Dennis Eckersley and Roger Clemens are tied for the fewest games by an MVP in a season, with 0 games.
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least games played by an MLB mvp in a regular season by a player| 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 |  | D. Eckersley | 0 | 1 | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 0 | 1 | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  | J. Verlander | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 4 | | R. Fingers | 1 | 1 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | | W. Hernandez | 2 | 1 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 |  | C. Kershaw | 26 | 1 | 2014 | 63 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .235 | .206 | .442 | |
| 7 | | S. Chandler | 30 | 1 | 1943 | 97 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 104 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .258 | .287 | .371 | .658 | ||||
| 8 | | B. Shantz | 34 | 1 | 1952 | 96 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .198 | .252 | .260 | .513 | |||
| 9 |  | B. Gibson | 35 | 1 | 1968 | 94 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .170 | .233 | .223 | .456 | |
| 10 | | M. Cooper | 37 | 1 | 1942 | 103 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 113 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .184 | .208 | .194 | .402 | ||||
| 11 | | V. Blue | 39 | 1 | 1971 | 102 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .127 | .294 | |
| 12 |  | S. Koufax | 40 | 1 | 1963 | 110 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .064 | .111 | .091 | .202 | |
| 13 | | H. Newhouser | 40 | 1 | 1945 | 109 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 124 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .257 | .302 | .321 | .623 | ||||
| 14 | | B. Walters | 40 | 1 | 1939 | 120 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 131 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .325 | .357 | .433 | .790 | ||||
| 15 | | L. Grove | 41 | 1 | 1931 | 115 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 122 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .220 | .226 | .446 | |||||
| 16 | | C. Hubbell | 42 | 1 | 1936 | 110 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 10 | .227 | .248 | .236 | .484 | |||||
| 17 | | D. McLain | 44 | 1 | 1968 | 111 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .162 | .170 | .189 | .359 | |
| 18 | | C. Hubbell | 45 | 1 | 1933 | 109 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 116 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .183 | .198 | .248 | .446 | |||||
| 19 | | H. Newhouser | 47 | 1 | 1944 | 120 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 132 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | .242 | .278 | .275 | .553 | ||||
| 20 | | D. Dean | 51 | 1 | 1934 | 118 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 125 | 40 | 6 | 6 | .246 | .252 | .339 | .591 | |||||
| 21 | | D. Newcombe | 52 | 1 | 1956 | 111 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .234 | .312 | .342 | .654 | |
| 22 |  | J. Abreu | 60 | 1 | 2020 | 240 | 43 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 148 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .317 | .370 | .617 | .987 | |
| 23 |  | F. Freeman | 60 | 1 | 2020 | 214 | 51 | 73 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 262 | 137 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .341 | .462 | .640 | 1.102 | |
| 24 | | J. Konstanty | 74 | 1 | 1950 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .108 | .108 | .108 | .216 | ||||
| 25 |  | M. Schmidt | 102 | 1 | 1981 | 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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29 | 35 | .453 | 14.0 | |
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33 | 28 | .541 | 5.0 | |
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37 | 23 | .617 | ||
37 | 26 | .587 | 1.5 | |
31 | 33 | .484 | 8.0 | |
30 | 34 | .469 | 9.0 | |
27 | 35 | .435 | 11.0 | |
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36 | 29 | .554 | ||
33 | 30 | .524 | 2.0 | |
30 | 35 | .462 | 6.0 | |
26 | 38 | .406 | 9.5 | |
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33 | 31 | .516 | ||
31 | 32 | .492 | 1.5 | |
30 | 33 | .476 | 2.5 | |
29 | 36 | .446 | 4.5 | |
24 | 40 | .375 | 9.0 |
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