My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The parenthetical is a career Giants WAR total with the eventual goal of a top 100 Giants of all time. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.
1994 81-81
C Kirt Manwaring .6
1B Todd Benzinger -1.05
2B John Patterson .55
SS Royce Clayton 2.6
3B Matt Williams 5.7
LF Barry Bonds 6.6
CF Darren Lewis 1.1
RF Willie McGee .2
RF Dave Martinez -.5
2B Robby Thompson .45
2B Steve Scarsone .4
RF Darryl Strawberry .2
C Jeff Reed -1.1
1B Mark Carreon .05
SP John Burkett 1.35
SP Mark Portugal 1.9
SP Bill Swift 1.75
RP Rod Beck 1.7-Back to a .500 pythag in the strike shortened season. This is the year the third division was added to each league and the Wild Card was created.