By Art Berke
The White Sox took over first place for good on July 28, 1959 and likely would have captured their first American League pennant since 1919 without the notable trade 60 years ago this week that brought Argo, Illinois native and slugging first baseman Ted Kluszewski to the South Side on August 25. Big Klu just made it a lot easier.
The arrival of the 6-foot-2, 225-pound first baseman, who is well known in baseball lore for cutting off his uniform sleeves to showcase his bulging biceps, gave the Sox a much-needed middle of the lineup bat in one of baseball’s pre-eminent power hitters of the 1950s.