Last with St. Louis Cardinals · 3B · No longer on a 40-man roster
Paul DeJong has an estimated 8 years and 52 days of major league service time — 8.052 in the notation clubs use, from 1428 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals | 124 | 0.124 | From transactions |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals | 172 | 1.124 | From transactions |
| 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals | 172 | 2.124 | Carried forward |
| 2020 | St. Louis Cardinals | 172 | 3.124 | From transactions |
| 2021 | St. Louis Cardinals | 172 | 4.124 | From transactions |
| 2022 | St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 5.053 | From transactions |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays | 171 | 6.052 | From transactions |
| 2024 | Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox | 172 | 7.052 | From transactions |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals | 172 | 8.052 | 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.
Independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Major League
Baseball or the MLBPA.