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 (updated daily for 2019) 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 | Philadelphia | 39.9 | 16.6 | 23.3 |
| 2 | New York Yankees | 25.0 | 17.2 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 22.9 | 9.4 | 13.4 |
| 4 | Texas | 18.6 | 19.9 | -1.3 |
| 5 | Colorado | 14.6 | 16.7 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Cleveland | 13.1 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 11.4 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 8 | Chicago Cubs | 9.1 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| 9 | Chicago White Sox | 7.6 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| 10 | Arizona | 7.5 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 11 | St. Louis | 7.1 | 9.3 | -2.2 |
| 12 | Toronto | 6.8 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| 13 | San Francisco | 2.5 | 10.9 | -8.5 |
| 14 | Kansas City | 1.6 | 1.9 | -0.3 |
| 15 | Oakland | 0.6 | 7.6 | -7.0 |
| 16 | Los Angeles Angels | 0.3 | 2.5 | -2.2 |
| 17 | Milwaukee | -3.9 | -6.0 | 2.1 |
| 18 | San Diego | -4.8 | -3.1 | -1.7 |
| 19 | Los Angeles Dodgers | -8.1 | 5.4 | -13.6 |
| 20 | Boston | -8.8 | 7.8 | -16.6 |
| 21 | Seattle | -10.0 | 11.2 | -21.1 |
| 22 | New York Mets | -10.1 | 2.9 | -12.9 |
| 23 | Detroit | -11.9 | -7.4 | -4.5 |
| 24 | Tampa Bay | -12.2 | -18.5 | 6.2 |
| 25 | Washington | -13.6 | 5.9 | -19.5 |
| 26 | Atlanta | -14.9 | -9.4 | -5.5 |
| 27 | Baltimore | -15.9 | -2.8 | -13.1 |
| 28 | Miami | -15.9 | -10.3 | -5.6 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | -26.8 | -8.6 | -18.2 |
| 30 | Houston | -30.4 | -22.5 | -7.8 |
