Denny McLain has struck out the most batters by an MVP in wins in a season, with 236 strikeouts in 1968.
| NAME | SO | W | MVP | SEASON | TM | L | W% | G | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | D. McLain | 236 | 31 | 1 | 1968 | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | 31 | 1.62 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 273.0 | 186 | 49 | 54 | 20 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1,031 | 3 | 7.78 | 1.52 | 5.13 | 0.66 | 22.9 | 4.5 | 0.85 | .229 | 1.78 | 6.13 | |
| 2 |  | S. Koufax | 205 | 25 | 1 | 1963 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0.86 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 220.2 | 120 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 821 | 2 | 8.36 | 1.43 | 5.86 | 0.29 | 25.0 | 4.3 | 0.70 | .198 | 0.94 | 4.89 | |
| 3 | | V. Blue | 202 | 24 | 1 | 1971 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 24 | 1.17 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 208.0 | 119 | 27 | 29 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 787 | 6 | 8.74 | 2.60 | 3.37 | 0.26 | 25.7 | 7.6 | 0.86 | .219 | 1.25 | 5.15 | |
| 4 |  | C. Kershaw | 192 | 21 | 1 | 2014 | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | 21 | 0.96 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 159.2 | 101 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 594 | 6 | 10.82 | 1.41 | 7.68 | 0.23 | 32.3 | 4.2 | 0.79 | .261 | 1.13 | 5.69 | |
| 5 |  | J. Verlander | 185 | 24 | 1 | 2011 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 24 | 1.67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 183.1 | 107 | 34 | 37 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 681 | 5 | 9.08 | 1.82 | 5.00 | 0.83 | 27.2 | 5.4 | 0.79 | .205 | 1.82 | 5.25 | |
| 6 |  | R. Clemens | 185 | 24 | 1 | 1986 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 24 | 2.26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 195.0 | 128 | 49 | 53 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 762 | 11 | 8.54 | 2.40 | 3.56 | 0.69 | 24.3 | 6.8 | 0.92 | .223 | 2.45 | 5.91 | |
| 7 |  | B. Gibson | 176 | 22 | 1 | 1968 | 0 | 1.000 | 22 | 22 | 0.57 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 204.0 | 119 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 754 | 2 | 7.76 | 1.59 | 4.89 | 0.09 | 23.3 | 4.8 | 0.76 | .219 | 0.62 | 5.25 | |
| 8 | | H. Newhouser | 159 | 25 | 1 | 1945 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 24 | 1.11 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 226.2 | 154 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 872 | 7 | 6.31 | 2.42 | 2.61 | 0.12 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 0.95 | .233 | 1.27 | 6.11 | ||
| 9 | | H. Newhouser | 156 | 29 | 1 | 1944 | 0 | 1.000 | 29 | 25 | 1.82 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 242.2 | 194 | 49 | 52 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 956 | 3 | 5.79 | 2.11 | 2.74 | 0.19 | 16.3 | 6.0 | 1.03 | .256 | 1.93 | 7.20 | ||
| 10 | | D. Dean | 153 | 30 | 1 | 1934 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 26 | 1.65 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 251.1 | 195 | 46 | 56 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 999 | 1 | 5.48 | 1.75 | 3.12 | 0.32 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 0.97 | .237 | 2.01 | 6.98 | ||
| 11 | | L. Grove | 144 | 31 | 1 | 1931 | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | 27 | 1.80 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 255.1 | 212 | 51 | 69 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 1,021 | 1 | 5.08 | 2.08 | 2.44 | 0.28 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 1.06 | .252 | 2.43 | 7.47 | ||
| 12 | | B. Shantz | 118 | 24 | 1 | 1952 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 24 | 1.59 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 221.0 | 158 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 851 | 0 | 4.81 | 2.16 | 2.23 | 0.53 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 0.95 | .219 | 1.83 | 6.43 | ||
| 13 | | C. Hubbell | 109 | 23 | 1 | 1933 | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | 20 | 0.71 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 203.1 | 141 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 764 | 2 | 4.82 | 1.20 | 4.04 | 0.09 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 0.83 | .223 | 0.84 | 6.24 | ||
| 14 | | D. Newcombe | 105 | 27 | 1 | 1956 | 0 | 1.000 | 27 | 25 | 2.03 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 217.0 | 153 | 49 | 54 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 820 | 2 | 4.35 | 1.24 | 3.50 | 0.79 | 12.8 | 3.7 | 0.84 | .202 | 2.24 | 6.35 | |
| 15 | | B. Walters | 102 | 27 | 1 | 1939 | 0 | 1.000 | 27 | 27 | 1.75 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 246.1 | 177 | 48 | 58 | 9 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 965 | 4 | 3.73 | 2.85 | 1.31 | 0.33 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 1.04 | .217 | 2.12 | 6.47 | ||
| 16 | | M. Cooper | 101 | 22 | 1 | 1942 | 0 | 1.000 | 22 | 22 | 0.81 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 200.2 | 115 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 742 | 4 | 4.53 | 1.52 | 2.97 | 0.18 | 13.6 | 4.6 | 0.74 | .185 | 1.21 | 5.16 | ||
| 17 | | S. Chandler | 96 | 20 | 1 | 1943 | 0 | 1.000 | 20 | 20 | 0.92 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 185.1 | 129 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 693 | 3 | 4.66 | 1.55 | 3.00 | 0.10 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 0.87 | .227 | 1.21 | 6.26 | ||
| 18 | | C. Hubbell | 82 | 26 | 1 | 1936 | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | 24 | 1.86 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 222.0 | 182 | 46 | 48 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 861 | 1 | 3.32 | 1.42 | 2.34 | 0.28 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 0.98 | .238 | 1.95 | 7.38 | ||
| 19 |  | S. Ohtani | 73 | 10 | 1 | 2023 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 10 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.2 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 5 | 9.86 | 3.38 | 2.92 | 1.21 | 28.5 | 9.8 | 0.87 | .169 | 2.70 | 4.46 | |
| 20 | | S. Ohtani | 61 | 9 | 1 | 2021 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 9 | 2.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 42 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 4 | 9.47 | 1.24 | 7.63 | 0.93 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 0.86 | .254 | 2.48 | 6.52 | |
| 21 | | W. Hernandez | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1984 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 6.65 | 1.96 | 3.40 | 0.39 | 21.5 | 6.3 | 0.57 | .125 | 0.39 | 3.13 | |
| 22 | | J. Konstanty | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1950 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 0 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 199 | 1 | 2.94 | 2.42 | 1.21 | 0.52 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 0.92 | .188 | 1.73 | 5.88 | ||
| 23 | | D. Eckersley | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1992 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.60 | 3.75 | 0.90 | 36.6 | 9.8 | 1.20 | .333 | 2.70 | 7.20 | |
| 24 |  | S. Ohtani | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 16.20 | 3.60 | 4.50 | 1.80 | 47.4 | 10.5 | 0.80 | .143 | 1.80 | 3.60 | |
| 25 | | R. Fingers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1981 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 1.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 5.84 | 0.73 | 8.00 | 0.73 | 17.8 | 2.2 | 0.81 | .229 | 1.46 | 6.57 |
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