Earlier today, Cubs catcher Geovany Soto was named NL Rookie of the Year for 2008. In the long history of this award, Soto is the fifth Cub to win the award. Here are the 4 past winners:

1961 Billy Williams
1962 Kenny Hubbs
1989 Jerome Walton
1998 Kerry Wood

The 25 year old Cub catcher had an outstanding season taking over for Jason Kendall, who caught the second half of 2007 for the Cubs. Geo’s season had several highlights including: an inside the park homerun in Houston, an All Star Game start in NYC, he caught Z’s no hitter in Milwaukee against the Astros and that same week hit a three run bomb with two outs in the bottom of the ninth in a Cubs dramatic 12 inning win over the Brewers. Soto played a very important role in getting the Cubs back to the playoffs.