Last with Houston Astros · CF · No longer on a 40-man roster
Brandon Barnes has an estimated 3 years and 116 days of major league service time — 3.116 in the notation clubs use, from 632 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Houston Astros | 58 | 0.058 | From transactions |
| 2013 | Houston Astros | 172 | 1.058 | From transactions |
| 2014 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 2.058 | Carried forward |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies | 138 | 3.024 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies | 64 | 3.088 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins, Cleveland Indians | 0 | 3.088 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians | 28 | 3.116 | 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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Baseball or the MLBPA.