Baseball's Natural is John Theodore's true account of the slick-fielding first baseman who played for the Cubs and the Phillies in the 1940s and became immortalized in baseball lore as the inspiration for Bernard Malamud's The Natural. Eddie Waitkus grew up in Boston and fought in the Pacific theater in World War II. Following the war, Waitkus became one of the most popular players of his era. In 1949, with his career on the rise, his life changed dramatically in a Chicago hotel when a nineteen-year-old shot him in the chest. Waitkus's dramatic recovery the next year inspired his teammates as...

Baseball s Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus is John Theodore s true account of the slick-fielding first baseman who played for the Cubs and Phillies in the 1940s and became an immortalized figure in baseball lore as the inspiration for Roy Hobbs in Bernard Malamud s The Natural.

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Edward Stephen Waitkus (19191972) grew up in Boston and served in the Pacific during World War II. His army service in some of the war s bloodiest combat earned him four Bronze Stars. Following the war, Waitkus became one of the most popular players of his...

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