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 | Tampa Bay | 78.7 | 102.3 | -23.5 |
| 2 | Oakland | 41.3 | 51.5 | -10.3 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 36.1 | 60.6 | -24.5 |
| 4 | Houston | 33.8 | 48.2 | -14.4 |
| 5 | Cleveland | 33.1 | 59.3 | -26.2 |
| 6 | Atlanta | 29.9 | 35.9 | -6.0 |
| 7 | Seattle | 23.1 | 63.4 | -40.3 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 23.1 | 32.5 | -9.4 |
| 9 | Toronto | 22.8 | 23.0 | -0.3 |
| 10 | Detroit | 20.9 | 31.4 | -10.5 |
| 11 | Boston | 18.8 | 31.7 | -12.9 |
| 12 | Milwaukee | 15.0 | 54.2 | -39.2 |
| 13 | San Diego | 7.1 | 26.7 | -19.7 |
| 14 | Chicago White Sox | 6.5 | 44.0 | -37.5 |
| 15 | Colorado | 6.1 | 37.3 | -31.2 |
| 16 | Miami | -1.1 | 27.8 | -28.9 |
| 17 | San Francisco | -1.4 | 12.2 | -13.5 |
| 18 | St. Louis | -4.7 | 23.1 | -27.8 |
| 19 | Kansas City | -6.8 | 34.5 | -41.2 |
| 20 | Chicago Cubs | -7.4 | 35.6 | -43.0 |
| 21 | Philadelphia | -12.7 | 32.0 | -44.7 |
| 22 | Arizona | -14.0 | 25.1 | -39.1 |
| 23 | Los Angeles Angels | -21.4 | 45.3 | -66.7 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | -23.8 | 1.5 | -25.4 |
| 25 | Texas | -25.6 | 25.0 | -50.6 |
| 26 | New York Mets | -30.6 | -0.5 | -30.1 |
| 27 | New York Yankees | -34.2 | -1.9 | -32.3 |
| 28 | Minnesota | -54.7 | 6.3 | -61.0 |
| 29 | Washington | -60.8 | -23.7 | -37.1 |
| 30 | Baltimore | -76.1 | 2.3 | -78.4 |