Charles Steven Kress (December 9, 1921 – March 4, 2014) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

This first baseman played in all or parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1947 and 1954 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers, appearing in 175 games.

His seventeen-year active career was interrupted by three years' service in the United States Army during World War II (1943–1945).

In that full campaign, he began the year with the Reds, got into twenty-seven games, then was sold to the White Sox in June.

But only one of his hits was a home run, and after Kress began 1950 by going hitless in eight at bats, he was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals' organization and returned to the minor leagues.