"Mendoza line" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "After shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of minimally competent hitting.",
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          "text": "His recent slump has put him perilously close to the Mendoza line; he may be headed to AAA soon."
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        "A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza."
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        "(baseball) A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza."
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        {
          "text": "I don’t think you could find any other figure in politics who has run this far below the Mendoza line and still managed to get taken seriously."
        },
        {
          "text": "A sub-$2,000 per theater average... is the Mendoza Line of box office numbers."
        },
        {
          "text": "Republican pollster Neil Newhouse... argues that these numbers have crossed below the political \"Mendoza line\"...Republicans abandoning Bush. MSNBC"
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        "The line dividing acceptable mediocrity from unacceptable mediocrity"
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  "etymology_text": "After shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of minimally competent hitting.",
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        "A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza."
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        "(baseball) A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza."
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          "text": "A sub-$2,000 per theater average... is the Mendoza Line of box office numbers."
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          "text": "Republican pollster Neil Newhouse... argues that these numbers have crossed below the political \"Mendoza line\"...Republicans abandoning Bush. MSNBC"
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