Dode Criss (March 12, 1885 – September 8, 1955) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher and pinch hitter who played his entire career from 1908 to 1911 with the St. Louis Browns of the American League. He is considered by historian Bill James as the first player to be used as a pinch hitter regularly.Criss was born in Sherman, Mississippi. Criss started out in the Texas League where he was a key player for the Cleburne Railroaders championship team in 1906.
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