Dode Criss led the American League in pinch hits in each of his four seasons with the St. Louis Browns, 1908-1911. According to my Baseball Encyclopedia (because Baseball Reference does not have individual pinch hitting stats from that time period), Criss was 35-for-147 as a pinch hitter in his major league career. He batted .341 in his rookie season and had a career average of .276. He pitched in 30 games during his career, with 21 of those in relief, and also played 26 games at first base and eleven in right field. His pitching stats are 3 wins and 9 losses with a 4.38 ERA, which is pretty bad for the deadball era.
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