Former Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela has achieved a lot of great things in his life, but nothing compares to his most recent achievement. The former Cy Young Award winner is now an American citizen.

The Los Angeles Times reports Valenzuela officially became an American citizen Wednesday afternoon at the U.S. immigration naturalization center in Los Angeles. Although Valenzuela had the option to celebrate in private, he decided to celebrate with the other 8,000 people who received their citizenship that day.

His former team congratulated the baseball star both on social media and in an official statement, highlighting the all-star pitcher's contribution to the city and the team.

"Valenzuela's cultural impact on Los Angeles and on baseball is immeasurable. What we do know is that our stadium is always filled with faces he directly inspired, fans whose parents or grandparents proudly noted that someone who looked like them and who came from Mexico was a Dodger and was selling out the stadium each of his starts," the team said in a statement.

The Dodgers also tweeted out their support of the former Dodger:

Valenzuela broke into the baseball scene in 1981 and ignited Fernandomania all across Los Angeles. The 21-year old pitcher from Mexico went 13-7 with a 2.48 ERA and went on to win the Rookie of the Year award and Cy Young award in the same year.

The Mexican American player spent 11 seasons with the Dodgers and ended his career with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997. In 2003, six years after he retired from the game, he joined the Dodgers organization as Spanish-language radio color commentator. In 2013, he switch over to SportsNet LA as a color commentator for Dodger's televised games.

He also has been in the dugout as well. He served on the coaching staff in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic.

His wife Linda, a former schoolteacher from Mexico, became a American citizen a few months ago.