Last with St. Louis Cardinals · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Marco Gonzales has an estimated 8 years and 57 days of major league service time — 8.057 in the notation clubs use, from 1433 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 0.040 | From transactions |
| 2015 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0.041 | From transactions |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0.041 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 0.100 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 1.100 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 2.100 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 3.100 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 4.100 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 5.100 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners | 172 | 6.100 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 172 | 7.100 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 7.100 | Carried forward |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers | 129 | 8.057 | 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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