Last with New York Mets · SS · No longer on a 40-man roster
Rubén Tejada has an estimated 5 years and 155 days of major league service time — 5.155 in the notation clubs use, from 1015 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | New York Mets | 109 | 0.109 | From transactions |
| 2011 | New York Mets | 116 | 1.053 | From transactions |
| 2012 | New York Mets | 172 | 2.053 | From transactions |
| 2013 | New York Mets | 118 | 2.171 | From transactions |
| 2014 | New York Mets | 172 | 3.171 | Carried forward |
| 2015 | New York Mets | 172 | 4.171 | From transactions |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 5.075 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles | 72 | 5.147 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | 5.147 | Carried forward |
| 2019 | New York Mets | 8 | 5.155 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | 5.155 | 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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