The film was nominated for four Academy Awards , including Best Supporting Actress ( Close ) , and it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress ( Kim Basinger ) . Many of the baseball scenes were filmed in 1983 at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo , New York , built in 1937 and demolished in 1988 . All-High Stadium , also in Buffalo , stood in for Chicago 's Wrigley Field in a key scene
Academy Awards
57th Academy Awards
The Natural (film)