Ted Kluszewski was born in Argo, Illinois and attended Argo Community High School. The White Sox won the 1959 American League pennant, and faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. In the first game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, Kluszewski hit two home runs and drove in five in an 11–0 rout of the Dodgers. However, the Dodgers would win the next four out of five games to win the series with pitching that neutralized the White Sox, except for Kluszewski, who hit .391 with three home runs and ten RBIs (tying Gil Hodges' mark set in the same series). Around that time, Sox owner Bill Veeck introduced uniforms with players' names on the backs. During a road trip to New York, Ted Kluszewski became the first player to appear in a game with his name misspelled with a backwards "z" and an "x" instead of the second "k".
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