Akron Black Tyrites

The Akron Black Tyrites were a Negro league baseball team that played out another team's schedule for a portion of a single season. They were based in Akron, Ohio, and were a member team of the Negro National League (II). They are also known as the Akron Grays.^[2]

Akron Black Tyrites
Information
League	Negro National League (II)
Location	Akron, Ohio
Ballpark	League Park II[1]
Established	1933
Disbanded	1933
Nickname(s)	Columbus Blue Birds (first half of 1933 season) Akron Black Tyrites/Grays (briefly, mid-1933 season) Cleveland Giants (last part of 1933 season)

The Columbus Blue Birds finished last in the first half of the 1933 season, were disbanded and ended up merging with the Tyrites, one of the top independent Negro league teams of their day.^[3] The Tyrites then more or less became the Cleveland Giants, which finished out Columbus's schedule for the season. The team did not continue after 1933.

References

1. Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
2. "Akron Grays Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
3. Tools of Ignorance Archived February 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

• Loverro, Thom. The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball. New York:Facts on File, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0-8160-4430-9.