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 | 48.6 | 34.9 | 13.7 |
| 2 | Colorado | 35.3 | 27.6 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 25.8 | 10.2 | 15.6 |
| 4 | Arizona | 24.4 | 11.4 | 13.0 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Angels | 20.2 | 11.0 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Seattle | 20.0 | 17.2 | 2.8 |
| 7 | Boston | 18.3 | 0.7 | 17.6 |
| 8 | Milwaukee | 18.1 | -4.9 | 23.1 |
| 9 | Baltimore | 17.3 | -5.8 | 23.1 |
| 10 | Chicago White Sox | 13.8 | 10.2 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | 12.5 | -3.9 | 16.4 |
| 12 | Detroit | 4.6 | -1.0 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Kansas City | 4.3 | -4.1 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Houston | -0.1 | -8.5 | 8.4 |
| 15 | New York Mets | -0.9 | -5.5 | 4.6 |
| 16 | Chicago Cubs | -1.2 | 0.5 | -1.7 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | -2.3 | -6.3 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Philadelphia | -6.4 | -16.6 | 10.2 |
| 19 | Washington | -6.6 | 1.0 | -7.6 |
| 20 | New York Yankees | -7.7 | 0.5 | -8.2 |
| 21 | Cleveland | -7.7 | -8.5 | 0.8 |
| 22 | San Francisco | -10.5 | -7.8 | -2.7 |
| 23 | Atlanta | -11.6 | 6.7 | -18.3 |
| 24 | Toronto | -14.0 | -12.1 | -1.9 |
| 25 | Minnesota | -15.0 | -10.9 | -4.1 |
| 26 | Miami | -15.8 | 4.4 | -20.2 |
| 27 | Tampa Bay | -17.1 | -12.6 | -4.4 |
| 28 | St. Louis | -20.8 | -20.2 | -0.6 |
| 29 | San Diego | -50.7 | -21.2 | -29.5 |
| 30 | Oakland | -69.2 | -14.4 | -54.7 |
