Ed Kranepool (Baseball. Born, The Bronx, NY, Nov. 8, 1944.) Longest-serving of the Mets, Edward Emil Kranepool played 18 seasons with the club and eclipsed many of the batting records previously held by Cleon Jones. Kranepool was signed out of James Monroe H.S. by scout Bubber Jonnard (June 27, 1962) for an $80,000 bonus and […]
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