{"id":107347,"date":"2025-09-16T17:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=107347"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:11:50","slug":"50-years-ago-pirates-rennie-stennett-went-7-for-7-setting-modern-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/09\/16\/50-years-ago-pirates-rennie-stennett-went-7-for-7-setting-modern-record\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Ago: Rennie Stennett Went 7-for-7, Setting Modern Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 16, 1975, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett<\/a> had a day to remember, going 7-for-7 at Wrigley Field. In doing so, he set a modern-day major league record for most hits in a nine-inning game during the Pirates\u2019 22-0 rout over the Chicago Cubs, also a major league record for the largest margin of victory in a shutout. Sevens were wild, as the victory reduced the Pirates\u2019 magic number for clinching the National League Division to seven. Every Pirate in the starting lineup got at least one hit and one RBI and scored at least one run. That included pitcher John Candelaria<\/a>, who, with two relievers, held the Cubs to three hits, or four fewer than Stennett. But the big story, of course, was Stennett, even if he didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

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Jun 4, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A cap shoes and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third base Ke’Bryan Hayes on the field before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

50 Years Ago, Pirates 2B Rennie Stennett Went 7-for-7<\/h2>\n

\u201cI just want to forget about today and get back to playing my kind of baseball\u201d was Stennett\u2019s curious comment to Bob Smizik of The Pittsburgh Press<\/em>. Seven hits in a game wasn\u2019t his kind of baseball?<\/p>\n

Stennett further explained that he didn\u2019t think about records \u2013 until he did. \u201cI don\u2019t think about records,\u201d he told Smizik. \u201cIt\u2019s great that I got it, but I never thought about it. . . When I came up in the eighth inning, I was thinking about [the Cubs\u2019 Bill] Madlock<\/a>\u2019s record. I knew he has six and I wanted to break that record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh<\/a> told Associated Press, \u201cIt\u2019s tough enough to get to the plate seven times in a game, let alone get seven hits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We remember Rennie Stennett – @Pirates<\/a> 1971-79; @SFGiants<\/a> 1980-81. Became only @MLB<\/a> player to collect 7 hits in a 9-inning game on 9\/16\/75 at Wrigley Field. “Rennie symbolized what it meant to be a Pittsburgh Pirate,” said team president Travis Williams. #RestInPeace<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JmbQoG93e2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Baseball Digest (@BaseballDigest) May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n