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1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1974 American baseball competition

Field	Value
image	1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game logo.png
image_size	175
year	1974
visitor	American League
top1	0
top2	0
top3	2
top4	0
top5	0
top6	0
top7	0
top8	0
top9	0
visitor_r	2
visitor_h	4
visitor_e	1
home	National League
bot1	0
bot2	1
bot3	0
bot4	2
bot5	1
bot6	0
bot7	1
bot8	2
bot9	x
home_r	7
home_h	10
home_e	1
date	July 23, 1974
venue	Three Rivers Stadium
city	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
VisitorManager	Dick Williams
VisitorManagerTeam	CAL
HomeManager	Yogi Berra
HomeManagerTeam	NYM
MVP	Steve Garvey
MVPTeam	LA
television	NBC
tv_announcers	Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek
radio	NBC
radio_announcers	Jim Simpson and Maury Wills
attendance	50,706
firstpitch	John W. Galbreath

The 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 45th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 23, 1974, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7–2.

This marked the third time the Pirates had been host for the All-Star Game (the first two having been in 1944 and the first game in 1959). This would be the first of two times that the game would be played at Three Rivers Stadium, with the stadium hosting again in 1994.

American League roster

The American League roster included 11 future Hall of Fame players, denoted in italics.

Elected starters

Position		width="115"	Player		width="150"	Team		width="200"	Notes
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
OF
OF

Pitchers

Throws		width="115"	Pitcher		width="150"	Team		width="200"	Notes
RH
RH
RH
LH
RH
RH
RH
LH

Reserve position players

Position		width="115"	Player		width="150"	Team		width="200"	Notes
C
C
C
C
1B
1B
2B
2B
3B
3B
3B
OF
OF
OF
OF

Coaching staff

Position		width="115"	Manager		width="150"	Team
Manager
Coach
Coach
Coach

National League roster

The National League roster included 7 future Hall of Fame players, denoted in italics.

Elected starters

Position		width="115"	Player		width="150"	Team		width="150"	Notes
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
OF
OF

Pitchers

Throws		width="115"	Pitcher		width="150"	Team		width="150"	Notes
LH
RH
LH
RH
LH
RH
RH
RH

Reserve position players

Position		width="115"	Player		width="150"	Team		width="150"	Notes
C
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
SS
OF
OF
OF
OF
OF

Coaching staff

Position		width="115"	Manager		width="150"	Team
Manager
Coach
Coach

Starting lineups

While the starters were elected by the fans, the batting orders and starting pitchers were selected by the managers.

American League	National League	Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player	Team
1	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	2B	1	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	LF
2	Bert Campaneris	Oakland Athletics	SS	2	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	2B
	3	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	RF	3	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	RF
4	Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	1B	4	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C
5	Bobby Murcer	New York Yankees	CF	5	Jimmy Wynn	Los Angeles Dodgers	CF
6	Jeff Burroughs	Texas Rangers	LF	6	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B
7	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B	7	Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B
8	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C	8	Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies	SS
9	Gaylord Perry	Cleveland Indians	P	9	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	P

Umpires

Position	Umpire
Home Plate	Ed Sudol (NL)
First Base	Art Frantz (AL)
Second Base	Ed Vargo (NL)
Third Base	Merle Anthony (AL)
Left Field	John Kibler (NL)
Right Field	George Maloney (AL)

Scoring summary

The National League took a 1–0 lead in the bottom of the second off of AL starter Gaylord Perry. With two outs, Steve Garvey singled, and then scored on Ron Cey's double.

The American League responded immediately, scoring twice off of NL starter Andy Messersmith in the top of the third inning. Thurman Munson led off with a double to open the inning, and advanced to third base on a successful sacrifice bunt by Gaylord Perry. Rod Carew walked. The next batter, Bert Campaneris, struck out as Carew stole second base. Carew immediately advanced to third base on the throwing error by NL catcher Johnny Bench, which also allowed Munson to score. Reggie Jackson walked. Dick Allen singled sending Jackson to second base, and scoring Carew. This ended the scoring for the American League.

The NL retook the lead with a two-run bottom of the fourth inning off of AL relief pitcher, Luis Tiant. Johnny Bench led off with a single, and advanced to third base when Jimmy Wynn singled in the next at-bat. Steve Garvey doubled, scoring Bench, and sending Wynn to third base. Ron Cey grounded out, permitting Garvey to advance to third base and scoring Wynn.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, the NL added an unearned run. Pinch hitter Lou Brock singled. With Joe Morgan batting, Brock stole second base, and advanced to third base on a throwing error by AL catcher Thurman Munson. Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to the outfield, permitting Brock to tag up and score from third base, and extend the NL lead to 4–2.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, with Catfish Hunter in his second inning of relief pitching for the AL, Reggie Smith led off with a home run to push the NL lead to 5–2.

The NL closed out the game's scoring in the bottom of the eighth inning facing the new AL relief pitcher, Rollie Fingers. With one out, Mike Schmidt walked, and then scored on Don Kessinger's triple. With Mike Marshall batting, Kessinger scored when Fingers threw a wild pitch. The final two runs brought the final score to 7–2.

Line score

Game notes and records

Ken Brett was credited with the win. Luis Tiant was credited with the loss.

Dick Williams was manager of the American League squad by virtue of having been manager of the 1973 American League Champion Oakland Athletics. Williams left the team after the season, and was signed to manage the California Angels.

Steve Garvey's name was omitted from the ballots given to fans. He was elected to the NL squad by virtue of a successful write-in campaign.

References

''Total Baseball, 5th ed.'', 1997, Viking Press, Thorn, John et al. ed, p. 254
[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1974as.shtml ''1974 All-Star Game''], baseball-almanac.com; accessed 1 November 2008
[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1974 ''All-Star Results – 1974''], @mlb.com; accessed 1 November 2008
[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/07231974.shtml ''All-Star Game Box Score – 1974''], @mlb.com; accessed 2 November 2008
[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/1974_all_star_game_play_by_play.shtml ''1974 All-Star Game Play-by-Play''], @baseball-almanac.com; accessed 2 November 2008

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