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. Overall, Criss played in 227 games, getting 304 at-bats with 84 hits, for a .276 lifetime average. Pitching wise, Criss had three wins and nine losses in his career with a 4.38 earned run average and 70 strikeouts.