In baseball, teams have little control over the clustering of hits. Hence, we can use run creation formulas to estimate a team’s luck in clustering hits.
This table shows cluster luck for MLB teams in units of runs. A positive number implies good luck in all cases, e.g. positive cluster luck on defense implies a team allowed fewer runs than expected.
| Rnk | Team | Total | Off | Def |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Yankees | 43.0 | 53.8 | -10.7 |
| 2 | New York Mets | 39.6 | 42.6 | -3.0 |
| 3 | Baltimore | 35.0 | 30.2 | 4.8 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 34.3 | 33.6 | 0.7 |
| 5 | St. Louis | 34.0 | 30.1 | 3.9 |
| 6 | Arizona | 31.8 | 64.2 | -32.5 |
| 7 | Seattle | 30.8 | 20.1 | 10.6 |
| 8 | Miami | 18.9 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
| 9 | Tampa Bay | 17.3 | 35.5 | -18.1 |
| 10 | San Francisco | 14.4 | 47.4 | -33.0 |
| 11 | Texas | 12.9 | 51.6 | -38.6 |
| 12 | Oakland | 9.2 | 39.5 | -30.2 |
| 13 | Cleveland | 5.3 | 40.0 | -34.7 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 4.0 | 44.8 | -40.9 |
| 15 | San Diego | 2.1 | 40.7 | -38.6 |
| 16 | Chicago Cubs | -1.5 | 7.2 | -8.7 |
| 17 | Kansas City | -2.4 | 8.1 | -10.5 |
| 18 | Atlanta | -5.1 | 29.2 | -34.3 |
| 19 | Houston | -5.9 | 6.0 | -11.9 |
| 20 | Philadelphia | -6.7 | 33.1 | -39.8 |
| 21 | Chicago White Sox | -11.6 | 32.8 | -44.3 |
| 22 | Minnesota | -12.1 | 2.8 | -14.9 |
| 23 | Detroit | -13.2 | 25.6 | -38.8 |
| 24 | Toronto | -16.6 | 3.8 | -20.3 |
| 25 | Milwaukee | -20.9 | 20.3 | -41.3 |
| 26 | Boston | -26.2 | 18.8 | -45.0 |
| 27 | Colorado | -33.3 | 15.6 | -48.8 |
| 28 | Los Angeles Angels | -44.3 | -9.8 | -34.5 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | -47.9 | 13.1 | -61.0 |
| 30 | Washington | -51.7 | -25.0 | -26.6 |