「Mendoza line」的主角是 Mario Mendoza,1974 年加入匹茲堡海盜隊,1979 年轉到西雅圖水手隊,1981 年再轉到德州遊騎兵隊,最後在隔年 1982 年球季開打後一個多月就退休,退休時年齡僅 31 歲。
綜觀他的生涯成績,說他是 below average 的球員可能還虧到其他 below average 的球員,因為他的成績應該是 extreme below average。
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
1974 23 PIT NL 91 163 10 36 1 2 0 15 1 1 8 35 .221 .259 .252 46 41 3 2 2 1 6
1975 24 PIT NL 56 50 8 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .180 .226 .200 20 10 3 0 0 0 1
1976 25 PIT NL 50 92 6 17 5 0 0 12 0 1 4 15 .185 .216 .239 30 22 0 1 1 0 3
1977 26 PIT NL 70 81 5 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .198 .226 .235 23 19 2 0 0 0 1
1978 27 PIT NL 57 55 5 12 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 9 .218 .283 .291 58 16 2 0 1 3 0
1979 28 SEA AL 148 373 26 74 10 3 1 29 3 0 9 62 .198 .216 .249 25 93 13 5 0 1 12
1980 29 SEA AL 114 277 27 68 6 3 2 14 3 4 16 42 .245 .286 .310 63 86 11 1 0 0 5
1981 30 TEX AL 88 229 18 53 6 1 0 22 2 1 7 25 .231 .254 .266 55 61 14 3 0 1 9
1982 31 TEX AL 12 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .118 -33 2 1 0 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
9 Seasons 686 1337 106 287 33 9 4 101 12 8 52 219 .215 .245 .262 41 350 49 12 4 6 38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
162 Game Avg 316 25 68 8 2 1 24 3 2 12 52 .215 .245 .262 41 83 12 3 1 1 9
Career High 148 373 27 74 10 3 2 29 3 4 16 62 .245 .286 .310 63 93 14 5 2 3 12
從記錄來看,Mendoza 的成績實在平淡無奇,唯一可能會讓人感到奇怪的是,以這麼爛的成績還能活躍於大聯盟的球場上長達九年,尤其以 1979 年的 0.198 打擊率還能夠出賽 148 場(佔全勤 162 場的 91.93%)的紀錄,大概也成為一項很難打破的另類紀錄。而「Mendoza line」這個名詞的發明人有很多,但比較有根據的說法應該是打擊好手 Georage Brett 在 1979 年開季第一個月遇到低潮時,接受媒體採訪所說出。根據維基百科的說法:
When shown his average in a newspaper, Brett was said to have made a remark along of the lines of, "I knew I was off to a bad start when I saw my average listed below the Mendoza line."
However, Brett was only behind Mario Mendoza in batting average for one day in the 1979 season,.........
維基上面沒有清楚列出受訪時間,我查了一下記錄,估計可能是在 1979/4/29 或 1979/4/30 時所提出。從下面的圖表可以看出一點端倪。
而兩人的「黃金交叉」就發生在 1979/5/1。從那天之後,George Brett 的打擊率開始一飛沖天,而 Mario Mendoza 的打擊率卻相反地往谷底探深。
於是大家便自動將 0.198 或 0.2 的打擊率定義成「Mendoza line」,以表示教練團所能容忍打者的打擊率底線。
那麼來看看今年開季到目前為止,打席超過 100 但還處在「Mendoza line」底下的球員有哪些:
Cnt Player **BA** PA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Robinson Cano .151 114 2008 25 NYY AL 29 106 6 16 3 0 2 7 7 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 2 .211 .236 .447 *4
2 Troy Tulowitzki .152 116 2008 23 COL NL 26 105 10 16 6 0 1 11 9 0 17 1 1 0 4 1 2 .226 .238 .464 *6
3 Andruw Jones .159 103 2008 31 LAD NL 27 88 13 14 3 1 1 4 15 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 .282 .250 .532 *8
4 Ryan Howard .172 118 2008 28 PHI NL 28 99 13 17 2 0 5 12 18 6 38 0 0 1 1 0 0 .297 .343 .640 *3
5 Frank Thomas .181 101 2008 40 TOT AL 23 83 9 15 2 1 3 14 17 0 17 1 0 0 4 0 0 .327 .337 .664 *D
6 Austin Kearns .182 116 2008 28 WSN NL 28 99 9 18 3 0 2 10 13 0 16 4 0 0 6 1 2 .302 .273 .575 *9
7 Jose Guillen .183 109 2008 32 KCR AL 27 104 11 19 8 0 3 15 5 0 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 .220 .346 .566 *9/7D
8 David Ortiz .184 119 2008 32 BOS AL 26 103 17 19 2 0 5 21 15 2 19 1 0 0 8 0 0 .294 .350 .644 *D
9 Carlos Delgado .198 111 2008 36 NYM NL 26 96 14 19 3 0 3 12 13 4 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 .297 .323 .620 *3
10 Carlos Pena .200 107 2008 30 TBR AL 26 90 14 18 1 0 6 15 13 0 31 4 0 0 1 0 0 .327 .411 .738 *3/D
