH RAN FOR STENNETT; Hebner flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: OTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DILONE REPLACED
OLIVER (PLAYING CF); RANDOLPH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRETT
REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PITCHING); Mitterwald struck out; Rosello
was called out on strikes; Summers flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Dilone reached on an error by Dunn [Dilone to
first]; Robertson flied out to center; Parker walked [Dilone to
second]; Zisk flied out to center; Brett flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.

CUBS 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Dunn flied out to
right; Tyrone flied out to center; LaCock grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 22, Cubs 0.