First-place votes were worth 3 points, second-place votes 2 and third-place votes 1.

Lamont received 8 first-place votes, 9 second-place votes and 5 third-place votes.

"When the season started, I said he had no chance, but now I think he'll get a lot of second- or third-place votes," Cook said.

He finished third in the American League Rookie of the Year voting with 1 second-place vote and 11 third-place votes.

Pujols, the feared hitter with the St. Louis Cardinals, received 12 firsts, 19 seconds and one third-place vote for 347 points.

Each voter selects first, second, and third-place votes.

He garnered 25 first-place votes, 84 second-place votes, and 182 third-place votes.

Fields received one third-place vote for AL Rookie of the Year.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera finished third in the balloting, with one second-place vote and 24 third-place votes.

But Miami was third on two ballots compared to one third-place vote for Washington.