 He won the Silver Slugger award for pitchers in 1981 and 1983.In 2003, Valenzuela returned to the Dodgers organization as the Spanish-language radio color commentator for National League West games, joining Jaime Jarrín and Pepe Ýñiguez in the Spanish-language booth.In 2015, he was switched to the color commentator job on the Spanish-language feed of SportsNet LA.