Last with Kansas City Royals · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Scott Alexander has an estimated 8 years and 118 days of major league service time — 8.118 in the notation clubs use, from 1494 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals | 34 | 0.034 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals | 63 | 0.097 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals | 172 | 1.097 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 172 | 2.097 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 172 | 3.097 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 114 | 4.039 | From transactions |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 172 | 5.039 | From transactions |
| 2022 | San Francisco Giants | 172 | 6.039 | From transactions |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants | 172 | 7.039 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics | 172 | 8.039 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants | 79 | 8.118 | 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.
Independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Major League
Baseball or the MLBPA.