least amount of games played by a nl mvp

Clayton Kershaw has the fewest games by an NL MVP in a season, with 26 games in 2014.

Interpreted as:
least amount of games played by a nl mvp in a regular season by a player
NAME G NLMVP SEASON TM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
26
1
2014
LAD LAD
63
5
11
0
1
0
3
4
1
23
1
0
74
13
1
6
0
0
1
.175
.235
.206
.442
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
35
1
1968
STL STL
94
3
16
5
0
0
6
7
1
32
1
1
110
21
5
7
1
0
1
.170
.233
.223
.456
3 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
37
1
1942
SLN SLN
103
6
19
1
0
0
7
3
0
21
0
113
20
1
7
0
.184
.208
.194
.402
4 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
40
1
1963
LAD LAD
110
3
7
0
0
1
7
6
0
51
0
0
124
10
1
7
1
0
2
.064
.111
.091
.202
5 Bucky Walters
B. Walters
40
1
1939
CIN CIN
120
16
39
8
1
1
16
5
1
12
1
131
52
10
5
2
.325
.357
.433
.790
6 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
42
1
1936
NYG NYG
110
9
25
1
0
0
8
3
0
14
0
123
26
1
10
.227
.248
.236
.484
7 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
45
1
1933
NYG NYG
109
6
20
2
1
1
12
2
0
18
0
116
27
4
5
.183
.198
.248
.446
8 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
51
1
1934
SLN SLN
118
15
29
3
1
2
9
1
0
15
1
125
40
6
6
.246
.252
.339
.591
9 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
52
1
1956
BKN BKN
111
13
26
6
0
2
16
12
1
18
1
0
128
38
8
3
1
0
4
.234
.312
.342
.654
10 Freddie Freeman
F. Freeman
60
1
2020
ATL ATL
214
51
73
23
1
13
53
45
3
37
2
0
262
137
37
0
0
7
6
.341
.462
.640
1.102
11 Jim Konstanty
J. Konstanty
74
1
1950
PHN PHN
37
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
13
0
39
4
0
2
1
.108
.108
.108
.216
12 Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
102
1
1981
PHI PHI
354
78
112
19
2
31
91
73
4
71
12
4
434
228
52
0
3
18
9
.316
.435
.644
1.080
13 Jeff Bagwell
J. Bagwell
110
1
1994
HOU HOU
400
104
147
32
2
39
116
65
4
65
15
4
479
300
73
0
10
14
12
.368
.451
.750
1.201
14 Gabby Hartnett
G. Hartnett
116
1
1935
CHC CHC
413
67
142
32
6
13
91
41
1
46
1
461
225
51
6
.344
.404
.545
.949
15 Roy Campanella
R. Campanella
123
1
1955
BKN BKN
446
81
142
20
1
32
107
56
6
41
2
3
522
260
53
5
9
9
14
.318
.395
.583
.978
16 Willie Stargell
W. Stargell
126
1
1979
PIT PIT
424
60
119
19
0
32
82
47
3
105
0
1
480
234
51
0
6
12
10
.281
.352
.552
.904
17 Ernie Lombardi
E. Lombardi
129
1
1938
CIN CIN
489
60
167
30
1
19
95
40
0
14
0
529
256
50
0
.342
.391
.524
.915
18 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
130
1
2003
SFG SFG
390
111
133
22
1
45
90
148
10
58
7
0
550
292
68
0
2
61
7
.341
.529
.749
1.278
19 Barry Larkin
B. Larkin
131
1
1995
CIN CIN
496
98
158
29
6
15
66
61
3
49
51
5
567
244
50
3
4
2
6
.319
.394
.492
.886
20 Frankie Frisch
F. Frisch
131
1
1931
SLN SLN
518
96
161
24
4
4
82
45
2
13
28
570
205
32
5
.311
.368
.396
.764
21 Phil Cavarretta
P. Cavarretta
132
1
1945
CHC CHC
498
94
177
34
10
6
97
81
4
34
5
586
249
50
3
6
.355
.449
.500
.949
22 Dick Groat
D. Groat
138
1
1960
PIT PIT
573
85
186
26
4
2
50
39
4
35
0
3
629
226
32
12
1
0
8
.325
.371
.394
.766
23 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
140
1
1992
PIT PIT
473
109
147
36
5
34
103
127
5
69
39
8
612
295
75
0
7
32
9
.311
.456
.624
1.080
24 Bryce Harper
B. Harper
141
1
2021
PHI PHI
488
101
151
42
1
35
84
100
5
134
13
3
599
300
78
2
4
14
12
.309
.429
.615
1.044
25 Joe Morgan
J. Morgan
141
1
1976
CIN CIN
472
113
151
30
5
27
111
114
1
41
60
9
599
272
62
0
12
8
2
.320
.444
.576
1.020
StatMuse has game-level data for NL MVP awards and games going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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