fewest career games with an mvp

Dennis Eckersley and Roger Clemens were tied for the fewest games when winning the MVP award >0 times, with 0 games.

Interpreted as:
fewest career regular-season games with an mvp by a player
NAMEGMVPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0
1
2Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
1
3Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
4Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5Willie Hernandez
W. Hernandez
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
26
1
63
5
11
0
1
0
3
4
1
23
1
0
74
13
1
6
0
0
1
.175
.235
.206
.442
7Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
30
1
97
9
25
5
0
2
7
1
3
22
0
104
36
7
3
4
.258
.287
.371
.658
8Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
34
1
96
13
19
4
1
0
12
5
2
11
0
2
116
25
5
13
0
.198
.252
.260
.513
9Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
35
1
94
3
16
5
0
0
6
7
1
32
1
1
110
21
5
7
1
0
1
.170
.233
.223
.456
10Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
37
1
103
6
19
1
0
0
7
3
0
21
0
113
20
1
7
0
.184
.208
.194
.402
11Vida Blue
V. Blue
39
1
102
6
12
1
0
0
2
4
2
63
0
1
121
13
1
13
0
0
0
.118
.167
.127
.294
12Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
40
1
110
3
7
0
0
1
7
6
0
51
0
0
124
10
1
7
1
0
2
.064
.111
.091
.202
13Bucky Walters
B. Walters
40
1
120
16
39
8
1
1
16
5
1
12
1
131
52
10
5
2
.325
.357
.433
.790
14Lefty Grove
L. Grove
41
1
115
8
23
3
0
0
12
3
0
48
0
122
26
3
4
.200
.220
.226
.446
15Denny McLain
D. McLain
44
1
111
7
18
1
1
0
4
1
0
37
0
0
128
21
2
16
0
0
1
.162
.170
.189
.359
16Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
51
1
118
15
29
3
1
2
9
1
0
15
1
125
40
6
6
.246
.252
.339
.591
17Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
52
1
111
13
26
6
0
2
16
12
1
18
1
0
128
38
8
3
1
0
4
.234
.312
.342
.654
18José Abreu
J. Abreu
60
1
240
43
76
15
0
19
60
18
3
59
0
0
262
148
34
0
1
1
10
.317
.370
.617
.987
19Freddie Freeman
F. Freeman
60
1
214
51
73
23
1
13
53
45
3
37
2
0
262
137
37
0
0
7
6
.341
.462
.640
1.102
20Jim Konstanty
J. Konstanty
74
1
37
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
13
0
39
4
0
2
1
.108
.108
.108
.216
21Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
87
2
229
18
57
9
1
0
22
13
0
22
1
256
68
10
14
6
.249
.289
.297
.586
22Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
87
2
219
15
45
3
1
1
20
5
0
32
0
239
53
5
15
.205
.223
.242
.465
23Jeff Bagwell
J. Bagwell
110
1
400
104
147
32
2
39
116
65
4
65
15
4
479
300
73
0
10
14
12
.368
.451
.750
1.201
24Gabby Hartnett
G. Hartnett
116
1
413
67
142
32
6
13
91
41
1
46
1
461
225
51
6
.344
.404
.545
.949
25George Brett
G. Brett
117
1
449
87
175
33
9
24
118
58
1
22
15
6
515
298
66
0
7
16
11
.390
.454
.664
1.118
StatMuse has game-level data for MVP awards and games going back to the 1908 season.
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