most top 5 mvp finishes in mlb without winning

Lefty Grove didn't get any wins in 1931.

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	NAME	MVP	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	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
1	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1	1931	PHA	4	.000	10	3	4.05	31	2	5	33.1	37	15	15	2	3	0	6		138	1	8.37	0.81	10.33	0.54	22.5	2.2	1.20	.343	4.05	9.99
2	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1	1933	NYG	12	.000	22	13	3.50	47	3	5	105.1	115	41	50	4	22	1	8		443	1	4.02	1.88	2.14	0.34	10.6	5.0	1.30	.301	4.27	9.83
3	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	1	1934	SLN	7	.000	20	7	6.86	42	1	7	60.1	93	46	54	5	24	2	10		292	1	6.27	3.58	1.75	0.75	14.4	8.2	1.94	.402	8.06	13.87
4	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1	1936	NYG	6	.000	16	10	3.53	41	3	3	81.2	83	32	33	0	22	3	4		341	2	4.52	2.42	1.86	0.00	12.0	6.5	1.29	.302	3.64	9.15
5	Bucky Walters B. Walters	1	1939	CIN	11	.000	12	9	4.09	35	5	0	72.2	73	33	40	6	31	3	2		318	4	4.33	3.84	1.13	0.74	11.0	9.7	1.43	.276	4.95	9.04
6	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	1	1942	SLN	7	.000	15	13	4.27	51	2	0	78.0	92	37	46	5	34	1	1		358	1	5.88	3.92	1.50	0.58	14.2	9.5	1.62	.326	5.31	10.62
7	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	1	1943	NYY	4	.000	10	10	3.59	38	1	0	67.2	68	27	37	3	22	0	0		295	0	5.05	2.93	1.73	0.40	12.9	7.5	1.33	.280	4.92	9.04
8	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1	1944	DET	9	.000	18	9	3.62	31	1	2	69.2	70	28	42	1	45	0	6		314	1	4.00	5.81	0.69	0.13	9.9	14.3	1.65	.291	5.43	9.04
9	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1	1945	DET	9	.000	15	12	3.63	53	5	2	86.2	85	35	41	2	49	0	2		389	3	5.50	5.09	1.08	0.21	13.6	12.6	1.55	.291	4.26	8.83
10	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	1	1950	PHN	7	.000	58	0	2.97	40	0	22	100.0	74	33	40	8	37	0	50		404	1	3.60	3.33	1.08	0.72	9.9	9.2	1.11	.207	3.60	6.66
11	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	1	1952	PHA	7	.000	9	9	5.83	34	3	0	58.2	72	38	42	8	10	0	0		250	0	5.22	1.53	3.40	1.23	13.6	4.0	1.40	.323	6.44	11.05
12	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	1	1956	BKN	7	.000	11	11	7.41	34	2	0	51.0	66	42	47	14	16	2	0	4	232	2	6.00	2.82	2.13	2.47	14.7	6.9	1.61	.313	8.29	11.65
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1	1963	LAD	5	.000	15	15	4.38	101	0	0	90.1	94	44	45	11	23	1	0	7	389	4	10.06	2.29	4.39	1.10	26.0	5.9	1.30	.328	4.48	9.37
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1	1968	STL	9	.000	12	12	2.24	92	6	0	100.2	79	25	35	9	26	2	0	4	407	2	8.23	2.32	3.54	0.80	22.6	6.4	1.04	.252	3.13	7.06
15	Denny McLain D. McLain	1	1968	DET	6	.000	10	10	3.43	44	0	0	63.0	55	24	32	11	17	1	0	1	257	0	6.29	2.43	2.59	1.57	17.1	6.6	1.14	.239	4.57	7.86
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	1	1971	OAK	8	.000	15	15	3.12	99	3	0	104.0	90	36	44	13	28	0	0	2	420	4	8.57	2.42	3.54	1.13	23.6	6.7	1.13	.275	3.81	7.79
17	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1	1981	MIL	3	.000	41	0	0.96	53	0	28	65.2	46	7	7	2	12	1	35	5	252	0	7.26	1.64	4.42	0.27	21.0	4.8	0.88	.239	0.96	6.30
18	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	1	1984	DET	3	.000	71	0	2.22	95	0	32	117.1	88	29	29	5	31	4	61	6	469	2	7.29	2.38	3.06	0.38	20.3	6.6	1.01	.249	2.22	6.75
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1	1986	BOS	4	.000	9	9	3.20	53	1	0	59.0	51	21	24	6	15	0	0	0	235	0	8.08	2.29	3.53	0.92	22.6	6.4	1.12	.280	3.66	7.78
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	1992	OAK	1	.000	62	0	1.80	78	0	51	70.0	54	14	14	4	7	1	58	4	268	0	10.03	0.90	11.14	0.51	29.1	2.6	0.87	.281	1.80	6.94
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1	2011	DET	5	.000	10	10	4.39	65	1	0	67.2	67	33	36	7	20	0	0	0	288	2	8.65	2.66	3.25	0.93	22.6	6.9	1.29	.306	4.79	8.91
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1	2014	LAD	3	.000	6	6	5.12	47	1	0	38.2	38	22	22	5	6	1	0	0	155	1	10.94	1.40	7.83	1.16	30.3	3.9	1.14	.344	5.12	8.84
23	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1	2021	LAA	2	.000	14	14	3.73	95	0	0	72.1	56	30	32	9	36	7	0	2	313	6	11.82	4.48	2.64	1.12	30.4	11.5	1.27	.283	3.98	6.97
24	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1	2023	LAA	5	.000	13	13	3.72	94	0	0	65.1	52	27	30	9	30	4	0	0	275	7	12.95	4.13	3.13	1.24	34.2	10.9	1.26	.312	4.13	7.16
25	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1	2025	LAD	1	.000	13	13	3.00	53	0	0	42.0	38	14	14	2	7	0	0	0	169	8	11.36	1.50	7.57	0.43	31.4	4.1	1.07	.336	3.00	8.14

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Lefty Grove didn't get any wins in 1931.

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