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Originally Posted by ovccsteve
Simple. Name ONE. Not some scrub. Name one player who was an all-star caliber player for two years prior to his 25th birthday and who was out of the game completely by 29 without any injuries.
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Well, to begin with, there aren't many players that qualify as "all-star caliber player for two years prior to his 25th birthday". There are more examples of players who peaked around 27 and were done by 31.
A quick can of players who recently turned 30 that are out of baseball turned up Marcus Giles. All-Star and 18th in MVP voting at age 25 (2003 season) and 26th in MVP at age 27. His last season was 2007, and he didn't play this year.