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45th All-Star Game: Garvey goes from write-in vote to MVP

National League 7, American League 2

July 23, 1974, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh

Starting pitchers: Gaylord Perry, Indians; Andy Messersmith, Dodgers.

Managers: Dick Williams, Angels; Yogi Berra, Mets.

MVP: Steve Garvey, Dodgers.

Highlight: Would anyone be shocked to know Berra did something unconventional? He used five pitchers — Messersmith, the Pirates’ Ken Brett, the Mets’ Jon Matlack, the Cardinals’ Lynn McGlothen and the Dodgers’ Mike Marshall — who had never appeared in an All-Star Game. They went out and limited the AL to four hits.