In the 75-year history of the CWS, there have been 47 low-hit ball games. Low-hit games are considered no-hitters, one-hitters, and two-hitters per the CWS record book. Seventeen of those 47 games have needed multiple pitchers to complete the contest, so let’s narrow our focus first to the 30 pitchers who tossed low-hit gems all by their lonesome.

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There have been three no-hitters thrown in Men’s College World Series history, most recently accomplished by Gage Wood of Arkansas in the 2025 Men’s College World Series vs. Murray State on June 16, 2025. Wood struck out 19 and only allowed one baserunner, on a hit by pitch in the eighth inning.

In 1950, Jim Ehrler of Texas did his part in helping the Longhorns become the first repeat champions in MCWS history. He tossed a 7-0 no-hitter in Omaha at the first-ever MCWS played at Rosenblatt Stadium. He was in top form from start to finish, striking out five of the six batters he faced in the seventh and eight innings. 

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Ten years later, Oklahoma State’s Jim Wixson tossed a no-no himself, one of just eight in Cowboy’s program history. The feat helped Oklahoma State eliminate North Carolina and propel the Cowboys to the semifinals. The final score of that game was also 7-0. 

Eight pitchers have tossed a one-hit complete game in College World Series history. Washington State’s Rod Keogh needed 10 innings to get his, the only pitcher on our list who needed an extra frame to finish the job. His one-hitter came on June 19, 1950, the very same day as Ehrler’s no-hitter. Jackie Lonergan of Holy Cross tossed a one-hitter two years later, but unlike anyone else who’s thrown one solo at the CWS, he lost 1-0 to Missouri.

Nineteen pitchers have thrown solo two-hitters. Junior Wren of Penn State and Tom Cole of Western Michigan threw theirs on the same day, June 14, 1952. There were back-to-back seasons pretty recently with two-hit performances; one was a combined effort by LSU’s Alex Lange and Zack Hess in 2017 but the other was Kevin Abel’s solo effort in his CWS clinching shutout over Arkansas to win Oregon State the 2018 CWS.

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

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

Now, what about those low-hitters tossed by multiple pitchers? The first two combined one-hitters came in the same College World Series in 1964. Minnesota’s Frank Brosseau, Dan Howard, and Dick Mielke combined for a one-hit, 12-0 victory on June 12 before Minnesota was on the wrong side of a one-hitter three days later when Keith Weber and Jim Nelson teamed up for Missouri to defeat the Gophers 4-1. 

The feat was most recently completed in the final game of the 2021 College World Series, where Will Bednar and Landon Sims combined to allow just one hit in a 9-0 Game 3 finals win over Vanderbilt.

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The first two-hitter that took place in the CWS came in the 1955 rendition, where there were four two-hitters tossed in Omaha. Lawrence Bossidy got the action started for Colgate on June 10 before Ken Kinnamon and Don Anderson combined for a two-hitter for Oklahoma State on the same day (June 12) that Arizona’s Carl Thomas tossed his. Sam Frankel and Lawrence Bossidy of Colgate rounded out the bunch on June 13.

Here are the low-hitters that took a combination of pitchers to complete.

One-hitters:

Frank Brosseau, Dan Howard, and Dick Mielke, Minnesota, 1964
Keith Weber and Jim Nelson, Missouri, 1964
Alan Dunn and Tim Meacham, Alabama, 1983
Nathan Kirby and Artie Lewicki, Virginia, 2014
Will Bednar and Landon Sims, Mississippi State, 2021

Two-hitters

Ken Kinnamon and Don Anderson, Oklahoma State, 1955
Sam Frankel and Lawrence Bossidy, Colgate, 1955
Bill Dobbs, Richard Schmidt, and Bob Richardson, Oklahoma State, 1968
Ken Crosby and Fred Caviglia, BYU, 1968
Steve Rogers and Cliff Butcher, Tulsa, 1969
Jim Gideon and Jimmy Brown, Texas, 1974
Brad Gore and Ritchie Moody, Oklahoma State, 1990
John Hudgins and Kodiak Quick, Stanford, 2003
J.P. Howell, J. Brent Cox, and Buck Cody, Texas, 2004
Jonah Nickerson and Kevin Gunderson, Oregon State, 2006
Brandon Waddell and Josh Sborz, Virginia, 2015
Alex Lange and Zack Hess, 2018