Ed Kranepool - All-Star

All-Star

Prior to the start of the 1965 season, the Mets acquired future Hall of fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. Kranepool gave up his number 21 to Spahn, who had worn that number his entire career, and began wearing number 7.

Kranepool was batting .287 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs to be named the sole Mets representative at the 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, though he did not play. By the end of the season, Kranepool's batting average fell to .253, but that was still enough to lead the team that lost 112 games that season, and finished in tenth place in the National League. He also led his team with 133 hits and 24 doubles.

In 1966, Kranepool paced the Mets with a career high sixteen home runs to help the Mets avoid a last place finish and 100 losses for the first time in franchise history (95).