oldest player to win mvp mlb

Dennis Eckersley is the oldest MVP in wins in a season. He was 37 years old in 1992.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to win mvp in a regular season MLB
NAME AGE W MVP SEASON TM L W% G GS ERA SO 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
1 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
37
7
1
1992
OAK OAK
0
1.000
7
0
2.70
15
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
2 Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
35
20
1
1943
NYY NYY
0
1.000
20
20
0.92
96
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
3 Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
34
6
1
1981
MIL MIL
0
1.000
6
0
1.46
8
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
4 Jim Konstanty
J. Konstanty
33
16
1
1950
PHN PHN
0
1.000
16
0
1.73
17
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
5 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
33
26
1
1936
NYG NYG
0
1.000
26
24
1.86
82
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
6 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
32
22
1
1968
STL STL
0
1.000
22
22
0.57
176
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
7 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
31
31
1
1931
PHA PHA
0
1.000
31
27
1.80
144
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
8 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
30
27
1
1956
BKN BKN
0
1.000
27
25
2.03
105
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
9 Bucky Walters
B. Walters
30
27
1
1939
CIN CIN
0
1.000
27
27
1.75
102
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
10 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
30
23
1
1933
NYG NYG
0
1.000
23
20
0.71
109
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
11 Willie Hernandez
W. Hernandez
29
9
1
1984
DET DET
0
1.000
9
0
0.39
17
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
12 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
29
22
1
1942
SLN SLN
0
1.000
22
22
0.81
101
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
13 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
28
10
1
2023
LAA LAA
0
1.000
10
10
2.57
73
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
14 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
28
24
1
2011
DET DET
0
1.000
24
24
1.67
185
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
15 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
27
25
1
1963
LAD LAD
0
1.000
25
25
0.86
205
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
16 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
26
9
1
2021
LAA LAA
0
1.000
9
9
2.48
61
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
17 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
26
21
1
2014
LAD LAD
0
1.000
21
21
0.96
192
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
18 Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
26
24
1
1952
PHA PHA
0
1.000
24
24
1.59
118
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
19 Denny McLain
D. McLain
24
31
1
1968
DET DET
0
1.000
31
31
1.62
236
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
20 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
24
25
1
1945
DET DET
0
1.000
25
24
1.11
159
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
21 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
24
30
1
1934
SLN SLN
0
1.000
30
26
1.65
153
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
22 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
23
24
1
1986
BOS BOS
0
1.000
24
24
2.26
185
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
23 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
23
29
1
1944
DET DET
0
1.000
29
25
1.82
156
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
24 Vida Blue
V. Blue
21
24
1
1971
OAK OAK
0
1.000
24
24
1.17
202
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
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