Last with Chicago White Sox · SS · No longer on a 40-man roster
Tim Anderson has an estimated 8 years and 111 days of major league service time — 8.111 in the notation clubs use, from 1487 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox | 115 | 0.115 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 1.115 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 2.115 | Carried forward |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 3.115 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 4.115 | From transactions |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 5.115 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 6.115 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox | 172 | 7.115 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Miami Marlins | 104 | 8.047 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels | 64 | 8.111 | 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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