FILE - First baseman Ed Kranepool, of the New York Mets, takes practice swings before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Calif., in April 25, 1965. (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston, File)
FILE - Ed Kranepool, of the New York Mets, poses at baseball spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla., in March 1964. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)
FILE - New York Mets' Ed Kranepool poses in April 9, 1963, in St. Petersburg, Fla., at baseball spring training. (AP Photo/John Lindsay, File)
FILE - New York Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool, right, introduces his glove to sliding Bill Buckner, of the Chicago Cubs, in the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sept. 9, 1977. Buckner was safe on the pickoff-attempt. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock, File)
FILE - Infielder Ed Kranepool, of the New York Mets baseball team, poses in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 1971. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)
FILE - Ed Kranepool, right, poses for a photo with Gil Hodges, Jr., son of former New York Mets manager Gil Hodges, after Hodges threw the first pitch to Kranepool before the Mets home opener baseball game against the Washington Nationals, April 4, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
FILE - New York Mets' Ed Kranepool poses at baseball spring training camp in March 1968. (AP Photo, File)