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 | Baltimore | 47.0 | 31.2 | 15.8 |
| 2 | New York Mets | 41.6 | 39.7 | 1.9 |
| 3 | New York Yankees | 33.5 | 35.5 | -2.0 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 31.0 | 30.4 | 0.6 |
| 5 | St. Louis | 25.4 | 20.9 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Seattle | 22.6 | -0.1 | 22.8 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 17.2 | 48.0 | -30.7 |
| 8 | Chicago White Sox | 10.4 | 23.9 | -13.5 |
| 9 | Texas | 9.3 | 39.9 | -30.6 |
| 10 | Cleveland | 8.7 | 32.6 | -23.9 |
| 11 | San Diego | 7.0 | 36.0 | -29.0 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay | 6.6 | 25.1 | -18.5 |
| 13 | San Francisco | 5.1 | 38.3 | -33.2 |
| 14 | Miami | 4.2 | 7.5 | -3.3 |
| 15 | Oakland | -0.0 | 16.2 | -16.2 |
| 16 | Arizona | -0.5 | 33.2 | -33.7 |
| 17 | Philadelphia | -0.8 | 22.4 | -23.2 |
| 18 | Minnesota | -8.7 | -1.2 | -7.5 |
| 19 | Milwaukee | -10.9 | 13.0 | -23.9 |
| 20 | Colorado | -11.3 | 10.5 | -21.7 |
| 21 | Toronto | -11.7 | -1.1 | -10.6 |
| 22 | Atlanta | -13.0 | 16.3 | -29.3 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | -15.3 | 6.6 | -21.9 |
| 24 | Los Angeles Angels | -17.6 | 7.1 | -24.7 |
| 25 | Kansas City | -17.8 | -6.1 | -11.7 |
| 26 | Houston | -20.4 | -0.7 | -19.8 |
| 27 | Boston | -23.9 | 14.9 | -38.8 |
| 28 | Detroit | -26.0 | 14.3 | -40.3 |
| 29 | Chicago Cubs | -29.1 | -6.7 | -22.3 |
| 30 | Washington | -45.1 | -13.2 | -31.9 |