Last with Miami Marlins · LF · No longer on a 40-man roster
Austin Dean has an estimated 1 year and 167 days of major league service time — 1.167 in the notation clubs use, from 339 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Miami Marlins | 48 | 0.048 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Miami Marlins | 77 | 0.125 | From transactions |
| 2020 | St. Louis Cardinals | 172 | 1.125 | From transactions |
| 2021 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 1.164 | From transactions |
| 2022 | San Francisco Giants | 3 | 1.167 | 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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