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Originally Posted by jayshum
Interesting that total WAR is not just oWAR + dWAR. Can anyone explain how it's calculated?
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"oWAR looks to calculate a player’s offensive contribution alone, completely removing his fielding. It does adjust for position, however, which can make a big impact. Meanwhile, dWAR compares a player’s defensive efforts to a league-average fielder, again adjusting for position.
Though oWAR and dWAR do isolate the two halves of bWAR, they cannot be summed to reach the overall figure. There are a lot of minor intangibles that are too particular to dive into here, but the basic roadblock is the positional adjustment. bWAR, oWAR, and dWAR all incorporate some sort of adjustment for position, making it possible to compare shortstops to first baseman.
But because oWAR and dWAR both include an adjustment, summing them would double the magnitude of this factor as compared to bWAR."
https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1/...ment-bwar-fwar