least games played by a position player to win mlb mvp

Dennis Eckersley and Roger Clemens are tied for the fewest games by an MVP in a season, with 0 games.

Interpreted as:
least games played by a position player to win MLB mvp in a regular season
NAMEGMVPSEASONTMABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0
1
1992
OAK OAK
2Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
1
1986
BOS BOS
3Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1
1
2011
DET DET
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
1981
MIL MIL
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
1984
DET DET
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
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
7Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
30
1
1943
NYY NYY
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
1952
PHA PHA
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
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
10Mort 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
11Vida Blue
V. Blue
39
1
1971
OAK OAK
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
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
13Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
40
1
1945
DET DET
109
8
28
5
1
0
17
7
0
10
0
124
35
6
8
1
.257
.302
.321
.623
14Bucky 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
15Lefty Grove
L. Grove
41
1
1931
PHA PHA
115
8
23
3
0
0
12
3
0
48
0
122
26
3
4
.200
.220
.226
.446
16Carl 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
17Denny McLain
D. McLain
44
1
1968
DET DET
111
7
18
1
1
0
4
1
0
37
0
0
128
21
2
16
0
0
1
.162
.170
.189
.359
18Carl 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
19Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
47
1
1944
DET DET
120
10
29
4
0
0
5
6
0
12
1
132
33
4
6
5
.242
.278
.275
.553
20Dizzy 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
21Don 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
22José Abreu
J. Abreu
60
1
2020
CWS CWS
240
43
76
15
0
19
60
18
3
59
0
0
262
148
34
0
1
1
10
.317
.370
.617
.987
23Freddie 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
24Jim 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
25Mike 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
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