Last with Colorado Rockies · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Ben Bowden has an estimated 1 year and 46 days of major league service time — 1.046 in the notation clubs use, from 218 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Colorado Rockies | 147 | 0.147 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0.147 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0.147 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics | 0 | 0.147 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Oakland Athletics | 68 | 1.043 | From transactions |
| 2026 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | 1.046 | 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.