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The Mendoza Line is an informal term used in Baseball for when a position player's Batting Average falls below .200 (some say .215). It is supposedly the boundary between extremely poor and merely below-average offensive production. Some consider it to be the offensive threshold below which a player's presence in the Major Leagues cannot be justified despite his defensive abilities. Pitchers are not held to the "Mendoza Line" standard, since their specialized work and infrequent batting leads them to less competence in hitting. ORIGIN OF THE TERM The term is supposedly named for former and Tom Paciorek have also been credited as creators of the expression. One theory for the expression relates to the historical presentation of numerous batting averages in the Sunday newspapers. Not all batting averages were presented. The theory holds that Mario Mendoza was at the bottom of those that were presented, and all individuals with lower batting averages did not appear. They were "below the Mendoza line." REFERENCES FURTHER READING ''Mendoza's Heroes: Fifty Batters Below .200'', Al Pepper, 2002, Poco Press ''The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary'', Paul Dickson, 1999, Harvest Books EXTERNAL LINKS |
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