He appeared as himself in a episode of Everybody Loves Raymond along with several other members of the 1969 Mets. Post retirement Ed Kranepool made a living after retirement as a stockbroker and restaurateur, is currently working for a credit card processing company. He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1990 and is currently living in Old Westbury, New York. He ranks third on the all-time Mets hits list with 1418. He was surpassed by Mets third baseman David Wright, with 1777, and, in 2017, by José Reyes, who has 1491 hits as a member of the Mets. Kranepool developed diabetes shortly after retirement. In 2017 Kranepool had a toe removed due to an abscess that became infected. The infection could not be controlled because both of his kidneys were failing. At the time, Kranepool was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. On May 7, 2019, Ed Kranepool was successfully transplanted with a living donor kidney at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York under the leadership of transplant surgeons Frank S. Darras, MD and Wayne C. Waltzer, MD. Supreme Court anecdote Kranepool is associated with an amusing Supreme Court story. Justice Potter Stewart was a Cincinnati Reds fan who, while he was listening to oral arguments, asked one of his clerks to provide him and fellow Justice Harry Blackmun with play by play accounts of the October 10, 1973 playoff game between the Mets and the Reds. NBC interrupted its coverage of the game to report that Vice President Spiro Agnew had resigned after pleading nolo contendere to corruption charges. The clerk passed a note which read, "Kranepool flies to right. Agnew resigns." Quotes "We've got a couple of kids here named (Ed) Kranepool and (Greg) Goossen, and they're both 20 years old. In 10 years Kranepool has a chance to be a star. In 10 years Goossen has a chance to be 30." (Casey Stengel, allegedly saying this to reporters in training camp in 1966) See also List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise References External links 1944 births Living people Auburn Mets players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Kidney transplant recipients Knoxville Smokies players Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball outfielders James Monroe High School (New York City) alumni National League All-Stars New York Mets players Sportspeople from the Bronx