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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
WAR is a lot different (Wins above replacement)
it's basically adding up a bunch of different stats to show how many wins a player will effect above a replacement level player (i.e essentially a minor league player) on average over 162 games
this is just counting wins with no bearing on an individuals contribution
there's a reason why there has been such a push in Cy Young and Vezina voting over the past few years to complete ignore W/L numbers, they are white noise
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I think GVT is similar to WAR, but measured in goals instead of wins (it's a simple conversion, though).