<P> Based upon the bizarre shooting incident and subsequent comeback of Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus , the story of Roy Hobbs takes some poetic license and embellishes what was truly a strange , but memorable , account of a career lost too soon . Apart from the fact that both Waitkus and fictional Hobbs were shot by women , there are few if any other similarities . It has been alternately suggested that the shooting incident might have been inspired by Chicago Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges , who was shot by a showgirl with whom he was romantically linked , but there has been no evidence to support this claim . </P>
<P> Based upon the bizarre shooting incident and subsequent comeback of Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus , the story of Roy Hobbs takes some poetic license and embellishes what was truly a strange , but memorable , account of a career lost too soon . Apart from the fact that both Waitkus and fictional Hobbs were shot by women , there are few if any other similarities . It has been alternately suggested that the shooting incident might have been inspired by Chicago Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges , who was shot by a showgirl with whom he was romantically linked , but there has been no evidence to support this claim . </P>
who is the movie the natural based on
who is the movie the natural based on
Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus