Willie Stargell is the oldest NLCS MVP in an NLCS. He was 39 years old.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to win a nlcs mvp award in a season

	NAME	Age	NLCSMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	39	1	1979	NLCS	PIT	3	11	2	5	2	0	2	6	3	0	2	0	0	14	13	4	0	0	1	0	.455	.571	1.182	1.753
2	Benito Santiago B. Santiago	37	1	2002	NLCS	SFG	5	20	2	6	0	0	2	6	2	0	4	0	0	22	12	2	0	0	0	1	.300	.364	.600	.964
3	Marco Scutaro M. Scutaro	36	1	2012	NLCS	SFG	7	28	6	14	3	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	30	17	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.533	.607	1.140
4	Howie Kendrick H. Kendrick	35	1	2019	NLCS	WSH	4	15	4	5	4	0	0	4	2	0	4	0	0	17	9	4	0	0	2	1	.333	.412	.600	1.012
5	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	35	1	1984	NLCS	SDP	5	20	1	8	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	0	0	21	12	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.429	.600	1.029
6	Justin Turner J. Turner	32	1	2017	NLCS	LAD	5	18	3	6	0	0	2	7	5	0	4	0	0	23	12	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.478	.667	1.145
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	32	1	2016	NLCS	CHC	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
8	Mike Devereaux M. Devereaux	32	1	1995	NLCS	ATL	4	13	2	4	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	14	8	2	0	0	0	2	.308	.357	.615	.973
9	Gary Matthews G. Matthews	32	1	1983	NLCS	PHI	4	14	4	6	0	0	3	8	2	0	1	1	0	16	15	3	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	1.071	1.571
10	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	31	1	2006	NLCS	STL	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	1	3	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
11	Ivan Rodriguez I. Rodriguez	31	1	2003	NLCS	FLA	7	28	5	9	2	0	2	10	5	0	7	0	0	33	17	4	0	0	2	0	.321	.424	.607	1.031
12	Eddie Perez E. Perez	31	1	1999	NLCS	ATL	6	20	2	10	2	0	2	5	1	0	3	0	0	23	18	4	2	0	1	0	.500	.524	.900	1.424
13	Jeffrey Leonard J. Leonard	31	1	1987	NLCS	SFG	7	24	5	10	0	0	4	5	3	1	4	0	0	28	22	4	0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.917	1.417
14	Mike Scott M. Scott	31	1	1986	NLCS	HOU	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
15	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	31	1	1981	NLCS	LAD	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
16	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	30	1	2025	NLCS	LAD	4	14	4	5	0	1	3	4	4	0	5	1	0	18	16	4	0	0	2	0	.357	.500	1.143	1.643
17	Daniel Murphy D. Murphy	30	1	2015	NLCS	NYM	4	17	6	9	1	0	4	6	1	0	3	0	0	18	22	5	0	0	1	1	.529	.556	1.294	1.850
18	Craig Counsell C. Counsell	30	1	2001	NLCS	ARI	5	21	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	0	23	11	3	2	0	0	0	.381	.381	.524	.905
19	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	30	1	1985	NLCS	STL	6	23	4	10	1	1	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	27	16	3	1	0	1	0	.435	.500	.696	1.196
20	Darrell Porter D. Porter	30	1	1982	NLCS	STL	3	9	3	5	3	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	.556	.714	.889	1.603
21	Tommy Edman T. Edman	29	1	2024	NLCS	LAD	6	27	5	11	3	0	1	11	0	0	4	1	0	29	17	4	1	1	0	0	.407	.393	.630	1.022
22	Ketel Marte K. Marte	29	1	2023	NLCS	ARI	7	31	2	12	4	1	0	3	1	0	10	1	0	32	18	5	0	0	0	0	.387	.406	.581	.987
23	Bryce Harper B. Harper	29	1	2022	NLCS	PHI	5	20	4	8	3	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	20	17	5	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.850	1.250
24	Eddie Rosario E. Rosario	29	1	2021	NLCS	ATL	6	25	6	14	1	1	3	9	3	0	3	1	1	28	26	5	0	0	0	0	.560	.607	1.040	1.647
25	Cody Ross C. Ross	29	1	2010	NLCS	SFG	6	20	4	7	3	0	3	5	2	1	5	0	0	23	19	6	0	0	0	1	.350	.435	.950	1.385

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