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Mendoza line
noun[ S ]
informaluk /menˈdəʊ.zə ˌlaɪn/ us /menˈdoʊ.zə ˌlaɪn/
the Mendoza line
If a baseball player has a batting average below .200 (= if they have fewer than one successful hit for every five turns), they are said to be below the Mendoza line:
below the Mendoza lineHis average has now fallen below the Mendoza line.
above the Mendoza lineHe had three hits in the game to raise his batting average above the Mendoza line.
Nobody will give a contract to a player whose career average is fifty points below the Mendoza line.
Halfway through the season, he was still under the Mendoza line.
If a hitter can't average above the Mendoza line, they should start to think about a new career.
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