As expected, the Cubs field general Geovany Soto took home the NL Rookie of the Year honors. He's the 5th Cub to win the honor and first catcher since Mike Piazza in 1993. He did it on the strength of a 285/364/504 batting line with 23 HR's, 86 RBI's and 66 Runs in the traditional baseball categories. He also created 6.6 Runs per game, had a 7.0 WARP-1 value and was 5 runs above average on defense, those last two numbers courtesy of Baseball Prospectus. That's quite a nice little season that was good enough to get 31 of the 32 possible first place votes, with one yokel probably from Cincinnati voting for Joey Votto.
Thanks to the legwork of reader WISCGRAD, here's the complete list of Cubs that have received a vote for the Rookie of the Year. The five winners are in bold (Geovany Soto, Kerry Wood, Jerome Walton, Ken Hubbs and Billy Williams).
Name
Year
Place
Geovany Soto
2008
A 1st
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Cub Reporter:
PLAYERS:
Geovany Soto,
Mike Piazza,
Joey Votto,
Kerry Wood,
Mark Prior,
Jeremi Gonzalez,
Kevin Orie,
Steve Trachsel,
Mark Grace,
Billy Williams,
Dwight Smith,
Jack Curtis
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