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b. July 17, 1938 · New York Yankees 1960–1961, Kansas City Athletics 1961–1962, Cincinnati Reds 1964–1967, Atlanta Braves 1968, Philadelphia Phillies 1969–1973, Oakland Athletics 1973–1974, Milwaukee Brewers 1974, Boston Red Sox 1974–1976, Chicago White Sox 1975

In 1965, for Cincinnati, he hit 32 home runs and drove in 130 to lead the league, and finished fourth in the Most Valuable Player voting. He was not an All-Star that year or any other: sixteen seasons, 245 home runs, 923 runs batted in and not one selection.

He hit 34 home runs for the 1971 Phillies, including four in a row across two games in July, which sixteen players have managed. Nine clubs employed him and he played first base, third base and the outfield for most of them.

The Yankees signed him at eighteen and traded him before he was twenty-three. He was a hitting coach for the Angels and Mets afterward. He died of lung cancer in 1992, at fifty-three. The 1982 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1965

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1960	NYY	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1961	KCA/NYY	96	302	32	63	11	3	8	44	16	49	0	.209
1962	KCA	17	19	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	8	0	.105
1964	CIN	140	477	63	130	24	4	21	79	37	98	4	.273
1965	CIN	159	616	92	177	30	7	32	130	52	97	0	.287
1966	CIN	142	505	75	130	25	3	24	81	39	87	1	.257
1967	CIN	108	361	39	81	18	1	13	53	22	104	0	.224
1968	ATL	127	342	29	71	11	1	8	33	35	79	0	.208
1969	PHI	138	475	51	121	19	4	17	80	60	111	4	.255
1970	PHI	159	574	66	147	28	3	27	93	72	132	0	.256
1971	PHI	158	582	74	154	29	0	34	95	72	146	0	.265
1972	PHI	96	230	19	49	4	1	9	31	26	69	0	.213
1973	OAK/PHI	143	500	64	120	16	2	20	86	64	126	0	.240
1974	BOS/MIL/OAK	110	351	30	60	4	2	13	43	32	84	2	.171
1975	BOS/CHW	151	565	68	135	25	1	19	75	50	117	0	.239
1976	BOS	15	38	3	5	1	1	0	0	5	11	0	.132
Career	—	1765	5941	706	1447	247	33	245	923	585	1318	11	.244

On this day & linked events

1938

Born July 17, 1938

San Diego, CA, USA

1992

Died April 23, 1992

1960

Major-league debut: Deron Johnson

Deron Johnson made a major-league debut on September 20, 1960.

1971

Deron Johnson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1971

Deron Johnson hit three home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Montreal Expos on July 11, 1971.

1976

Final major-league game: Deron Johnson

Deron Johnson played a final major-league game on May 28, 1976.

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