Last with Detroit Tigers · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Spencer Turnbull has an estimated 6 years and 95 days of major league service time — 6.095 in the notation clubs use, from 1127 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers | 21 | 0.021 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 1.021 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 2.021 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 3.021 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers | 172 | 4.021 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 4.168 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies | 172 | 5.168 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Toronto Blue Jays | 99 | 6.095 | 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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