frank jobe but it is a patient that got the credit and got back to the big leagues. >> he said " if you don't have it and you'll never pitch again, if you have it that it might work ". i started throwing to my wife, playing catch with her. and knowing that i could not throw the ball hard. and it was not trying to throw the ball hard. all that i wanted to do is exercise my arm. >> after surgery went on to win another 164 games. the success rate of recovery at the professional level has reported to be between 85 and 92% among hundreds of cases. >> let's just say that i would like to be one of the only guys to come back from it. >> wilson is recovering from his second tommy john surgery. and will be ready by spring training. >> when he had the surgery, did they make him shave his beard off for cleanliness? >> to amazing things, tommy john and then acl surgery, that was a time when nfl players career would have been over. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,