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 Congratulations to this year's winners!
 Here are the final vote tallies for the 2003 This Year in Baseball Awards. Nearly 800,000 ballots were cast for this year's awards by baseball fans around the globe. Thanks to everyone who voted.
Player of the Year      Winner: Albert Pujols - 24.4% of votes
Other Nominees:
JAVY LOPEZ 11.1% SHANNON STEWART 7.3% JORGE POSADA 5.1% DAVID ORTIZ 2.0%
BARRY BONDS 10.6% FRANK THOMAS 7.2% SAMMY SOSA 4.6% GARY SHEFFIELD 1.7%
MIKE LOWELL 10.4% BRET BOONE 7.2% ALEX RODRIGUEZ 3.6% NOMAR GARCIAPARRA 0.7%
TODD HELTON 10.1% MANNY RAMIREZ 5.4% CARLOS BELTRAN 2.5% PRESTON WILSON 0.5%
ERIC GAGNE 7.3% CARLOS DELGADO 5.3% JIM THOME 2.3%  

Pitcher of the Year      Winner: Mark Prior - 22.3% of votes
Other Nominees:
ESTEBAN LOAIZA 12.4% JASON SCHMIDT 9.0% JAMIE MOYER 3.9%  
ANDY PETTITTE 11.7% ROY HALLADAY 8.7% TIM HUDSON 2.3%  
PEDRO MARTINEZ 10.6% RUSS ORTIZ 4.6% KEVIN BROWN 0.6%  
ERIC GAGNE 9.7% JOHN SMOLTZ 4.3%    

Rookie of the Year      Winner: Scott Podsednik - 33.1% of votes
Other Nominees:
HIDEKI MATSUI 17.6% ROCCO BALDELLI 7.2% HORACIO RAMIREZ 4.8%  
BRANDON WEBB 12.4% DONTRELLE WILLIS 6.9% JODY GERUT 2.8%  
MIGUEL CABRERA 8.1% ANGEL BERROA 5.2% MARK TEIXEIRA 2.0%  
       

Manager of the Year      Winner: Dusty Baker - 27.5% of votes
Other Nominees:
JOE TORRE 18.7% FELIPE ALOU 7.2% CARLOS TOSCA 3.7%  
JACK MCKEON 18.3% TONY PENA 6.9% KEN MACHA 1.0%  
BOBBY COX 10.8% RON GARDENHIRE 5.2% FRANK ROBINSON 0.7%  
       

Defensive Player      Winner: Jim Edmonds - 16.8% of votes
Other Nominees:
TORII HUNTER 15.4% BRAD AUSMUS 11.7% CARLOS BELTRAN 6.0%  
ICHIRO SUZUKI 13.7% BENGIE MOLINA 8.6% MIKE CAMERON 3.9%  
ERIC CHAVEZ 13.0% ALEX RODRIGUEZ 8.2% MIGUEL CABRERA 2.6%  
       

Setup Man      Winner: Brendan Donnelly - 23.4% of votes
Other Nominees:
OCTAVIO DOTEL 16.5% LATROY HAWKINS 11.7% GUILLERMO MOTA 4.0%  
RHEAL CORMIER 12.6% JOE NATHAN 7.9% PAUL QUANTRILL 2.9%  
RAFAEL SORIANO 12.1% OSCAR VILLARREAL 6.7% LUIS AYALA 2.2%  
       

Play of the Year      Winner: Rafael Furcal - 19.5% of votes
Other Nominees:
HIDEKI MATSUI 13.4% BRIAN GILES 10.1% BOBBY KIELTY 5.7% TODD PRATT 3.0%
JIM EDMONDS 12.4% BRET BOONE 7.6% ERIC CHAVEZ 5.3% TIM RAINES JR. 2.0%
BARRY BONDS 10.5% TORII HUNTER 5.7% ALEX RODRIGUEZ 4.9%  
       

Individual Performance     Winner: Bill Mueller - 34.0% of votes
Other Nominees:
JOHNNY DAMON 23.4% ERIC BYRNES 5.8% DMITRI YOUNG 1.8% CURT SCHILLING 1.6%
CARLOS DELGADO 11.9% DONTRELLE WILLIS 4.9% VLADIMIR GUERRERO 1.8% RANDY JOHNSON 1.1%
KEVIN MILLWOOD 9.4% BRAD WILKERSON 2.7% SHEA HILLENBRAND 1.6%  
       

Bizarre Moment      Winner: Ozzy's 7th inning - 17.9% of votes
Other Nominees:
JACK CUST FALLS 15.4% INFIELD FLY RBI 11.4% BONDS BREAKS WINDOW 9.9%  
VERY LUCKY FAN 13.8% SNOW-BALL FLIGHT 10.1% RIVERA IN REVERSE 8.6%  
ANGELS MISSPELLED 13.0%