Marty Castillo

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Martin Horace Castillo (born January 16, 1957, in Long Beach, California) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and catcher. He is an alumnus of Chapman University.

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1978 MLB amateur draft, Castillo would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1981 , and appear in his final game on October 5, 1985.

Castillo was a member of the Detroit Tigers team that defeated the San Diego Padres in the 1984 World Series. He may be best known to Detroit-area fans from a series of Little Caesars Pizza commercials promoting commemorative drinking glasses -- the joke being that on a team with so many great players, Castillo was angered that he didn't get respect in the field and also didn't get his face on one of the glasses.

Castillo's whereabouts were recently questioned in a Detroit Free Press article on former Tigers from the 1984 World Series championship team. Castillo has recently surfaced. He is living in Malaysia and managing a local baseball team - Tioman Tsunamis - in Tioman Island.