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We all know the name Tommy John, and probably know that he came back to pitch after having the famous surgery on his UCL.

But if he had come back and only pitched for a season or two with mixed results, we might not know the name because other pitchers would have likely not opted to have the procedure done if they didn't think it would actually help them (side note: the next two pitchers that had TJ surgery never returned to the majors).

But Tommy John didn't just come back and extend his career, he had a whole other career after the fact. Here are the highlights of pre and post surgery:

Player	Ages	Games	WAR	Wins	ERA	SO	IP
Pre-TJ	20-31	355	31.1	124	2.97	1,273	2,165
Post-TJ	33-46	405	31	164	3.66	972	2,544

He also added two Cy Young runner ups post-surgery.

For reference on his 164 wins in his 30's and 40's, (I can't stress this enough that this is after having the first Tommy John surgery in history), here are the only active pitchers with more than 160 wins in their career:

Justin Verlander

Max Scherzer

Here is every player in league history that has recorded a triple double at the age of 38 or older:

LeBron James- 20 times

Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Elvin Hayes- 1 time each

Every other player in league history combined- 0

If you expand it out to 37, the leaderboard looks like this:

LeBron- 23

Everyone else combined- 13 (5 of these are Westbrook last season)

Here is every season in NBA history where a guard finished top 10 in rebounds per game:

Player	Season	RPG	RPG Rank
Tom Gola	1958-59	11.1	8th
Oscar Robertson	1961-62	12.5	9th
Russell Westbrook	2016-17	10.7	10th
Russell Westbrook	2017-18	10.1	10th
Russell Westbrook	2018-19	11.1	10th
Russell Westbrook	2020-21	11.5	6th

Some notable near misses include Magic (11th in '82), Luka (15th in '24), and Josh Hart (13th in '25)

From '92-'98, Dennis Rodman had an NBA record 7 straight rebounding titles. In those seasons, he had 2,714 offensive rebounds and only 2,546 field goal attempts. Here is the season-by-season breakdown:

Season	Team	FGA	ORB
1991-92	DET	635	523
1992-93	DET	429	367
1993-94	SAS	292	453
1994-95	SAS	240	274
1995-96	CHI	304	356
1996-97	CHI	286	320
1997-98	CHI	360	421

Kevin Durant tore his Achilles on June 10, 2019 and didn't play another NBA game until December 22, 2020.

This is what his production looked like the the 6 seasons both before and after the injury:

Seasons	Games	PPG	RPG	APG	TS%
2014-19	388	27.5	7.3	5.3	63.7
2021-26	352	27.4	6.4	5.1	64.4

Slight dip in rebounding, and a slight increase in efficiency.

It's pretty remarkable that despite sustaining what is often a career ending (or at least career altering) injury, KD is essentially the exact same player and is maintaining the same level of productivity into his late 30's that he had in his prime.

Juszczyk was absolutely unique among FBs last year. According to PFF, there were only 14 FBs in the league, and Juszczyk had 50% more snaps than the 2nd FB (Alec Ingold).

Unfortunately for Juszczyk though, his productivity doesn't even sniff the same level as somewhat comparable TEs.

For example, Juszczyk had 253 receiving snaps, 21 pass block snaps, and 291 run block snaps.

Here are the TEs last year with at least 250 receiving and run block snaps with fewer than 30 pass block snaps:

Kyle Pitts

Dawson Knox

Dallas Goedert

Colston Loveland

Harold Fannin Jr.

Trey McBride

Travis Kelce

Even the least productive pass catcher out of this group (Knox), blows Juszczyk out of the water:

Player	Rec. Yards	Rec. Snaps	Run Block Grade	Run Block Snaps
Kyle Juszczyk	213	253	56	291
Dawson Knox	417	375	63.2	341

Juszczyk is a 1-of-1 FB, but an even remotely comparable TE is simply far more productive and valuable.

Here is every player in league history with at least 25,000 points, 5,000 rebounds, and 5,000 assists:

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
LeBron James	43,440	12,095	12,016
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	17,440	5,660
Karl Malone	36,928	14,968	5,248
Kobe Bryant	33,643	7,047	6,306
Kevin Durant	32,597	8,254	5,280
Michael Jordan	32,292	6,672	5,633
James Harden	29,339	6,809	8,873
Russell Westbrook	27,176	9,025	10,351
DeMar DeRozan	26,711	5,434	5,185
Oscar Robertson	26,710	7,804	9,887
John Havlicek	26,395	8,007	6,114
Kevin Garnett	26,071	14,662	5,445
Jerry West	25,192	5,366	6,238

Kinda wild to see DeRozan on a list that is almost exclusively inner-circle HOFers. His current HOF probability has him at 48% right behind Joe Johnson and LaMarcus Aldridge. Should he be a no-doubt 1st ballot HOFer though?