Forever Giants: 2005 San Francisco Giants Year 48 (123)

2004 is here.

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 record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

2005 71-91

C Mike Matheny .75

1B JT Snow .5 

2B Ray Durham 1.85

SS Omar Vizquel 1.95

3B Edgardo Alfonzo -.75

LF Pedro Feliz .75 

CF Jason Ellison .35

RF Michael Tucker -.55 

LF Moises Alou 3.55

1B Lance Niekro .6

CF Randy Winn 3.5

2B Deivi Cruz -.25

RF Todd Linden -.25

CF Marquis Grissom -1.7 

SP Noah Lowry 4.6

SP Brett Tomko 1.75 

SP Jason Schmidt 1.3

SP Brad Hennessey 1.25

SP Kirk Rueter -.75 

SP Matt Cain 1.4

RP Scott Eyre 1.95

-Timber.  Worst club since '96 as Bonds only plays in 14 games, that's still enough to catch Mays for San Francisco WAR.  The Giants win their 10,000th game in July.  The next generation of Giants becomes visible when Matt Cain joins the staff.

Forever Giants
1. Willie Mays CF 151 (40.25 NY, 109.75 SFG)
2. Christy Mathewson SP 103.35
3. Mel Ott RF 101.7 
4. Carl Hubbell SP 67.05
5. Juan Marichal SP 63.35
6. Willie McCovey 1B 61.65

7. Roger Connor 1B 56.9
8. Bill Terry 1B 53.05
9. Amos Rusie P 52.95
10. Travis Jackson SS 47.25

11. Art Fletcher SS 45.3
12. George Davis SS 44.15

13. Mike Tiernan RF 42.1
14. Mickey Welch P 41.55

15. Buck Ewing C 40.9
16. Will Clark 1B 40.85
17. Larry Doyle 2B 37.15

18. Frankie Frisch 2B 36.8
19. Hal Schumacher SP 36.6
20. Bobby Bonds RF 36.4

21. Gaylord Perry SP 36.1
22. Jeff Kent 2B 35.95
23. Robby Thompson 2B 34.5
24. Matt Williams 3B 33.5
25. Johnny Antonelli SP 33.35 (22.3 NY, 10.05 SFG)
26. Orlando Cepeda LF 33.2
27. George Burns LF 31.1
28. Art Devlin 3B 30.7
29. Joe McGinnity P 29.35

30. Tim Keefe P 29.05 

31. Johnny Mize 1B 28.85
32. Freddie Fitzsimmons P 28.6
33. Jack Clark RF 28.5
34. Dick Bartell SS 27
35. Jim Barr P 26.45
36. Roger Bresnahan C 26
37. Greg Minton RP 25.75
38. High Pockets Kelly 1B 25.5
39. Alvin Dark SS 25.25

40. Ross Youngs RF 25.25

41. Chris Speier SS 24.9 

42. Jeff Tesreau SP 24.4
43. Jouett Meekin P 24.25
44. Darrell Evans 3B 24.1
45. Hooks Wiltse P 23.95
46. Hank Thompson 3B 23.75
47. Sal Maglie P 23.45
48. Freddie Lindstrom 3B 23
49. Gary Lavelle RP 23.3
50. Jim Ray Hart 3B 22.6 

51. George Van Haltren CF 22.1

52. Bobby Thomson CF 21.75
53. Kevin Mitchell LF 21.1
54. Chief Meyers C 20.85