CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Roberto Perez's batting average dipped below the .100 mark again on Wednesday night.
The .200 mark is referred to as the Mendoza Line, an ode to Mario Mendoza, a career .215 hitter during nine seasons as a big-league infielder. The .100 mark doesn't have its own moniker -- yet.
The Indians' catching corps is establishing new depths of offensive misery this season.
Perez's slash line is an unsightly .097/.266/.145. His one saving grace at the plate has been his patience; his walk rate and strikeout rate are identical, at 19 percent.