What key details about bob thorpe -lrb- pitcher -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: robert joseph thorpe -lrb- june 12 , 1935 -- march 17 , 1960 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player , a right-handed pitcher who experienced instant success at the minor league level , had a brief and promising trial with the chicago cubs of major league baseball , then was driven from the game by a sore arm and elbow surgery by the end of 1959 . less than a year after his retirement from baseball , thorpe was working as an apprentice electrician on power lines in his native city of san diego , california , when he was accidentally electrocuted at the age of 24 . thorpe stood tall and weighed . he signed with the cubs in 1953 and his first two seasons in baseball , with the stockton ports of the class c california league , saw him win 44 of 56 decisions . in 1954 , he was named the league 's most valuable player after posting a 28 -- 4 record with the california circuit 's top earned run average , 2.28 , in 300 innings pitched . the performance earned him a five-level promotion to the major league cubs at the outset of the 1955 season . he appeared in two mlb games for the cubs . in his debut , he worked the final inning of a 14 -- 1 loss at the hands of the st. louis cardinals -- but retired the redbirds in order . in his second and final stint , thorpe hurled the final two innings of another losing effort , this time against the milwaukee braves , and allowed two runs -lrb- one earned -rrb- on four hits . thorpe spent the rest of his career in the higher levels of the minors . he was selected by the pittsburgh pirates in the 1957 rule 5 draft , but developed a sore arm . he missed the entire 1958 season after elbow surgery and retired after only three appearances at the class a level in 1959 .
- finalteam is chicago cubs- finalyear is 1955- death place is san diego , california- statlabel is win -- loss record earned run average innings pitched- position is pitcher- statvalue is 0 -- 0 3.00 3- throws is right- debutteam is chicago cubs- bats is right- debutdate is april 17- death date is 17 march 1960- birth date is 12 june 1935- finaldate is april 20- name is bob thorpe- birth place is san diego , california- debutyear is 1955