Men's College World Series: Here are 47 Legendary No-Hitters and Low-Hit Games

The CWS has played 47 low-hit ball games in its 75-year history. According to the CWS record book, low-hit games are classified as no-hitters, one-hitters, and two-hitters. Let’s start by concentrating on the 30 pitchers who threw low-hit gems by themselves. Of those 47 games, 17 required multiple pitchers to finish the game.

The last time a no-hitter was thrown in the history of the Men’s College World Series was by Arkansas’s Gage Wood on June 16, 2025, during the series against Murray State. Wood gave up just one baserunner on a hit-by-pitch in the eighth inning while striking out 19 batters.

In 1950, Jim Ehrler from Texas played a crucial role in leading the Longhorns to become the first team to win back-to-back championships in MCWS history. He achieved a remarkable 7-0 no-hitter in Omaha during the inaugural MCWS held at Rosenblatt Stadium. From beginning to end, he was in exceptional form, striking out five of the six batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings.

A decade later, Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State also threw a no-hitter, marking one of only eight in the history of the Cowboys’ program. This impressive performance allowed Oklahoma State to eliminate North Carolina and advance to the semifinals, with the final score of that match also being 7-0.

In the history of the College World Series, eight pitchers have completed a one-hit game. Rod Keogh from Washington State required 10 innings to achieve his, making him the only pitcher on our list to need an extra inning to accomplish this feat. His one-hitter occurred on June 19, 1950, the same day as Ehrler’s no-hitter. Two years later, Jackie Lonergan from Holy Cross managed a one-hitter, but unlike anyone else who has thrown one solo at the CWS, he suffered a 1-0 loss to Missouri.

Nineteen pitchers have recorded solo two-hitters. On June 14, 1952, Junior Wren from Penn State and Tom Cole from Western Michigan both achieved this milestone on the same day. Recently, there were consecutive seasons featuring two-hit performances; one was a combined effort by LSU’s Alex Lange and Zack Hess in 2017, while the other was Kevin Abel’s solo two-hitter in his CWS clinching shutout against Arkansas, leading Oregon State to victory in the 2018 CWS.

Here’s the complete list of individual low-hit games in the CWS:

Player	Team	Opponent	Year
NO-HITTERS
Jim Ehrler	Texas	Tufts	1950
Jim Wixson	Oklahoma State	North Carolina	1960
Gage Wood	Arkansas	Murray State	2025
ONE-HITTERS
Rod Keogh	Washington State	Rutgers	1950 (10 innings)
Jackie Lonergan	Holy Cross	Missouri	1952 (lost)
Buddy Wittichen	Ole Miss	Bradley	1956
Littleton Fowler	Oklahoma State	Syracuse	1961
Larry Hardy	Texas	BYU	1968
Bob Shirley	Oklahoma	Penn State	1973
Steve Howe	Michigan	Baylor	1978
Doug Henry	Arizona State	Maine	1983
TWO-HITTERS
James Waldrip	Oklahoma	Springfield	1951
Junior Wren	Missouri	Penn State	1952
Tom Cole	Western Michigan	Duke	1952
Lawrence Bossidy	Colgate	Wake Forest	1955 (lost)
Carl Thomas	Arizona	Springfield	1955
Don Lee	Arizona	NYU	1956
Ronald Craven	Minnesota	Wyoming	1956
Robert Blakeslee	Southern California	Northern Colorado	1958
Dave Baldwin	Arisone	Fresno State	1959
Skip Hancock	Arizona State	Ole Miss	1964
Dennis Musgraves	Missouri	Maine	1964
Steve Arlin	Ohio State	Southern California	1966
Gene Ammann	Florida State	Arizona	1970
Craig Swan	Arizona State	Temple	1972
Tom Bigwood	Georgia Southern	Harvard	1973
Greg Ward	South Carolina	Eastern Michigan	1975
Mike Fontana	Long Beach State	Kansas	1993
Michael Roth	South Carolina	Kent State	2012
Kevin Abel	Oregon State	Arkansas	2018

What about the low hitters that are thrown by several pitchers? In 1964, the first two one-hitters combined occurred at the same College World Series. On June 12, Minnesota defeated the Gophers 12-0 with a one-hit victory because to the combined efforts of Frank Brosseau, Dan Howard, and Dick Mielke. Three days later, Missouri defeated the Gophers 4-1 thanks to a one-hitter from Keith Weber and Jim Nelson.

Most recently, Will Bednar and Landon Sims combined to give up just one hit in a 9-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the last game of the 2021 College World Series.

In the 1955 edition, four two-hitters were thrown in Omaha, marking the first two-hitter to occur in the CWS. Before Ken Kinnamon and Don Anderson teamed for a two-hitter for Oklahoma State on the same day (June 12) that Arizona’s Carl Thomas pitched his own, Lawrence Bossidy got things started for Colgate on June 10. On June 13, Colgate’s Sam Frankel and Lawrence Bossidy completed the group.

These are the low-hitters that required a mix of pitchers to finish.

One-hitters: