Ed Kranepool

Full Name: Edward Emil Kranepool	Primary Position: 1B,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: September 22, 1962
Birthdate: November 8, 1944	Final Game: September 30, 1979
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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- 2.1 Batting Stats
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[edit] Biography

'Ed Kranepool (Edward Emil Kranepool) was born on November 8, 1944 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1962 for the New York Mets. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .209 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI. Kranepool played for the New York Mets for his entire 18 year career.

    Steady Eddie was a top pinch hitter later in his career - batting .396 in that role from 1974 thru 1978. 
    His .486 PH average in 1974 is still a record.
    Most people believe that Ed Kranepool's best season was 1971, when he  hit for a .280 average with 58 rbi.
    In 1975 Ed hit a career best .323.  He is among the all time leaders on the Mets in many offensive categories.'

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	NY	N	3	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1963	NY	N	86	273	22	57	2	14	.209	.256	.289	12	2	18	50	0	1	4	0	10
1964	NY	N	119	420	47	108	10	45	.257	.310	.393	19	4	32	50	2	3	0	2	9
1965	NY	N	153	525	44	133	10	53	.253	.303	.371	24	4	39	71	2	1	1	7	13
1966	NY	N	146	464	51	118	16	57	.254	.316	.399	15	2	41	66	3	0	1	9	5
1967	NY	N	141	469	37	126	10	54	.269	.321	.373	17	1	37	51	1	5	0	15	13
1968	NY	N	127	373	29	86	3	20	.231	.271	.295	13	1	19	39	2	10	0	5	6
1969	NY	N	112	353	36	84	11	49	.238	.307	.368	9	2	37	32	0	2	3	7	10
1970	NY	N	43	47	2	8	0	3	.170	.250	.170	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	NY	N	122	421	61	118	14	58	.280	.340	.447	20	4	38	33	1	5	0	6	7
1972	NY	N	122	327	28	88	8	34	.269	.336	.394	15	1	34	35	1	2	1	13	11
1973	NY	N	100	284	28	68	1	35	.239	.310	.306	12	2	30	28	0	4	1	4	7
1974	NY	N	94	217	20	65	4	24	.300	.350	.415	11	1	18	14	0	0	1	0	5
1975	NY	N	106	325	42	105	4	43	.323	.370	.409	16	0	27	21	0	0	1	6	12
1976	NY	N	123	415	47	121	10	49	.292	.344	.410	17	1	35	38	0	2	1	4	10
1977	NY	N	108	281	28	79	10	40	.281	.330	.448	17	0	23	20	0	0	1	7	10
1978	NY	N	66	81	7	17	3	19	.210	.280	.346	2	0	8	12	1	0	0	2	4
1979	NY	N	82	155	7	36	2	17	.232	.287	.303	5	0	13	18	1	0	0	2	6
Total			1853	5436	536	1418	118	614	.261	.316	.377	225	25	454	581	14	35	15	89	138

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1962	NY	N	1B	3	1	13	9	3	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	N	OF	55	51	441.2	78	5	4	1	0	.954
1963	NY	N	LF	6	6	46	15	2	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	N	RF	50	45	395.2	64	2	4	1	0	.943
1963	NY	N	1B	20	15	144.1	150	13	0	16	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	RF	5	4	34	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	1B	104	103	909.1	975	80	10	78	1	.991
1964	NY	N	CF	1	1	9	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	OF	6	5	43	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	N	1B	147	138	1214	1375	93	12	116	0	.992
1966	NY	N	1B	132	117	1029.1	1161	85	10	100	0	.992
1966	NY	N	LF	11	11	88	18	2	2	0	0	.909
1966	NY	N	OF	11	11	88	19	1	2	0	0	.909
1967	NY	N	1B	139	121	1099.2	1137	87	10	103	0	.992
1968	NY	N	OF	2	1	8.1	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	NY	N	1B	113	97	906.1	921	75	6	76	0	.994
1968	NY	N	LF	2	1	8.1	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	N	LF	2	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	N	OF	2	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	N	1B	106	97	858	809	64	6	76	0	.993
1970	NY	N	1B	8	5	52	47	3	0	5	0	1.000
1971	NY	N	1B	107	106	905.2	786	61	2	67	0	.998
1971	NY	N	RF	5	4	32	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	NY	N	OF	11	4	50.1	9	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	NY	N	LF	6	0	18.1	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	NY	N	OF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	NY	N	1B	108	83	790.1	705	48	3	65	0	.996
1972	NY	N	RF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	NY	N	LF	31	30	237	53	1	1	0	0	.982
1973	NY	N	1B	51	42	405	395	27	1	39	0	.998
1973	NY	N	RF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	NY	N	OF	32	31	242	53	1	1	0	0	.982
1974	NY	N	LF	33	30	244	40	1	1	0	0	.976
1974	NY	N	1B	23	19	162.2	165	8	4	18	0	.977
1974	NY	N	OF	34	30	246	42	1	1	0	0	.977
1974	NY	N	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	NY	N	1B	82	78	685	666	46	2	51	0	.997
1975	NY	N	LF	5	4	28	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1975	NY	N	OF	5	4	28	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	1B	86	78	680	675	33	3	48	0	.996
1976	NY	N	RF	8	7	60.1	15	1	0	0	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	OF	31	28	240	46	2	0	0	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	LF	23	21	179.2	29	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	NY	N	RF	32	28	222	53	0	1	0	0	.981
1977	NY	N	OF	42	36	286	61	0	1	0	0	.984
1977	NY	N	LF	10	8	64	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	NY	N	1B	41	35	308.1	286	30	3	21	0	.991
1978	NY	N	1B	3	3	27	27	4	0	3	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	RF	9	3	31	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	LF	3	3	26.2	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	OF	12	6	57.2	9	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	NY	N	RF	6	6	43	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	NY	N	1B	29	26	228	203	19	0	18	0	1.000
1979	NY	N	LF	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	NY	N	OF	8	7	56	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			CF	1	1	9	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	118	99	834	161	3	5	1	0	.970
Total			LF	134	115	962	181	6	4	0	0	.979
Total			1B	1302	1164	10418	10492	779	72	900	1	.994
Total			OF	252	215	1805	348	10	9	1	0	.975