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

	NAME	G	MVP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	0	1
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	0	1
3	Justin 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
4	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Clayton 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
7	Spud 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
8	Bobby 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
9	Bob 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
10	Mort 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
11	Vida 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
12	Sandy 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
13	Bucky 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
14	Lefty Grove L. Grove	41	1	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	3	0	48	0		122	26	3	4				.200	.220	.226	.446
15	Denny 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
16	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	51	1	118	15	29	3	1	2	9	1	0	15	1		125	40	6	6				.246	.252	.339	.591
17	Don 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
18	José 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
19	Freddie 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
20	Jim 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
21	Hal 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
22	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	87	2	219	15	45	3	1	1	20	5	0	32	0		239	53	5	15				.205	.223	.242	.465
23	Jeff 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
24	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	116	1	413	67	142	32	6	13	91	41	1	46	1		461	225	51	6				.344	.404	.545	.949
25	George 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