Previous players

2,482 players who have come off a 40-man roster, by surname. Their service time is final — it stopped when they did.

Surname	Players
A	114
B	197
C	201
D	109
E	41
F	96
G	152
H	154
I	8
J	64
K	70
L	99
M	238
N	59
O	45
P	132
Q	5
R	181
S	220
T	90
U	10
V	52
W	117
Y	14
Z	14

172 days credit a full year, so a season adds at most 1.000 no matter how long a player is on a roster. 3.000 years reaches salary arbitration and 6.000 reaches free agency — what every threshold unlocks.

These figures are estimates reconstructed from public roster transaction records. They are not official MLB or MLBPA figures — those are not published. See the methodology. Last updated 2026-10-12.

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