Editing Ed Kranepool (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1944–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ed Kranepool
|image=Ed Kranepool 1963.png
|caption=Kranepool in 1963
|position=[[First baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date = {{birth date|1944|11|08}}
|birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|09|08|1944|11|08}}
|death_place = [[Boca Raton, Florida]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 22
|debutyear=1962
|debutteam=New York Mets
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 30
|finalyear=1979
|finalteam=New York Mets
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.261
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=118
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=614
|teams=
* [[New York Mets]] ({{Baseball year|1962}}–{{Baseball year|1979}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1965]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1969}})
* [[New York Mets Hall of Fame]]
}}

'''Edward Emil Kranepool III''' (November 8, 1944 – September 8, 2024) was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire [[Major League Baseball]] career with the [[New York Mets]]. He was predominantly a [[first baseman]], but he also played in the [[outfield]].

Born in [[the Bronx, New York]], Kranepool attended [[James Monroe High School (New York)|James Monroe High School]], where he began playing [[baseball]] and [[basketball]]. Mets' [[scout (sport)|scout]] [[Bubber Jonnard]] signed Kranepool in {{Baseball year|1962}} at the age of 17 as an amateur [[free agent]]. By the time he retired in 1979, he had become the last remaining Met from their inaugural 1962 season and was a member of the Miracle Mets World Championship team of 1969.