Editing Ed Kranepool (section)

===1969: Miracle Mets===
Kranepool was reportedly part of proposed a trade package along with [[Amos Otis]] and [[Bob Heise]] when the Mets attempted to acquire the Braves' [[Joe Torre]] who went to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] for [[Orlando Cepeda]] instead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19690318&id=Z_4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pcYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=818,2870653 |author=Couch, Dick |title=Mets Trio Reportedly Offered to Tribe Shines |date=March 18, 1969 |work=[[TimesDaily|The Florence Times]]}}</ref>

On May 21, {{Baseball year|1969}}, the Mets won their third game in a row for a .500 winning percentage 36 games into the season for the first time in franchise history. This was followed by a five-game losing streak that saw the Mets fall into fourth place in the newly aligned [[National League East]].

The Mets then went on an 11-game winning streak that included a two home run performance by Kranepool against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196906030.shtml|title=Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets Box Score: June 3, 1969 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> By the end of the streak, the Mets were in second place, seven games back of the Chicago Cubs.

On July 8, Kranepool hit a fifth-inning home run off [[Ferguson Jenkins]] to give the Mets a 1–0 lead over the Cubs. By the time the Mets batted in the ninth inning, however, the first place Cubs had taken a 3–1 lead. The Mets scored three [[run (baseball)|runs]] in the ninth to win the game, with [[Cleon Jones]] scoring the last run on Kranepool's [[single (baseball)|single]] to center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196907080.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets Box Score: July 8, 1969 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

The Mets completed their remarkable [[1969 New York Mets season|"Miracle" 1969 season]], in which the team, backed by Kranepool, [[Tom Seaver]], and [[Jerry Koosman]], won their first [[1969 World Series|World Series title]] against the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. Kranepool hit a home run in game three of the series, a 5–0 win for the Mets.<ref>{{cite web |title=1969 World Series Game 3, Orioles at Mets, October 14 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196910140.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>