Tuesday, October 2nd , 1945 | RP Hal Foster (C Ottumwa) retired from professional baseball. | Wednesday, June 27th , 1945 | Drafted SP Bert Haines in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Bob Miller in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 25th overall pick). | Drafted 1B George Brown in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 3, 35th overall pick). | Drafted RF Arnold Alderson in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 3, 51st overall pick). | Drafted 1B Ivey Henley in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 3, 67th overall pick). | Drafted RF Willie Taylor in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 3, 83rd overall pick). | Drafted CF Red Gardner in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 3, 99th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Pete McCown in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 3, 115th overall pick). | Drafted SP Buzz Turner in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 3, 133rd overall pick). | Drafted SP Kirby Brewer in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 3, 149th overall pick). | Drafted SP Bill Smith in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 3, 165th overall pick). | Drafted SS Hal Klinedinst in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 3, 181st overall pick). | Drafted LF Cam Sagot in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 3, 197th overall pick). | Drafted SP Harry Bailey in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 3, 213rd overall pick). | Drafted SP Ollie White in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 3, 229th overall pick). | Drafted C Cal Callejas in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 3, 245th overall pick). | Drafted CF Bob Alley in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 3, 261st overall pick). | Drafted SP Emil Wright in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 3, 277th overall pick). | Drafted SS Mark Carey in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 3, 293rd overall pick). | Drafted SS Bruce Mackey in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 3, 309th overall pick). | Drafted SP Johnny Bond in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 21, Pick 3, 325th overall pick). | Drafted C Don Black in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 22, Pick 3, 341st overall pick). | Drafted 2B Hal Ellett in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 23, Pick 3, 357th overall pick). | Drafted SS Dick McNeil in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 24, Pick 3, 373rd overall pick). | Drafted 3B Johnny Duff in the 1945 first-year player draft (Round 25, Pick 3, 389th overall pick). | Monday, June 25th , 1945 | Placed SS Johnny Ladd on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/22/1945. | Promoted C Jim D. Smith from Class A Wilmington to Double A Youngstown. | Released C Red Taylor. | Placed LF Jake Bellows on the Eastern Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 06/24/1945. | Placed CF Pete Joseph on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 06/22/1945. | Monday, May 21st , 1945 | Placed RF Lou Balk on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/20/1945. | Purchased the contract of CF Tom Erby from Triple A Rochester. | Placed RF Lou Balk on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/20/1945. | Purchased the contract of CF Tom Erby from Triple A Rochester. | Monday, May 7th , 1945 | Placed CF Leo Barnhart on the Union League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 05/06/1945. | Tuesday, April 17th , 1945 | Signed free agent C Bill LeVine to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 2B Tank Robinson to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RF John Martinez to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 3B Fumio Miyoshi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent C Marv Johnson to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent LF Jack Borella to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent C Frank Place to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 3B Johnny Creeden to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent C Henry Ashley to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 3B Syl Maxwell to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent LF John Fish to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent C Frank Gould to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 3B George Kitchens to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 2B Walt Reid to a minor league contract. | Monday, April 16th , 1945 | Placed RP Spencer Snell on the secondary (40-man) roster. | Monday, April 9th , 1945 | Assigned SP Davey Chamberlain from Spring Training camp to Double A Youngstown. | Assigned SP Mack Eichner from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 1B Walter Hendrickson from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned SS Earl Szwed from Spring Training camp to Double A Youngstown. | Optioned SS Eddie Tokarz to Triple A Rochester. | Optioned CF Tom Erby to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 3B Jack Thomas from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 3B Sam Washington from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Optioned 3B Jack Blanton to Triple A Rochester. | RP Red Butler was designated for assignment and placed on waivers. | Assigned SP Davey Chamberlain from Spring Training camp to Double A Youngstown. | Assigned SP Mack Eichner from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 1B Walter Hendrickson from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned SS Earl Szwed from Spring Training camp to Double A Youngstown. | Optioned SS Eddie Tokarz to Triple A Rochester. | Optioned CF Tom Erby to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 3B Jack Thomas from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Assigned 3B Sam Washington from Spring Training camp to Triple A Rochester. | Optioned 3B Jack Blanton to Triple A Rochester. | RP Red Butler was designated for assignment and placed on waivers. | Placed 2B John Lyons on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed CF Ford Dunn on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed CF Sam Lanting on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed C Joe Robinson on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed SS Earle Haley on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed LF Chuck McHenry on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed CF Benny Everidge on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed C Fred Stevens on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed C Frank Mashburn on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed SP Davey Morris on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Placed SP Manny Pennington on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 04/06/1945. | Tuesday, January 2nd , 1945 | Signed free agent 2B Gus Cox to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent C Ed Campbell to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent LF John Gherardi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 1B Joe Stuart to a minor league contract. | |