Last with Detroit Tigers · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Kyle Ryan has an estimated 3 years and 158 days of major league service time — 3.158 in the notation clubs use, from 674 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 0.028 | From transactions |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers | 81 | 0.109 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers | 165 | 1.102 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 1.127 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.127 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 2.127 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs | 172 | 3.127 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 3.158 | 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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