Akron RubberDucks
After the 1988 season, the franchise moved to Canton, Ohio, and became the Canton-Akron Indians playing at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium.With 9,086 fans in attendance, the Aeros and Harrisburg Senators played the first game at Canal Park.Despite the last place record, the team drew a Double-A league-leading 473,272 fans to Canal Park that season.In 2006, the Aeros again posted the best regular-season record in the league, but lost the playoff title to Portland after taking the series to a deciding fifth game.In 2009, the Aeros again advanced to the league championship and defeated the Connecticut Defenders (three games to one) capping a 95-win season and their third title in the last seven years.[7] Akron defeated the Bowie Baysox, 3–0, in the best-of-five series to win the Double-A Northeast championship.[9] In 2022, the Double-A Northeast became known as the Eastern League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.Over the off-season between the 2010–2011 season, the Aeros received national attention after introducing a number of new promotions as well as menu items at Canal Park.