Tuesday, September 25th , 1945 | C Nick Lake (AAA Toledo) retired from professional baseball. | Monday, September 17th , 1945 | Assigned RP Mac Watters to Triple A Toledo. | Assigned RP Mac Watters to Triple A Toledo. | Placed SS Al Terry on the Eastern Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 09/16/1945. | Sunday, August 5th , 1945 | Traded 41-year old RHP Jim Lonardo (retaining 100%), 23-year old minor league RHP Wally Hunter, a 1st round draft pick, and a 2nd round draft pick to the Detroit Dynamos, getting 29-year old minor league CF Sal Pestilli in return. | Wednesday, June 27th , 1945 | Drafted SP Ted Beaven in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 36th overall pick). | Drafted SP Johnny Garner in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). | Drafted SP Don Hunt in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 68th overall pick). | Drafted CF Adam Sharp in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 4, 84th overall pick). | Drafted SP Ted Lawrence in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 4, 100th overall pick). | Drafted SP Doc Woodward in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 4, 116th overall pick). | Drafted CF Jack Kintner in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 4, 134th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Al Spears in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 4, 150th overall pick). | Drafted SP Slim Bernat in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 4, 166th overall pick). | Drafted SP Ike Reed in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 4, 182nd overall pick). | Drafted RF Bill Babcock in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 4, 198th overall pick). | Drafted SS Jim Harper in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 4, 214th overall pick). | Drafted SP Mark Sharpe in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 4, 230th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Charlie Wilburn in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 4, 246th overall pick). | Drafted CF Jim Parker in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 4, 262nd overall pick). | Drafted SP Charlie Owen in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 4, 278th overall pick). | Drafted SS Dan Woodward in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 4, 294th overall pick). | Drafted RF Lou Hart in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 4, 310th overall pick). | Drafted SS Ralph Foster in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 21, Pick 4, 326th overall pick). | Drafted C Silas Smith in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 22, Pick 4, 342nd overall pick). | Drafted SS Jack Horner in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 23, Pick 4, 358th overall pick). | Drafted CF Ferdie Smith in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 24, Pick 4, 374th overall pick). | Drafted LF Ernie Ward in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 25, Pick 4, 390th overall pick). | Wednesday, May 16th , 1945 | RP Bill Beaudry did not elect for free agency and will remain in the New York organization. | Monday, March 12th , 1945 | Placed RP Johnny Massey on the 60-day injured list. | Placed RP Bucky Palmer on the 60-day injured list. | Placed 3B Eddie Ziehl on the 60-day injured list. | Placed SP Jerry Decker on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Willie Ellis on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Danny Goff Jr. on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Wally Hunter on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed RP Johnny Massey on the 60-day injured list. | Placed RP Bucky Palmer on the 60-day injured list. | Placed C Nick Lake on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed 3B Jack Wilson on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed 3B Eddie Ziehl on the 60-day injured list. | Placed CF Flipper Robinson on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Ray Kirchner on the Eastern Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed RF Johnnie Walker on the Eastern Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Jimmy Maness on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Earl Power on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Jake Roberts on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SS Tom Jeffries on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed CF John Beaver on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Hal Friedlander on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Joe Morris on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed RF Phineas Baker on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SS Vince Wilson on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Charlie Hoffman on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | Placed SP Joe Roberson on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 03/09/1945. | |