11 Michael Bourn .200 100 2008 25 HOU NL 25 90 12 18 2 1 2 4 10 0 22 0 0 0 0 13 0 .280 .311 .591 *8
裡面有一半以上的打者平均全壘打年產量都可以輕易或曾經突破四十支(Andruw Jones、Ryan Howard、Frank Thomas、David Ortiz、Carlos Delgado、Carlos Pena)。Troy Tulowitzki 大概得到「二年級症候群」,所以可以再觀察一陣子。Robinson Cano 和 Jose Guillen 都是剛換新合約,這要叫老闆情何以堪啊!考慮到一些年紀較長的先發球員,這個月中間可能有休個幾場,所以我把條件放寬一點到 PA=80,則新的名單如下:
Cnt Player **BA** PA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Robinson Cano .151 114 2008 25 NYY AL 29 106 6 16 3 0 2 7 7 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 2 .211 .236 .447 *4
2 Troy Tulowitzki .152 116 2008 23 COL NL 26 105 10 16 6 0 1 11 9 0 17 1 1 0 4 1 2 .226 .238 .464 *6
3 Jim Edmonds .153 82 2008 38 SDP NL 20 72 5 11 2 0 1 6 7 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 0 .235 .222 .457 *8
4 Tony Pena .156 81 2008 27 KCR AL 23 77 7 12 2 1 0 5 2 1 18 0 1 1 1 2 0 .175 .208 .383 *6
5 Brian Bocock .157 85 2008 23 SFG NL 26 70 4 11 1 0 0 2 12 0 25 0 3 0 2 4 2 .280 .171 .451 *6
6 Andruw Jones .159 103 2008 31 LAD NL 27 88 13 14 3 1 1 4 15 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 .282 .250 .532 *8
7 Jason Giambi .164 92 2008 37 NYY AL 23 73 13 12 3 0 5 13 15 2 11 2 0 2 2 1 1 .315 .411 .726 *3/D
8 Juan Uribe .169 84 2008 28 CHW AL 26 77 6 13 5 0 2 9 5 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 .220 .312 .532 *4/6
9 Ryan Howard .172 118 2008 28 PHI NL 28 99 13 17 2 0 5 12 18 6 38 0 0 1 1 0 0 .297 .343 .640 *3
10 Ben Broussard .173 82 2008 31 TEX AL 24 75 8 13 0 0 3 8 5 1 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 .244 .293 .537 *3
11 Adam LaRoche .174 96 2008 28 PIT NL 24 86 6 15 3 0 1 5 10 1 28 0 0 0 5 0 0 .260 .244 .504 *3
12 Jack Cust .176 91 2008 29 OAK AL 24 68 11 12 3 0 1 7 22 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .265 .650 *7/D
13 Kenji Johjima .177 86 2008 32 SEA AL 24 79 4 14 3 0 0 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .244 .215 .459 *2
14 Frank Thomas .181 101 2008 40 TOT AL 23 83 9 15 2 1 3 14 17 0 17 1 0 0 4 0 0 .327 .337 .664 *D
15 Austin Kearns .182 116 2008 28 WSN NL 28 99 9 18 3 0 2 10 13 0 16 4 0 0 6 1 2 .302 .273 .575 *9
16 Jose Guillen .183 109 2008 32 KCR AL 27 104 11 19 8 0 3 15 5 0 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 .220 .346 .566 *9/7D
17 Gary Sheffield .183 87 2008 39 DET AL 20 71 9 13 3 0 2 5 14 0 16 2 0 0 4 3 0 .333 .310 .643 *D
18 David Ortiz .184 119 2008 32 BOS AL 26 103 17 19 2 0 5 21 15 2 19 1 0 0 8 0 0 .294 .350 .644 *D
19 Jose Bautista .195 98 2008 27 PIT NL 25 87 9 17 6 0 1 8 7 0 26 1 2 1 3 1 1 .260 .299 .559 *5
20 Maicer Izturis .197 80 2008 27 LAA AL 22 71 11 14 3 0 0 10 8 0 5 0 0 1 5 5 0 .275 .239 .514 *4/6
21 Carlos Delgado .198 111 2008 36 NYM NL 26 96 14 19 3 0 3 12 13 4 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 .297 .323 .620 *3
22 Carlos Pena .200 107 2008 30 TBR AL 26 90 14 18 1 0 6 15 13 0 31 4 0 0 1 0 0 .327 .411 .738 *3/D
23 Asdrubal Cabrera .200 93 2008 22 CLE AL 24 80 9 16 5 0 0 8 9 2 19 1 2 1 2 0 1 .286 .263 .549 *4/6
24 Ramon Hernandez .200 88 2008 32 BAL AL 25 80 7 16 5 1 3 14 5 2 9 0 0 3 1 0 0 .239 .400 .639 *2
25 Michael Bourn .200 100 2008 25 HOU NL 25 90 12 18 2 1 2 4 10 0 22 0 0 0 0 13 0 .280 .311 .591 *8
新名單中出現更多知名的球員,如 Jim Edmonds、Jason Giambi、城島健司、Gary Sheffield。在這些人的薪水普遍不低(尤其是 Jason Giambi),教練不太可能經常把他們放在板凳上生灰塵(尤其是城島健司還是水手的第一號捕手),而球團也沒有權利直接把他們下放到 3A 調整,我們可以再陸續觀察幾個月來看看有誰還沒有突破「Mendoza line」。個人最看好的是「有理伯」Juan Uribe....................................................XD
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