baseball player with most ws mvp

Denny McLain and Lefty Grove are tied for winning the most games by an MVP in a season, with 31 wins.

Interpreted as:
baseball player with most ws mvp in a regular season
NAME W MVP SEASON TM L W% G GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Denny McLain
D. McLain
31
1
1968
DET DET
0
1.000
31
31
1.62
236
28
6
0
273.0
186
49
54
20
46
5
0
1
1,031
3
7.78
1.52
5.13
0.66
22.9
4.5
0.85
.229
1.78
6.13
2 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
31
1
1931
PHA PHA
0
1.000
31
27
1.80
144
25
4
0
255.1
212
51
69
8
59
1
4
1,021
1
5.08
2.08
2.44
0.28
14.1
5.8
1.06
.252
2.43
7.47
3 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
30
1
1934
SLN SLN
0
1.000
30
26
1.65
153
23
7
0
251.1
195
46
56
9
49
4
4
999
1
5.48
1.75
3.12
0.32
15.3
4.9
0.97
.237
2.01
6.98
4 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
29
1
1944
DET DET
0
1.000
29
25
1.82
156
24
6
0
242.2
194
49
52
5
57
1
4
956
3
5.79
2.11
2.74
0.19
16.3
6.0
1.03
.256
1.93
7.20
5 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
27
1
1956
BKN BKN
0
1.000
27
25
2.03
105
16
5
0
217.0
153
49
54
19
30
1
2
4
820
2
4.35
1.24
3.50
0.79
12.8
3.7
0.84
.202
2.24
6.35
6 Bucky Walters
B. Walters
27
1
1939
CIN CIN
0
1.000
27
27
1.75
102
26
2
0
246.1
177
48
58
9
78
3
0
965
4
3.73
2.85
1.31
0.33
10.6
8.1
1.04
.217
2.12
6.47
7 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
26
1
1936
NYG NYG
0
1.000
26
24
1.86
82
22
3
0
222.0
182
46
48
7
35
2
2
861
1
3.32
1.42
2.34
0.28
9.5
4.1
0.98
.238
1.95
7.38
8 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
25
1
1963
LAD LAD
0
1.000
25
25
0.86
205
20
11
0
220.2
120
21
23
7
35
2
0
0
821
2
8.36
1.43
5.86
0.29
25.0
4.3
0.70
.198
0.94
4.89
9 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
25
1
1945
DET DET
0
1.000
25
24
1.11
159
24
8
0
226.2
154
28
32
3
61
0
0
872
7
6.31
2.42
2.61
0.12
18.2
7.0
0.95
.233
1.27
6.11
10 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
24
1
2011
DET DET
0
1.000
24
24
1.67
185
3
2
0
183.1
107
34
37
17
37
3
0
0
681
5
9.08
1.82
5.00
0.83
27.2
5.4
0.79
.205
1.82
5.25
11 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
24
1
1986
BOS BOS
0
1.000
24
24
2.26
185
9
1
0
195.0
128
49
53
15
52
4
0
0
762
11
8.54
2.40
3.56
0.69
24.3
6.8
0.92
.223
2.45
5.91
12 Vida Blue
V. Blue
24
1
1971
OAK OAK
0
1.000
24
24
1.17
202
21
8
0
208.0
119
27
29
6
60
4
0
1
787
6
8.74
2.60
3.37
0.26
25.7
7.6
0.86
.219
1.25
5.15
13 Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
24
1
1952
PHA PHA
0
1.000
24
24
1.59
118
24
5
0
221.0
158
39
45
13
53
4
0
851
0
4.81
2.16
2.23
0.53
13.9
6.2
0.95
.219
1.83
6.43
14 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
23
1
1933
NYG NYG
0
1.000
23
20
0.71
109
19
10
0
203.1
141
16
19
2
27
2
3
764
2
4.82
1.20
4.04
0.09
14.3
3.5
0.83
.223
0.84
6.24
15 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
22
1
1968
STL STL
0
1.000
22
22
0.57
176
22
13
0
204.0
119
13
14
2
36
5
0
2
754
2
7.76
1.59
4.89
0.09
23.3
4.8
0.76
.219
0.62
5.25
16 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
22
1
1942
SLN SLN
0
1.000
22
22
0.81
101
20
10
0
200.2
115
18
27
4
34
4
0
742
4
4.53
1.52
2.97
0.18
13.6
4.6
0.74
.185
1.21
5.16
17 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
21
1
2014
LAD LAD
0
1.000
21
21
0.96
192
5
2
0
159.2
101
17
20
4
25
1
0
0
594
6
10.82
1.41
7.68
0.23
32.3
4.2
0.79
.261
1.13
5.69
18 Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
20
1
1943
NYY NYY
0
1.000
20
20
0.92
96
19
5
0
185.1
129
19
25
2
32
4
0
693
3
4.66
1.55
3.00
0.10
13.9
4.6
0.87
.227
1.21
6.26
19 Jim Konstanty
J. Konstanty
16
1
1950
PHN PHN
0
1.000
16
0
1.73
17
0
0
0
52.0
34
10
10
3
14
0
12
199
1
2.94
2.42
1.21
0.52
8.5
7.0
0.92
.188
1.73
5.88
20 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
10
1
2023
LAA LAA
0
1.000
10
10
2.57
73
1
1
0
66.2
33
19
20
9
25
7
0
0
256
5
9.86
3.38
2.92
1.21
28.5
9.8
0.87
.169
2.70
4.46
21 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
9
1
2021
LAA LAA
0
1.000
9
9
2.48
61
0
0
0
58.0
42
16
16
6
8
3
0
0
220
4
9.47
1.24
7.63
0.93
27.7
3.6
0.86
.254
2.48
6.52
22 Willie Hernandez
W. Hernandez
9
1
1984
DET DET
0
1.000
9
0
0.39
17
0
0
0
23.0
8
1
1
1
5
0
7
2
79
0
6.65
1.96
3.40
0.39
21.5
6.3
0.57
.125
0.39
3.13
23 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
7
1
1992
OAK OAK
0
1.000
7
0
2.70
15
0
0
0
10.0
8
3
3
1
4
0
7
2
41
0
13.50
3.60
3.75
0.90
36.6
9.8
1.20
.333
2.70
7.20
24 Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
6
1
1981
MIL MIL
0
1.000
6
0
1.46
8
0
0
0
12.1
9
2
2
1
1
0
6
0
45
1
5.84
0.73
8.00
0.73
17.8
2.2
0.81
.229
1.46
6.57
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HR

