Mauricio Andre Dubon is a Honduran professional baseball shortstop and center fielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.
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21 Facts About Mauricio Dubon
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Mauricio Dubon made his MLB debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019, and has played for the San Francisco Giants.
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Mauricio Dubon was born and grew up in Honduras, in San Pedro Sula, where he attended Liceo Bilingue Centroamericano.
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When Mauricio Dubon was 15 years old, a Christian mission group that was visiting Honduras saw Mauricio Dubon play baseball and invited him to move to the United States to hone his baseball skills while attending high school.
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Mauricio Dubon accepted the offer and moved to Sacramento, California where he enrolled at Capital Christian High School as a foreign exchange student.
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Mauricio Dubon finished the season with High-A Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League, hitting a combined.
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Mauricio Dubon then was invited by the Boston Red Sox to participate in its 2016 spring training.
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Mauricio Dubon 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.
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Mauricio Dubon then was selected to join the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League during the postseason.
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Mauricio Dubon spent 2017 with both the Biloxi Shuckers and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, posting a combined.
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Mauricio Dubon spent the 2018 season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, batting.
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Mauricio Dubon played most of 2019 with the San Antonio Missions, batting.
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Mauricio Dubon 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.
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Mauricio Dubon was the second Honduran baseball player to make it to MLB, after Gerald Young.
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Mauricio Dubon played 22 games at second base, and 9 games at shortstop.
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Mauricio Dubon played 44 games in center field, 8 games at shortstop, and 8 games at second base.
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Mauricio Dubon played 27 games in center field, 21 games at shortstop, 20 games at second base, and 12 games at third base.
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On May 14,2022, Mauricio Dubon was traded to the Houston Astros in exchange for catcher Michael Papierski.
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Mauricio Dubon is the second Honduran to play for the Astros; outfielder Gerald Young was the first.
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