Mendoza Line Edit Meaning

1.

a baseball term for batting around or below .200.

mediocrity.

phrase was coined by George Brett after a player named Mendoza who, uh, sucked

A-Rod and Jeter are hovering around the mendoza line one month into the season.

2.

The absolute minimum effort or accomplishment required to be considered sufficient. (Named after Minnie Mendoza or Mario Mendoza, depending on whom you ask -- two major-league baseball players with lifetime averages around .200.)

"I was going to buy that old Suburban, then I find out it gets 10 mpg, and I'm like, 'No, that's below the Mendoza Line.'"

See minimum, least, bottom