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I am logging my 1979 topps cards and I just went to log the Mario Mendoza.  Decided to flip it over to see the famous Mendoza line batting avg and noticed his career batting average was .278.  Thought it was odd, then I looked and noticed he had 441 career ABs and 90 career hits.  Should I mark it UER on the website.  Unless my math is off, 90/441 should show a career .204 average.

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/81/cid/21760/1979-Topps-509-Mario-Mendoza

There is already UER info in Note2. Set will need to be unlocked to edit Note. But yes. And the BA in Note2 should be ".204" not "0.204". But, yes, that is definitely wrong. His highest single season BA was only .221 at that point! :) Too funny. Guess Topps wanted to raise the Mendoza Line.

Mendoza's average usually hovered at .200.  It was a clubhouse joke that you did not want to cross the "Mendoza" line.  There was no particular number for the line, Just have a better Batting average than Mario.

Funny that I just had the exact same realization last weekend.  I hadn't looked at my 70s cards in quite a long time, so I took the extra time off as an advantage and have been spending a lot of time with my cards lately.