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 | 76.0 | 105.6 | -29.6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 40.5 | 59.4 | -18.9 |
| 3 | Oakland | 39.7 | 47.3 | -7.7 |
| 4 | Boston | 29.0 | 33.9 | -4.9 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 27.3 | 38.6 | -11.3 |
| 6 | San Diego | 25.3 | 33.1 | -7.8 |
| 7 | Toronto | 24.7 | 27.1 | -2.4 |
| 8 | Milwaukee | 23.8 | 54.2 | -30.4 |
| 9 | Houston | 23.3 | 32.5 | -9.2 |
| 10 | Atlanta | 22.9 | 37.0 | -14.1 |
| 11 | Seattle | 21.6 | 58.5 | -36.8 |
| 12 | Chicago White Sox | 19.1 | 49.5 | -30.3 |
| 13 | Cleveland | 18.1 | 46.4 | -28.3 |
| 14 | Colorado | 16.5 | 38.4 | -21.9 |
| 15 | Detroit | 14.9 | 34.7 | -19.8 |
| 16 | Miami | 5.9 | 30.0 | -24.1 |
| 17 | Chicago Cubs | -2.5 | 39.2 | -41.8 |
| 18 | Kansas City | -3.5 | 34.3 | -37.9 |
| 19 | Philadelphia | -7.7 | 33.5 | -41.2 |
| 20 | Texas | -13.8 | 24.4 | -38.2 |
| 21 | Arizona | -17.8 | 24.2 | -42.0 |
| 22 | St. Louis | -17.8 | 15.6 | -33.4 |
| 23 | San Francisco | -24.3 | 2.2 | -26.5 |
| 24 | New York Mets | -24.4 | 1.1 | -25.5 |
| 25 | Los Angeles Angels | -25.0 | 37.5 | -62.5 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | -34.5 | -5.0 | -29.5 |
| 27 | New York Yankees | -42.3 | -6.8 | -35.5 |
| 28 | Minnesota | -60.2 | 4.4 | -64.6 |
| 29 | Washington | -63.1 | -16.6 | -46.5 |
| 30 | Baltimore | -73.3 | 3.9 | -77.2 |