Last with Detroit Tigers · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Blaine Hardy has an estimated 5 years and 63 days of major league service time — 5.063 in the notation clubs use, from 923 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 0.105 | From transactions |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 1.105 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers | 101 | 2.034 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 2.126 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers | 151 | 3.105 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 4.105 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | 4.105 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers | 130 | 5.063 | 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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