Horace T. Garner (July 17, 1923 – July 6, 1995) was an American baseball outfielder. He played for the

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of the

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in 1949 and played in minor league baseball for ten seasons, from 1951 to 1959 and in 1961. In the minor leagues, Garner played in the

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(later the

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) farm system. In 1953, the Braves sent Garner, along with fellow black teammates

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and Félix Mantilla, to the

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in the

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. The team thus became one of the first two racially integrated teams in the South Atlantic League, and one of the first ever in Florida. Garner spent ten seasons in the minor leagues, from 1951 to 1959 and in 1961. He hit .321 with 1,115 hits, 190 doubles, 37 triples and 157 home runs in 997 games.BR Minors
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