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Originally Posted by candybar
Jamie Moyer I think is even more extreme. He was 72-79 with an ERA of 4.44 (98 ERA+) going into his age 34 season, with zero all star appearance or Cy Young vote. He went 197-130 with an ERA of 4.17 (106 ERA+) for the rest of his career. Tim Wakefield is another good example.
Great example. Others of this type - Daniel Nestor, Chris Chelios. Julio.Franco
Some more examples for this thread in general... Martin Brodeur, Mark Messier, Rickey Henderson, Jaromir Jagr, Zdeno Chara. Barry Bonds.
Hockey seems like a really tough sport to me, but for some reason quite a few players age well, even compared to something like baseball that seems much less demanding.