down a starter role. After the White Sox held off the Indians to claim their first pennant in 40 years, Kluszewski rose to the occasion and then some against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first World Series of his career. In 25 plate appearances, Kluszewski hit .391 and three home runs and walked twice. He drove in home 10 runs. In his first trip to the plate, Kluszewski singled off starter Roger Craig to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead in the first inning. He triggered a seven-run onslaught two innings later with a towering drive that landed in the lower deck in right field, a three-run homer that knocked Craig out of the game. In the fourth, Kluszewski launched his second two-run homer in as many innings, a monstrous shot off reliever Chuck Churn that completed an 11-0 rout. "The Los Angeles right-hander throws a curve ... and Kluszewski lets go with another long salvo to right field ... It's a home run into the upper deck!" NBC Radio broadcaster Byrum Saam exclaimed. "Pandemonium breaks loose in Chicago on the South Side!" The Dodgers pitched more carefully to Kluszewski from that point on, as they elected to take their chances against Sherm Lollar and Al Smith behind him in the order. They won four of the next five games and the series, but not before the first baseman hit another homer in the final contest. Before the series, local automobile mogul Jim Moran offered a free car to any White Sox player who hit a home run. As he recalled in a 2005 interview with Mike Downey of the Chicago Tribune, Kluszewski received three original 1960 Ford Falcons when all was said and done. In 1960, Kluszewski was the Opening Day starter at first base. But the veteran was unable to discover his magic of the previous postseason and served primarily a pinch-hitter in the final four months of the season. The farewell season for Kluszewski in Chicago wasn't without an unusual major league record, though. White Sox owner Bill Veeck introduced uniforms with the player's last name on the back of the jersey, and on a road trip to New York, Kluszewski became the first player to appear in a game with misspelled name—it had a backwards "z" as well as an "x" instead of the second "k". When Major League Baseball expanded in the season,