Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Nelson ya shafe shekaru biyu a Kansas City, yana wasa a kan benci. A shekara ta 1976, shi ne kawai ya ɗanɗana wasan bayan kakar wasa. Pinch-hitting ga Tom Poquette a wasan 3 na gasar zakarun Amurka ta 1976
da New York Yankees, ya yi waje da Sparky Lyle. Ya buga wasan karshe a babban wasansa a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1977, sannan ya yi ritaya bayan kakar wasa.