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Ed Kranepool Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1990 Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 12 of 890 players Edward Emil Kranepool Born: November 8, 1944 at New York, N.Y. Throws: Left Bats: Left Height: 6.03 Weight: 205 Ed Kranepool has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 32 times, most recently on July 19, 2010.

First Mets game: September 22, 1962 Last Mets game: September 30, 1979

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Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1962 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .333 .167 1963 86 273 22 57 12 2 2 14 18 0 50 0 4 2 1 2 79 .209 .289 .256 1964 119 420 47 108 19 4 10 45 32 2 50 2 0 1 3 4 165 .257 .393 .310 1965 153 525 44 133 24 4 10 53 39 7 71 2 1 4 1 8 195 .253 .371 .303 1966 146 464 51 118 15 2 16 57 41 9 66 3 1 1 0 4 185 .254 .399 .316 1967 141 469 37 126 17 1 10 54 37 15 51 1 0 4 5 4 175 .269 .373 .321 1968 127 373 29 86 13 1 3 20 19 5 39 2 0 3 10 1 110 .231 .295 .271 1969 112 353 36 84 9 2 11 49 37 7 32 0 3 2 2 4 130 .238 .368 .307 1970 43 47 2 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .170 .170 .250 1971 122 421 61 118 20 4 14 58 38 6 33 1 0 4 5 2 188 .280 .447 .340 1972 122 327 28 88 15 1 8 34 34 13 35 1 1 0 2 4 129 .269 .394 .336 1973 100 284 28 68 12 2 1 35 30 4 28 0 1 0 4 2 87 .239 .306 .310 1974 94 217 20 65 11 1 4 24 18 0 14 0 1 0 0 2 90 .300 .415 .350 1975 106 325 42 105 16 0 4 43 27 6 21 0 1 1 0 5 133 .323 .409 .370 1976 123 415 47 121 17 1 10 49 35 4 38 0 1 0 2 3 170 .292 .410 .344 1977 108 281 28 79 17 0 10 40 23 7 20 0 1 4 0 5 126 .281 .448 .330 1978 66 81 7 17 2 0 3 19 8 2 12 1 0 0 0 3 28 .210 .346 .280 1979 82 155 7 36 5 0 2 17 13 2 18 1 0 1 0 5 47 .232 .303 .287 18 years 1853 5436 536 1418 225 25 118 614 454 89 581 14 15 27 35 58 2047 .261 .377 .316

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1969 3 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 .250 .333 .308 1973 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 2 years 4 14 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 .286 .357 .333

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1969 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 1.000 .250 1973 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2 years 5 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .571 .143

Led Mets in games with 146 in 1966 and with 122 in 1972. Led Mets in hits with 133 in 1965. Led Mets in doubles with 24 in 1965. Led Mets in triples with 4 in 1965. Led Mets in home runs with 16 in 1966. Tied for Mets lead in home runs with 14 in 1971. Led Mets in batting average with .253 in 1965. Led Mets in intentional walks with 7 in 1965, with 9 in 1966, with 15 in 1967 and with 13 in 1972. Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 7 in 1977. Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 8 in 1965 and with 5 in 1977. Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 10 in 1968. Tied for Mets lead in grounded into double play with 13 in 1965.

Games where Ed Kranepool had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Philadelphia (NL) 08/14/64. At San Francisco (NL) 04/24/65. At Atlanta (NL) 04/23/66. At Montreal (NL) 04/29/69.
vs. Los Angeles (NL) 06/03/69. At Chicago (NL) 04/10/77.

Games where Ed Kranepool had 4 or more Hits
At St. Louis (NL) 09/04/63. At Chicago (NL) 05/31/65. At San Francisco (NL) 09/17/66. At Philadelphia (NL) 08/15/67.
At St. Louis (NL) 04/26/71. vs. Montreal (NL) 08/10/79.

Games played by position
1962: First Base 3
1963: Outfield 55, Right Field 50, First Base 20, Left Field 6
1964: First Base 104, Outfield 6, Right Field 5, Center Field 1
1965: First Base 147
1966: First Base 132, Left Field 11, Outfield 11
1967: First Base 139
1968: First Base 113, Left Field 2, Outfield 2
1969: First Base 106, Outfield 2, Left Field 2
1970: First Base 8
1971: First Base 108, Outfield 11, Left Field 6, Right Field 5
1972: First Base 108, Right Field 1, Outfield 1
1973: First Base 51, Outfield 32, Left Field 31, Right Field 1
1974: Outfield 33, Left Field 32, First Base 24, Right Field 1
1975: First Base 82, Left Field 4, Outfield 4
1976: First Base 86, Outfield 31, Left Field 23, Right Field 8
1977: Outfield 42, First Base 41, Right Field 32, Left Field 10
1978: Outfield 12, Right Field 9, First Base 3, Left Field 3
1979: First Base 29, Outfield 8, Right Field 6, Left Field 2

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Ed Kranepool was in the starting lineup.

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1962	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1963	13	6	16	2	17	10	2	0	0
1964	6	33	17	6	26	6	14	0	0
1965	0	2	52	40	24	16	4	0	0
1966	0	1	14	23	37	22	12	19	0
1967	0	10	8	33	54	3	10	3	0
1968	0	0	1	15	30	24	17	11	0
1969	0	0	0	2	40	53	1	1	0
1970	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
1971	0	0	0	61	40	4	5	0	0
1972	0	0	2	26	14	13	29	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0	61	12	0	0	0
1974	0	0	15	4	28	1	1	0	0
1975	0	0	33	1	29	19	0	0	0
1976	0	0	15	36	48	6	0	1	0
1977	0	0	3	13	48	7	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	3	14	16	0	0	0
Totals	19	52	176	271	514	213	99	35	0