lowest batting average to win mvp in mlb history, non-pitcher

Sandy Koufax has the lowest career batting average by a pitcher when winning the MVP award >0 times, with an average of .097.

	NAME	AVG	MVP	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	.097	1	397	776	26	75	9	0	2	28	43	1	386	0	1	858	90	11	35	3	0	10	.145	.116	.261	-28	-122.6	.127	-25	-126.7
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	.100	1	24	50	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	0	0	60	5	0	10	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	-5	-11.9	.088	-66	-12.1
3	Vida Blue V. Blue	.104	1	270	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	49	3	271	0	2	618	74	13	53	1	0	2	.186	.145	.330	-3	-70.5	.165	-1	-69.7
4	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	.133	1	147	181	9	24	3	0	3	12	9	0	84	0	0	196	36	6	5	1	0	1	.173	.199	.372	0	-22.4	.171	-8	-24.1
5	Denny McLain D. McLain	.133	1	285	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	25	0	244	1	0	709	94	8	64	4	0	10	.166	.153	.318	-8	-80.4	.149	-11	-86.1
6	Lefty Grove L. Grove	.148	1	619	1,369	119	202	27	5	15	121	105	2	593	1		1,579	284	47	103			1	.209	.207	.417	17	-181.1	.202	6	-205.7
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	.162	1	357	698	46	113	11	1	1	40	34	4	211	1	0	847	129	13	110	1	0	15	.205	.185	.390	1	-97.2	.180	5	-97.2
8	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	.163	1	433	202	7	33	2	0	0	14	3	1	41	0	0	223	35	2	16	1	0	3	.179	.173	.352	-3	-29.4	.166	-9	-30.6
9	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	.172	1	487	180	10	31	3	0	2	9	3	0	45	0	0	201	40	5	18	0	0	2	.186	.222	.408	2	-20.1	.186	16	-19.9
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	.173	1	95	179	5	31	6	0	0	12	13	2	61	0	0	213	37	6	18	1	0	3	.236	.207	.443	4	-22.6	.207	14	-23.7
11	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	.191	2	535	1,288	95	246	30	2	4	101	33	1	172	1		1,397	292	36	75			6	.212	.227	.439	20	-154.1	.205	14	-155.7
12	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	.194	1	296	654	50	127	16	0	6	68	23	1	118	0		721	161	22	43				.223	.246	.469	23	-57.2	.223	25	-62.4
13	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	.195	1	558	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	47	5	96	3	2	645	134	23	44	1	0	4	.265	.245	.509	31	-43.4	.243	39	-49.1
14	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	.201	1	211	548	53	110	18	2	9	45	20	4	154	0		605	159	29	33			9	.234	.290	.524	28	-39.7	.247	42	-45.4
15	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	.201	2	490	999	70	201	22	2	2	81	89	0	150	3		1,160	233	26	72			24	.267	.233	.500	54	-76.6	.246	36	-90.5
16	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	.206	1	596	1,328	132	274	44	5	24	144	63	8	415	13	10	1,489	400	73	72	18	0	13	.243	.301	.545	89	-69.6	.247	49	-86.2
17	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	.206	1	391	63	4	13	2	0	0	3	1	0	29	2	0	70	15	2	6	0	0	0	.219	.238	.457	1	-6.6	.207	11	-7.3
18	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	.225	1	324	717	76	161	23	4	8	76	9	1	104	5		766	216	35	39				.235	.301	.536	36	-59.2	.245	35	-61.8
19	Bucky Walters B. Walters	.243	1	526	1,270	144	308	62	5	11	146	71	2	192	10		1,388	413	78	45			13	.284	.325	.609	109	-54.6	.286	63	-61.8
20	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	.271	1	452	878	94	238	33	3	15	108	87	3	147	2	1	988	322	51	17	3	1	17	.338	.367	.705	110	-4.4	.324	87	-15.5