{{short description|American professional baseball team}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox baseball team |name = Akron Grays |established = 1933 |disbanded = 1933 |city = Akron, Ohio |logo = |cap_logo = |league = *Negro National League (II) |nickname = *Columbus Blue Birds (first half of 1933 season) *Akron Grays/Black Tyrites (briefly, mid-1933 season) *Cleveland Giants (last part of 1933 season) |ballpark = *League Park II<ref>{{cite book |title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks |last=Lowry |first=Philip J. |year=2006 |publisher=Walker Publishing Company, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-8027-1562-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr_u1c9/page/1 1] |url=https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr_u1c9/page/1 }}</ref> }} The '''Akron Grays'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/organization.php?franchID=AG|title=Akron Grays Seamheads Profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref> 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 Black Tyrites''', after the local minor league Tyrites.
The Columbus Blue Birds finished last in the first half of the 1933 season, were disbanded and ended up merging with the Grays, one of the top independent Negro league teams of their day.<ref>[http://www.thetoolsofignorance.com/columns/yj/ttto1933.php Tools of Ignorance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210143259/http://www.thetoolsofignorance.com/columns/yj/ttto1933.php |date=February 10, 2012 }}</ref> The Grays 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== {{reflist}} *Loverro, Thom. ''The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball''. New York:Facts on File, Inc., 2003. {{ISBN|0-8160-4430-9}}.
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Category:Sports in Akron, Ohio Category:Negro league baseball teams in Ohio Category:Defunct baseball teams in Ohio Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1933 Category:Baseball teams established in 1933