Let's make this birthday one to remember.

86 years old (Born on July 17, 1938)

Happy Birthday to the legendary Deron Johnson, slugger extraordinaire of baseball lore! With 245 towering home runs launched in your seventeen-year MLB adventure during the swinging '60s and groovy '70s, you routinely sent pitchers back to therapy. Every blast represented both joy for fans and dismay for opposing outfielders chasing souvenirs over fences.

From dazzling days with Cincinnati—where fastballs became frequent flyers—to powerful hits that shook stadium walls everywhere from Philly to Oakland: you're a timeless MVP of birthday greatness. Today we celebrate not just stats but all those memorable moments where bat met ball—and gravity negotiated surrender terms immediately thereafter!