Boston Red Sox The Red Sox selected Dubón in the 26th round of the
2013 MLB draft. After batting .245 in 20 games for the
GCL Red Sox shortly after signing, Dubón was promoted to the
Lowell Spinners in 2014 and ranked among the top ten in the
New York–Penn League with a .320 batting average (82-for-256). For the
Greenville Drive in 2015, Dubón hit .364 through his first 11 games and had hit safely in 10 of those contests. He finished the season with High-A
Salem Red Sox of the
Carolina League, hitting a combined .288/.349/.376
slash line with 30
stolen bases in 120 games during the two stints. He was an SAL mid-season All Star. He then was invited by the Boston Red Sox to participate in their 2016 spring training. Dubón continued his development at Salem in 2016, earning a spot in the Carolina League All-Star team to play in the 2016 California-Carolina League All-Star Game. He was promoted to Double-A
Portland Sea Dogs following his appearance in the All-Star Game. At the time of his promotion, Dubón had a .306/.387/.379 line over 238 at-bats with a good approach producing more walks (33) than strikeouts (25). At Double-A, Dubón improved his slash line to .339/.371/.538 over 62 games with Portland, including 23 multi-hits games, six home runs and 40 RBI. Overall, he hit .323/.379/.461 with 101 runs, 69 RBI and 30 stolen bases in the two stints. Besides, he led the Red Sox minors system in runs and hits (157), while his .323 average was the second-best to
Aneury Tavárez (.330). In addition, he finished third in stolen bases behind
Yoan Moncada (45) and Danny Mars (31) and sixth in RBIs.
Milwaukee Brewers On December 6, 2016, the Red Sox traded Dubón,
Travis Shaw, and Josh Pennington to the
Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for
Tyler Thornburg. He spent 2017 with both the
Biloxi Shuckers and the
Colorado Springs Sky Sox, posting a combined .274 batting average with eight home runs, 57 RBIs and 38 stolen bases in 129 total games between both teams. He was a Southern League mid-season All Star.
MLB.com ranked Dubón as Milwaukee's 11th-ranked prospect going into the 2018 season. He spent the 2018 season with the
Colorado Springs Sky Sox, batting .343 with four home runs, 18 RBIs, and six stolen bases in only 27 games due to injury. He played most of 2019 with the
San Antonio Missions, batting .297/.333/.475 with 59 runs, 16 home runs, and 47 RBIs in 404 at bats. On July 7,
2019, the Brewers promoted Dubón to the major leagues. He made his MLB debut that day against the
Pittsburgh Pirates, grounding out as a pinch hitter; he had two major league at bats with the Brewers for the season. He became the second Honduran to make it to MLB, after outfielder
Gerald Young.
San Francisco Giants On July 31, 2019, the Brewers traded Dubón to the
San Francisco Giants in exchange for pitchers
Ray Black and
Drew Pomeranz. With the
Sacramento River Cats, the Triple–A affiliate of the Giants, in 2019 he batted .323/.391/.485 with 23 runs, 4 home runs, and 9 RBI in 99 at–bats. Dubón started at second base for the Giants on August 29, getting his first Major League hit, with his California family in attendance. With the Giants in 2019, he batted .279/.312/.442 with 12 runs, 4 home runs, and 9 RBI in 104 at–bats. In
2020, Dubón batted .274/.337/.389 for the Giants with 21 runs, 4 home runs, and 19 RBI in 117 at–bats in 54 games. He played 44 games in center field, 8 games at shortstop, and 8 games at second base. Dubón started at shortstop on June 19, 2022, and hit his first home run in an Astros uniform, in the seventh inning versus
Chicago White Sox starter
Michael Kopech as the Astros won, 4–3. On August 21, Dubón batted leadoff and started at second base versus the
Atlanta Braves, collecting two hits, a stolen base, and scoring two runs to catalyze a 5–4 Houston win. Dubón started in center field on August 28 versus the
Baltimore Orioles, collecting one single and two outfield
assists, rifling out both
Robinson Chirinos and
Jorge Mateo at third base. In 2022, Dubón batted .208/.254/.294 in 197 at bats. On defense, he played 45 games in center field, 17 games at shortstop, 16 games at second base, nine games in left field, and three games in right field. He appeared in each of the Astros' series during the
postseason for a total of six games. He also became the first Honduran-born player in Major League history to both play in and win a World Series. Early in April, he took over regular duties at second base and as
leadoff hitter for
Jose Altuve, who was recovering from a fractured thumb sustained during the
World Baseball Classic (WBC). From April 2–26, Dubón compiled a 20-game
hitting streak, making him the 15th Astro to do so, and the longest since
2011 when
Hunter Pence hit in 23 consecutive games. When Altuve returned from the
injured list on May 19, Dubón's .309 batting average ranked sixth in the
American League (AL) and his 46 hits led the Astros. On September 4, 2023, Dubón and Altuve batted ninth and leadoff, respectively, and connected for back-to-back home runs in the sixth and ninth innings versus the
Texas Rangers. Per
OptaSTATS, it was the first time in major league history that the number nine and leadoff hitters hit back-to-back home runs twice in the same game. It was Dubón's first career multi-home run game. Dubón delivered his first career walk-off hit in the major leagues on September 20, 2023, a single versus
Danny Coulombe of the
Baltimore Orioles to score
Yainer Díaz. For the 2023 season, Dubón reached career highs in nearly every offensive category, playing in 132 games, accruing 492 plate appearances, and batting .278/.309/.411. His career highs included 76 runs scored, 130 hits, 26 doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs, 46 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 19 walks, and 70 strikeouts. He appeared most at second base (79 games) and center field (29), and also at shortstop (9), left field (9), right field (2), first base (2), and third base (1).—Dubón was awarded the Gold Glove for utility players and became the first-ever Honduran player to win a Gold Glove Award.
2024 On July 31,
2024, Dubón hit his first career pinch hit home run, a two-run home run the sixth inning to cap a 5–4 win over the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Following the regular season, he was announced as the recipient of the annual
Darryl Kile Good Guy Award by the
Houston chapter of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Dubón played in a career–high 137 games for the Astros in 2024, slashing .269/.296/.361 with four home runs and 47 RBI. On October 9, it was announced that he would be undergoing surgery to repair a
torn ulnar collateral ligament in his thumb.
2025 On January 9,
2025, the Astros signed Dubón to a $5 million contract for the season, avoiding arbitration. As a starter in left field on June 6 at
Progressive Field, Dubón recorded two assists in the bottom of the first inning against the
Cleveland Guardians to become the sixth player in franchise history to notch two outfield assists in the same inning. On June 15, Dubón's single to the left field wall with two outs in the 10th inning scored
Jake Meyers as the go-ahead run and ignite a walk-off, 2–1 win over the
Minnesota Twins, his second career walk-off hit. Dubón played in 133 games for the Astros in 2025, slashing .241/.289/.355 with seven home runs and 33 RBI. He appeared most at left field (48 games) and second base (46), and also at shortstop (33), third base (24), center field (17), first base (4), and right field (3).
Atlanta Braves On November 19, 2025, the Astros traded Dubón to the
Atlanta Braves in exchange for
Nick Allen. ==Personal life==