1974 All-Star Game

The 1974 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 23, 1974. The National League won the forty-fifth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 2. The game was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA in front of 50,706 fans. The MVP was Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Dick Williams and coaches Whitey Herzog Jack McKeon and Earl Weaver.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	1B	Fan's Selection
Sal Bando	Oakland Athletics	3B		replaced due to injury
Jeff Burroughs	Texas Rangers	OF	Fan's Selection
Steve Busby	Kansas City Royals	P		did not play
Bert Campaneris	Oakland Athletics	SS	Fan's Selection
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	2B	Fan's Selection
Dave Chalk	California Angels	SS
Mike Cuellar	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Rollie Fingers	Oakland Athletics	P
Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	C	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Bobby Grich	Baltimore Orioles	2B
George Hendrick	Cleveland Indians	OF
Ed Herrmann	Chicago White Sox	C		did not play
John Hiller	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	P
Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	OF	Fan's Selection
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
John Mayberry	Kansas City Royals	1B
Don Money	Milwaukee Brewers	3B		did not play
Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C
Bobby Murcer	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Gaylord Perry	Cleveland Indians	P	Fan's Selection
Darrell Porter	Milwaukee Brewers	C		did not play
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B	Fan's Selection
Frank Robinson	California Angels	OF
Cookie Rojas	Kansas City Royals	2B		did not play
Joe Rudi	Oakland Athletics	OF
Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	C		did not play
Luis Tiant	Boston Red Sox	P
Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	1B

National League

The National League team was led by manager Yogi Berra and coaches Sparky Anderson and Red Schoendienst.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	OF	Fan's Selection
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	Fan's Selection
Ken Brett	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Buzz Capra	Atlanta Braves	P		did not play
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	2B
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	OF
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B	Fan's Selection
Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	OF
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Fan's Selection
Jerry Grote	New York Mets	C
Johnny Grubb	San Diego Padres	OF
Don Kessinger	Chicago Cubs	SS
Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Jon Matlack	New York Mets	P
Lynn McGlothen	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Fan's Selection
Tony Perez	Cincinnati Reds	1B
Steve Rogers	Montreal Expos	P		did not play
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	C		did not play
Reggie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Chris Speier	San Francisco Giants	SS		did not play
Jimmy Wynn	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection

The Game

Starting Lineups

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

Line Score

July 23, 1974 at Three Rivers Stadium (50706), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
National	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2		7	10	1

Pitchers

American: Gaylord Perry - Luis Tiant (L) - Catfish Hunter - Rollie Fingers

National: Andy Messersmith - Ken Brett (W) - Jon Matlack - Lynn McGlothen - Mike Marshall

Home Runs

American: None

National: Reggie Smith (7th)

Umpires

HP: Ed Sudol, 1B: Art Frantz, 2B: Ed Vargo, 3B: Merlyn Anthony, LF: John Kibler, RF: George Maloney