least amount of games played by a player to win mlb mvp in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Barry Bonds had the fewest games by an MVP in a season, with 130 games in 2003.

Interpreted as:
least amount of games played by a player to win MLB mvp in a regular season in the 2000s
NAME G MVP 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 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
2 Joe Mauer
J. Mauer
138
1
2009
MIN MIN
523
94
191
30
1
28
96
76
2
63
4
1
606
307
59
0
5
14
13
.365
.444
.587
1.031
3 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
143
1
2002
SFG SFG
403
117
149
31
2
46
110
198
9
47
9
2
612
322
79
0
2
68
4
.370
.582
.799
1.381
4 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
147
1
2004
SFG SFG
373
129
135
27
3
45
101
232
9
41
6
1
617
303
75
0
3
120
5
.362
.609
.812
1.422
5 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
148
1
2008
STL STL
524
100
187
44
0
37
116
104
5
54
7
3
641
342
81
0
8
34
16
.357
.462
.653
1.114
6 Jason Giambi
J. Giambi
152
1
2000
OAK OAK
510
108
170
29
1
43
137
137
9
96
2
0
664
330
73
0
8
6
9
.333
.476
.647
1.123
7 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
153
1
2001
SFG SFG
476
129
156
32
2
73
137
177
9
93
13
3
664
411
107
0
2
35
5
.328
.515
.863
1.379
8 Vladimir Guerrero
V. Guerrero
156
1
2004
ANA ANA
612
124
206
39
2
39
126
52
8
74
15
3
680
366
80
0
8
14
19
.337
.391
.598
.989
9 Dustin Pedroia
D. Pedroia
157
1
2008
BOS BOS
653
118
213
54
2
17
83
50
7
52
20
1
726
322
73
7
9
1
17
.326
.376
.493
.869
10 Justin Morneau
J. Morneau
157
1
2006
MIN MIN
592
97
190
37
1
34
130
53
5
93
3
3
661
331
72
0
11
9
10
.321
.375
.559
.934
11 Ichiro Suzuki
I. Suzuki
157
1
2001
SEA SEA
692
127
242
34
8
8
69
30
8
53
56
14
738
316
50
4
4
10
3
.350
.381
.457
.838
12 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
158
1
2007
NYY NYY
583
143
183
31
0
54
156
95
21
120
24
4
708
376
85
0
9
11
15
.314
.422
.645
1.067
13 Ryan Howard
R. Howard
159
1
2006
PHI PHI
581
104
182
25
1
58
149
108
9
181
0
0
704
383
84
0
6
37
7
.313
.425
.659
1.084
14 Jeff Kent
J. Kent
159
1
2000
SFG SFG
587
114
196
41
7
33
125
90
9
107
12
9
695
350
81
0
9
6
17
.334
.424
.596
1.021
15 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
160
1
2009
STL STL
568
124
186
45
1
47
135
115
9
64
16
4
700
374
93
0
8
44
23
.327
.443
.658
1.101
16 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
161
1
2005
STL STL
591
129
195
38
2
41
117
97
9
65
16
2
700
360
81
0
3
27
19
.330
.430
.609
1.039
17 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
161
1
2003
TEX TEX
607
124
181
30
6
47
118
87
15
126
17
3
715
364
83
0
6
10
16
.298
.396
.600
.995
18 Jimmy Rollins
J. Rollins
162
1
2007
PHI PHI
716
139
212
38
20
30
94
49
7
85
41
6
778
380
88
0
6
5
11
.296
.344
.531
.875
19 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
162
1
2005
NYY NYY
605
124
194
29
1
48
130
91
16
139
21
6
715
369
78
0
3
8
8
.321
.421
.610
1.031
20 Miguel Tejada
M. Tejada
162
1
2002
OAK OAK
662
108
204
30
0
34
131
38
11
84
7
2
715
336
64
0
4
3
21
.308
.354
.508
.861
StatMuse has game-level data for 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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