73

8th

R

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4th

SO

521

8th

ERA

3.13

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
40
21
.656
Guardians Guardians
32
26
.552
6.5
Twins Twins
32
27
.542
7.0
Royals Royals
31
29
.517
8.5
White Sox White Sox
18
42
.300
21.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/3
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
6/4
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Thu
6/5
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Fri
6/6
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
6/7
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Last Game
CWS White Sox

18 - 42

1

Final

13

DET Tigers

40 - 21

Mon 2 Jun 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
36
22
.621
Blue Jays Blue Jays
31
28
.525
5.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
40
21
.656
Guardians Guardians
32
26
.552
6.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
32
26
.552
Astros Astros
32
27
.542
0.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
38
22
.633
Phillies Phillies
36
23
.610
1.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
37
22
.627
Cardinals Cardinals
33
26
.559
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
36
24
.600
Padres Padres
34
24
.586
1.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/17
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
10-4
Sat
5/17
TBR TBR
@
MIA MIA
1-5
Sat
5/17
MIN MIN
@
MIL MIL
2-5
Sat
5/17
ATH ATH
@
SFG SFG
2-3
Sat
5/17
SEA SEA
@
SDP SDP
6-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/3
TEX TEX
@
TBR TBR
7:35 PM
Tue
6/3
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
6/3
KCR KCR
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Tue
6/3
BAL BAL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
6/3
SDP SDP
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM