Last with Baltimore Orioles · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
John Means has an estimated 7 years and 8 days of major league service time — 7.008 in the notation clubs use, from 1212 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 0.008 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 1.008 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 2.008 | From transactions |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 3.008 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 4.008 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 5.008 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Baltimore Orioles | 172 | 6.008 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Cleveland Indians | 172 | 7.008 | 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.