Since 1980, 9 players are tied for the most MVP awards when winning the Silver Slugger award exactly 0 times, with 1. The first three are Kris Bryant, Clayton Kershaw and Joey Votto.
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most career mvp without a silver slugger by a player since 1980| NAME | MVP | SS | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC | WRAA | wOBA | wRC+ | BRAA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | K. Bryant | 1 | 0 | 1,054 | 3,919 | 667 | 1,068 | 233 | 19 | 184 | 548 | 504 | 103 | 1,064 | 44 | 20 | 4,550 | 1,891 | 436 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 63 | .273 | .368 | .483 | .851 | 724 | 180.7 | .364 | 126 | 148.2 |
| 2 |  | C. Kershaw | 1 | 0 | 357 | 698 | 46 | 113 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 847 | 129 | 13 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .162 | .205 | .185 | .390 | 1 | -97.2 | .180 | 5 | -97.2 |
| 3 |  | J. Votto | 1 | 0 | 2,056 | 7,252 | 1,171 | 2,135 | 459 | 22 | 356 | 1,144 | 1,365 | 81 | 1,640 | 80 | 29 | 8,746 | 3,706 | 837 | 0 | 48 | 147 | 168 | .294 | .409 | .511 | .920 | 1563 | 539.6 | .394 | 145 | 472.9 |
| 4 |  | J. Verlander | 1 | 0 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -5 | -11.9 | .088 | -66 | -12.1 |
| 5 |  | R. Clemens | 1 | 0 | 95 | 179 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .173 | .236 | .207 | .443 | 4 | -22.6 | .207 | 14 | -23.7 |
| 6 |  | T. Pendleton | 1 | 0 | 1,893 | 7,032 | 851 | 1,897 | 356 | 39 | 140 | 946 | 486 | 15 | 979 | 127 | 59 | 7,637 | 2,751 | 535 | 37 | 67 | 77 | 178 | .270 | .316 | .391 | .707 | 822 | -69.7 | .312 | 91 | -86.1 |
| 7 | | D. Eckersley | 1 | 0 | 146 | 181 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .133 | .173 | .199 | .372 | 0 | -22.4 | .171 | -8 | -24.1 |
| 8 | | R. Fingers | 1 | 0 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .444 | .722 | 2 | 0 | .318 | 104 | 0.1 |
| 9 | | W. Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 217 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .282 | .289 | .572 | 3 | -2 | .261 | 51 | -2.2 |
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| NL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
47 | 27 | .635 | ||
40 | 35 | .533 | 7.5 | |
39 | 37 | .513 | 9.0 | |
38 | 38 | .500 | 10.0 | |
34 | 41 | .453 | 13.5 | |
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
45 | 28 | .616 | ||
40 | 34 | .541 | 5.5 | |
40 | 36 | .526 | 6.5 | |
38 | 38 | .500 | 8.5 | |
35 | 39 | .473 | 10.5 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
49 | 27 | .645 | ||
39 | 36 | .520 | 9.5 | |
38 | 36 | .514 | 10.0 | |
31 | 44 | .413 | 17.5 | |
29 | 47 | .382 | 20.0 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
46 | 28 | .622 | ||
42 | 30 | .583 | 3.0 | |
37 | 39 | .487 | 10.0 | |
35 | 42 | .455 | 12.5 | |
30 | 43 | .411 | 15.5 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
39 | 35 | .527 | ||
40 | 36 | .526 | ||
36 | 41 | .468 | 4.5 | |
32 | 45 | .416 | 8.5 | |
31 | 44 | .413 | 8.5 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
39 | 38 | .506 | ||
38 | 38 | .500 | 0.5 | |
36 | 39 | .480 | 2.0 | |
36 | 41 | .468 | 3.0 | |
30 | 47 | .390 | 9.0 |
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