mlb fewest strikeouts thrown in a no hitter

4 pitchers are tied for fanning the fewest batters in a no-hitter, with 0 strikeouts. The first three are Ken Holtzman on August 19, 1969, Sad Sam Jones on September 4, 1923 and Earl Hamilton on August 30, 1912.

Interpreted as:
MLB fewest strikeouts thrown in a regular-season no hitter by a player
NAMESONHDATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
0
1
8/19/1969
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
2Sad Sam Jones
S. Sam Jones
0
1
9/4/1923
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
3Earl Hamilton
E. Hamilton
0
1
8/30/1912
@
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
0
1
0
2
0
0
31
0
4Pete Dowling
P. Dowling
0
1
6/30/1901
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
31
0
5Clyde Wright
C. Wright
1
1
7/3/1970
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
29
0
6Bob Keegan
B. Keegan
1
1
8/20/1957
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
7Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
1
1
6/19/1952
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
8Clyde Shoun
C. Shoun
1
1
5/15/1944
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
9Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
1
1
9/7/1923
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
10Ed Lafitte
E. Lafitte
1
1
9/19/1914
vs
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
0
0
2
0
7
1
0
35
1
11Reid Detmers
R. Detmers
2
1
5/10/2022
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
12Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
2
1
5/3/2011
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
30
0
13Jerry Reuss
J. Reuss
2
1
6/27/1980
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
14Bill McCahan
B. McCahan
2
1
9/3/1947
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
15Ed Head
E. Head
2
1
4/23/1946
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
29
0
16Lon Warneke
L. Warneke
2
1
8/30/1941
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
17Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
2
1
8/21/1926
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
18Ernie Koob
E. Koob
2
1
5/5/1917
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
32
0
19Rube Marquard
R. Marquard
2
1
4/15/1915
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
20Jeff Tesreau
J. Tesreau
2
1
9/6/1912
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
21Addie Joss
A. Joss
2
1
4/20/1910
@
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
29
0
22Frank Smith
F. Smith
2
1
9/20/1908
vs
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
23Bob Rhoads
B. Rhoads
2
1
9/18/1908
vs
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
0
1
0
2
1
0
33
1
24Cy Young
C. Young
2
1
6/30/1908
@
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
25Weldon Henley
W. Henley
2
1
7/22/1905
@
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
3
0
0
28
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for no-hitters going back to the 1908 season.
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