what is the lowest amount of strikeouts in a no hitter

48 pitchers threw a no-hitter. 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:
What is the lowest amount of strikeouts in a no hitter by a player?
NAME NH SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
1
0
8/19/1969
CHC CHC
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
2 Sad Sam Jones
S. Sam Jones
1
0
9/4/1923
NYY NYY
@
PHA PHA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
3 Earl Hamilton
E. Hamilton
1
0
8/30/1912
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
0
1
0
2
0
0
31
0
4 Pete Dowling
P. Dowling
1
0
6/30/1901
CLE CLE
@
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
31
0
5 Clyde Wright
C. Wright
1
1
7/3/1970
CAL CAL
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
29
0
6 Bob Keegan
B. Keegan
1
1
8/20/1957
CWS CWS
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
7 Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
1
1
6/19/1952
BKN BKN
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
8 Clyde Shoun
C. Shoun
1
1
5/15/1944
CIN CIN
vs
BSN BSN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
9 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
1
1
9/7/1923
BSA BSA
@
PHA PHA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
10 Ed Lafitte
E. Lafitte
1
1
9/19/1914
BKF
vs
KCP KCP
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
0
0
2
0
7
1
0
35
1
11 Reid Detmers
R. Detmers
1
2
5/10/2022
LAA LAA
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
12 Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
1
2
5/3/2011
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
30
0
13 Jerry Reuss
J. Reuss
1
2
6/27/1980
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
14 Bill McCahan
B. McCahan
1
2
9/3/1947
PHA PHA
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
15 Ed Head
E. Head
1
2
4/23/1946
BKN BKN
vs
BSN BSN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
29
0
16 Lon Warneke
L. Warneke
1
2
8/30/1941
SLN SLN
@
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
17 Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
1
2
8/21/1926
CWS CWS
@
BSA BSA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
18 Ernie Koob
E. Koob
1
2
5/5/1917
SLA SLA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
32
0
19 Rube Marquard
R. Marquard
1
2
4/15/1915
NYG NYG
vs
BKN BKN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
20 Jeff Tesreau
J. Tesreau
1
2
9/6/1912
NYG NYG
@
PHN PHN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
21 Addie Joss
A. Joss
1
2
4/20/1910
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
29
0
22 Frank Smith
F. Smith
1
2
9/20/1908
CWS CWS
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
23 Bob Rhoads
B. Rhoads
1
2
9/18/1908
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
0
1
0
2
1
0
33
1
24 Cy Young
C. Young
1
2
6/30/1908
BOS BOS
@
NYH NYH
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
25 Weldon Henley
W. Henley
1
2
7/22/1905
PHA PHA
@
SLA SLA
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.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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