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 | Boston | 46.5 | 36.1 | 10.4 |
| 2 | San Diego | 31.1 | 26.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay | 29.5 | 56.1 | -26.6 |
| 4 | Chicago White Sox | 27.2 | 42.8 | -15.6 |
| 5 | Houston | 23.9 | 37.0 | -13.1 |
| 6 | Cleveland | 21.6 | 40.6 | -18.9 |
| 7 | Chicago Cubs | 21.3 | 29.9 | -8.6 |
| 8 | Toronto | 21.1 | 19.4 | 1.7 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 18.6 | 45.0 | -26.5 |
| 10 | Oakland | 17.5 | 20.2 | -2.7 |
| 11 | Milwaukee | 14.1 | 36.6 | -22.5 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 10.7 | 34.3 | -23.6 |
| 13 | Philadelphia | 5.6 | 27.4 | -21.8 |
| 14 | Seattle | 5.1 | 40.6 | -35.6 |
| 15 | Atlanta | 1.8 | 23.8 | -22.0 |
| 16 | Kansas City | 1.1 | 17.1 | -16.0 |
| 17 | Miami | 1.0 | 17.6 | -16.6 |
| 18 | Colorado | -2.1 | 21.2 | -23.3 |
| 19 | Texas | -3.6 | 16.7 | -20.3 |
| 20 | San Francisco | -8.2 | 11.2 | -19.3 |
| 21 | Arizona | -11.6 | 17.3 | -28.9 |
| 22 | New York Mets | -14.4 | 9.1 | -23.5 |
| 23 | Detroit | -17.0 | 21.6 | -38.6 |
| 24 | Baltimore | -17.0 | 18.1 | -35.0 |
| 25 | St. Louis | -19.0 | 15.3 | -34.3 |
| 26 | Los Angeles Angels | -28.7 | 21.2 | -49.8 |
| 27 | Minnesota | -35.7 | 6.3 | -42.0 |
| 28 | Washington | -37.2 | -7.0 | -30.2 |
| 29 | New York Yankees | -44.6 | -13.8 | -30.8 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | -45.6 | -15.9 | -29.7 |