Horacio Antonio "Rabbit" Martínez Estrella (October 20, 1912 – April 14, 1992), nicknamed "Rabbit", was a Dominican

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and

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in the

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. He played for the

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from 1935 to 1936 and 1940 to 1947.

References

Negro League Baseball Museum

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