what player has the most hrs in the same season they won ws mvp

Denny McLain has given up the most home runs by an MVP in wins in a season, with 20 HR in 1968.

	NAME	HR	W	MVP	SEASON	TM	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Denny McLain D. McLain	20	31	1	1968	DET	1.000	31	31	1.62	236	28	6	273.0	186	49	54	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	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	19	27	1	1956	BKN	1.000	27	25	2.03	105	16	5	217.0	153	49	54	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
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	17	24	1	2011	DET	1.000	24	24	1.67	185	3	2	183.1	107	34	37	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
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	15	24	1	1986	BOS	1.000	24	24	2.26	185	9	1	195.0	128	49	53	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
5	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	13	24	1	1952	PHA	1.000	24	24	1.59	118	24	5	221.0	158	39	45	53	4	0		851	0	4.81	2.16	2.23	0.53	13.9	6.2	0.95	.219	1.83	6.43
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	9	10	1	2023	LAA	1.000	10	10	2.57	73	1	1	66.2	33	19	20	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
7	Bucky Walters B. Walters	9	27	1	1939	CIN	1.000	27	27	1.75	102	26	2	246.1	177	48	58	78	3	0		965	4	3.73	2.85	1.31	0.33	10.6	8.1	1.04	.217	2.12	6.47
8	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	9	30	1	1934	SLN	1.000	30	26	1.65	153	23	7	251.1	195	46	56	49	4	4		999	1	5.48	1.75	3.12	0.32	15.3	4.9	0.97	.237	2.01	6.98
9	Lefty Grove L. Grove	8	31	1	1931	PHA	1.000	31	27	1.80	144	25	4	255.1	212	51	69	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
10	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	7	25	1	1963	LAD	1.000	25	25	0.86	205	20	11	220.2	120	21	23	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
11	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	7	26	1	1936	NYG	1.000	26	24	1.86	82	22	3	222.0	182	46	48	35	2	2		861	1	3.32	1.42	2.34	0.28	9.5	4.1	0.98	.238	1.95	7.38
12	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6	9	1	2021	LAA	1.000	9	9	2.48	61	0	0	58.0	42	16	16	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
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	6	24	1	1971	OAK	1.000	24	24	1.17	202	21	8	208.0	119	27	29	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
14	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	5	29	1	1944	DET	1.000	29	25	1.82	156	24	6	242.2	194	49	52	57	1	4		956	3	5.79	2.11	2.74	0.19	16.3	6.0	1.03	.256	1.93	7.20
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	4	21	1	2014	LAD	1.000	21	21	0.96	192	5	2	159.2	101	17	20	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
16	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	4	22	1	1942	SLN	1.000	22	22	0.81	101	20	10	200.2	115	18	27	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	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	3	16	1	1950	PHN	1.000	16	0	1.73	17	0	0	52.0	34	10	10	14	0	12		199	1	2.94	2.42	1.21	0.52	8.5	7.0	0.92	.188	1.73	5.88
18	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3	25	1	1945	DET	1.000	25	24	1.11	159	24	8	226.2	154	28	32	61	0	0		872	7	6.31	2.42	2.61	0.12	18.2	7.0	0.95	.233	1.27	6.11
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2	22	1	1968	STL	1.000	22	22	0.57	176	22	13	204.0	119	13	14	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
20	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	2	20	1	1943	NYY	1.000	20	20	0.92	96	19	5	185.1	129	19	25	32	4	0		693	3	4.66	1.55	3.00	0.10	13.9	4.6	0.87	.227	1.21	6.26
21	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2	23	1	1933	NYG	1.000	23	20	0.71	109	19	10	203.1	141	16	19	27	2	3		764	2	4.82	1.20	4.04	0.09	14.3	3.5	0.83	.223	0.84	6.24
22	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1	1	1	2025	LAD	1.000	1	1	1.80	9	0	0	5.0	2	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
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	7	1	1992	OAK	1.000	7	0	2.70	15	0	0	10.0	8	3	3	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	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	1	9	1	1984	DET	1.000	9	0	0.39	17	0	0	23.0	8	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
25	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1	6	1	1981	MIL	1.000	6	0	1.46	8	0	0	12.1	9	2	2	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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