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 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	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	0	1	1992	OAK
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	0	1	1986	BOS
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1	1	2011	DET	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	1981	MIL	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	1984	DET	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	2014	LAD	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	1943	NYY	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	1952	PHA	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	1968	STL	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	1942	SLN	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	1971	OAK	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	1963	LAD	110	3	7	0	0	1	7	6	0	51	0	0	124	10	1	7	1	0	2	.064	.111	.091	.202
13	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	40	1	1945	DET	109	8	28	5	1	0	17	7	0	10	0		124	35	6	8			1	.257	.302	.321	.623
14	Bucky Walters B. Walters	40	1	1939	CIN	120	16	39	8	1	1	16	5	1	12	1		131	52	10	5			2	.325	.357	.433	.790
15	Lefty Grove L. Grove	41	1	1931	PHA	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	3	0	48	0		122	26	3	4				.200	.220	.226	.446
16	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	42	1	1936	NYG	110	9	25	1	0	0	8	3	0	14	0		123	26	1	10				.227	.248	.236	.484
17	Denny McLain D. McLain	44	1	1968	DET	111	7	18	1	1	0	4	1	0	37	0	0	128	21	2	16	0	0	1	.162	.170	.189	.359
18	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	45	1	1933	NYG	109	6	20	2	1	1	12	2	0	18	0		116	27	4	5				.183	.198	.248	.446
19	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	47	1	1944	DET	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	6	0	12	1		132	33	4	6			5	.242	.278	.275	.553
20	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	51	1	1934	SLN	118	15	29	3	1	2	9	1	0	15	1		125	40	6	6				.246	.252	.339	.591
21	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	52	1	1956	BKN	111	13	26	6	0	2	16	12	1	18	1	0	128	38	8	3	1	0	4	.234	.312	.342	.654
22	José Abreu J. Abreu	60	1	2020	CWS	240	43	76	15	0	19	60	18	3	59	0	0	262	148	34	0	1	1	10	.317	.370	.617	.987
23	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	60	1	2020	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
24	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	74	1	1950	PHN	37	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0		39	4	0	2			1	.108	.108	.108	.216
25	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	102	1	1981	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