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) 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 | Texas | 44.6 | 48.1 | -3.5 |
| 2 | Colorado | 44.5 | 31.7 | 12.8 |
| 3 | Boston | 41.4 | 13.3 | 28.2 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Angels | 39.2 | 19.5 | 19.8 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 31.4 | 3.6 | 27.8 |
| 6 | Baltimore | 24.9 | -0.1 | 25.1 |
| 7 | Milwaukee | 23.3 | -16.7 | 39.9 |
| 8 | San Francisco | 21.7 | 3.1 | 18.6 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 17.1 | -7.9 | 25.1 |
| 10 | Chicago White Sox | 15.7 | 3.0 | 12.7 |
| 11 | Arizona | 12.5 | -3.3 | 15.8 |
| 12 | Kansas City | 10.6 | 9.0 | 1.6 |
| 13 | St. Louis | 3.4 | -10.3 | 13.7 |
| 14 | New York Mets | 3.0 | -6.4 | 9.4 |
| 15 | Cleveland | 2.5 | -10.3 | 12.8 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 1.4 | -2.6 | 4.0 |
| 17 | Atlanta | 0.8 | 14.5 | -13.7 |
| 18 | Seattle | -0.2 | 8.8 | -8.9 |
| 19 | Detroit | -3.1 | 2.9 | -6.0 |
| 20 | Washington | -6.4 | -1.8 | -4.6 |
| 21 | New York Yankees | -9.4 | 7.0 | -16.3 |
| 22 | Houston | -13.0 | -16.0 | 3.0 |
| 23 | Miami | -13.1 | 0.9 | -14.0 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | -13.2 | -17.1 | 3.9 |
| 25 | Philadelphia | -15.8 | -35.4 | 19.6 |
| 26 | Toronto | -22.5 | -19.6 | -2.9 |
| 27 | Chicago Cubs | -35.5 | -11.8 | -23.7 |
| 28 | Tampa Bay | -51.5 | -40.3 | -11.1 |
| 29 | San Diego | -64.1 | -28.1 | -36.0 |
| 30 | Oakland | -75.3 | -14.7 | -60.6 |
