Today In Mets History: 1975- Seaver K's 200 Batters a Record 8 Straight Seasons

September 1, 1975: Tonight Tom Seaver set another record by striking out 10 Pirates in front of 45, 000 at Shea Stadium. The strikeouts put him over the 200 strike out mark for the 8th straight season. In the 1975 season Seaver would again lead the league in strikeouts with 243. It was the 4th time he topped the NL, doing it in 1970, 1971, 1973 & 1975. He would do it one final time the next season, 1976. Tonight's victory was also the 20th of the season for Tom Terrific. It was the fourth time he reached that milestone. He would end up leading the league in victories going 22-9 with the 3rd best ERA in the league at 2.38 and winning his 3rd Cy Young Award. Seaver was spectacular tonight, as he pitched the complete game shut out. Only allowing four hits and one walk.

The game was a big one not only because Tom Terrific was setting a record, but the Mets were in a pennant race. The Mets were in 3rd place at the time only 4 games behind these 1st place Pirates. Tonight they beat native New Yorker, rookie John Candelaria putting him at 7-5.

In the Mets 1st rookie Mike Vail hit his 1st career HR, putting the Mets up 1-0. In the 6th Felix Millan led off with a single and scored on a Rusty Staub double. Joe Torre drove home Staub to put the Mets up 3-0, getting the win for interim manager Roy McMillan.