Last with Chicago Cubs · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Chris Rusin has an estimated 5 years and 8 days of major league service time — 5.008 in the notation clubs use, from 868 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 0.034 | From transactions |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs | 72 | 0.106 | From transactions |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs | 26 | 0.132 | From transactions |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies | 133 | 1.093 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 2.093 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 3.093 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 4.093 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies | 79 | 5.000 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves | 8 | 5.008 | 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.