Last with Chicago Cubs · 2B · No longer on a 40-man roster
Mike Fontenot has an estimated 6 years and 83 days of major league service time — 6.083 in the notation clubs use, from 1115 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 1.000 | From transactions |
| 2006 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.000 | Carried forward |
| 2007 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 2.000 | From transactions |
| 2008 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 3.000 | Carried forward |
| 2009 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 4.000 | Carried forward |
| 2010 | Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants | 172 | 5.000 | From transactions |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants | 172 | 6.000 | From transactions |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 6.083 | From transactions |
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.
This figure is an estimate reconstructed from public roster
transaction records. It is not an official MLB or MLBPA figure — those are
not published. See the
methodology.
Last updated 2026-10-12.
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