oldest player to throw a no hitter

Nolan Ryan is the oldest in a no-hitter. He was 44 years and 90 days old versus the Blue Jays on May 1, 1991.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to throw a regular-season no hitter
NAME AGE NH DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
44-090
1
5/1/1991
TEX TEX
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
16
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
2 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
43-131
1
6/11/1990
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
14
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
3 Cy Young
C. Young
41-093
1
6/30/1908
BOS BOS
@
NYH NYH
W
1
2
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
4 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
40-251
1
5/18/2004
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
13
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
5 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
40-005
1
4/28/1961
MIL MIL
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
0.00
5
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
6 Sal Maglie
S. Maglie
39-152
1
9/25/1956
BKN BKN
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
3
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
29
0
7 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
39-146
1
9/16/1960
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
15
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
8 Cy Young
C. Young
37-037
1
5/5/1904
BSA BSA
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
9 Bob Keegan
B. Keegan
37-016
1
8/20/1957
CWS CWS
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
10 David Cone
D. Cone
36-197
1
7/18/1999
NYY NYY
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
11 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
36-193
1
9/1/2019
HOU HOU
@
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
14
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
12 Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
36-075
1
7/28/1991
MON MON
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
5
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
13 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
35-278
1
8/14/1971
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
31
1
14 Virgil Trucks
V. Trucks
35-121
1
8/25/1952
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
15 Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
35-056
1
9/20/1958
BAL BAL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
16 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
35-039
1
5/19/2021
NYY NYY
@
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
17 Virgil Trucks
V. Trucks
35-019
1
5/15/1952
DET DET
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
7
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
31
0
18 David Wells
D. Wells
34-362
1
5/17/1998
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
19 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
34-238
1
9/26/1981
HOU HOU
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
1
20 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
34-230
1
9/28/1951
NYY NYY
vs
BSA BSA
W
1
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
30
0
21 Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
34-193
1
9/13/1925
BKN BKN
vs
PHN PHN
W
1
0.00
9
1
0
0
9.0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
29
0
22 Wade Miley
W. Miley
34-175
1
5/7/2021
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
0
23 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
34-152
1
7/12/1951
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
4
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
29
0
24 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
34-126
1
8/5/1973
ATL ATL
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
4
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
25 Hisashi Iwakuma
H. Iwakuma
34-122
1
8/12/2015
SEA SEA
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
7
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
29
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for no-hitters and player age going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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