Last with Texas Rangers · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Spencer Patton has an estimated 2 years and 64 days of major league service time — 2.064 in the notation clubs use, from 408 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Texas Rangers | 25 | 0.025 | From transactions |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers | 78 | 0.103 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs | 75 | 1.006 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.006 | Carried forward |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.006 | Carried forward |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.006 | Carried forward |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1.006 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Texas Rangers | 172 | 2.006 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers | 33 | 2.039 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Oakland Athletics | 25 | 2.064 | 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.