OCALA, Fla. -- Darryl Strawberry was jailed Tuesday, his 40th birthday, for breaking a rule at the drug treatment center where he had been serving two years of house arrest.

Florida Department of Corrections officials did not provide details of the violation. The eight-time major league All-Star did not leave the program or test positive for drugs, said Joe Papy, supervisor of probation services in Tampa.

Strawberry was being held without bond in the Marion County Jail and was kicked out of the drug-treatment program at Phoenix House, a residential facility about 80 miles north of Tampa. He was scheduled to appear Wednesday morning at the Marion County Judicial Center.

As deputies were escorting him to the jail on Tuesday, Strawberry said he was confused by his arrest, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.

"They just said I was discharged from the program," Strawberry said outside the jail.

Strawberry said he had not been accused of fighting or other infractions at the center.

Strawberry was sentenced in May to two years of house arrest at the center following a four-day, cross-state drug binge.

Strawberry faces up to 18 months in prison for violating his probation, which he has already violated five times.

Strawberry's lawyer, Joseph Ficarrotta, was surprised by the arrest and did not immediately have details. Just before the arrest, Ficarrotta was arranging to get Strawberry into the next phase of the program, then back home to Tampa.

Strawberry's original sentence stemmed from a 1999 conviction for drug possession and solicitation of prostitution.

Strawberry will now must return to Tampa to appear before Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Florence Foster, who has offered him many breaks but warned him his chances were running out.

Last month, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said he would give Strawberry a player-development job with the team after he was released.

"The Yankees have long been supportive of Darryl Strawberry, and I'm sure we all regret that things have not worked out the way we would have hoped," Steinbrenner said in a statement Tuesday. "However, at this point, it is up to Darryl. He must stand up and be personally accountable."

Strawberry won World Series titles with the New York Mets in 1986 and the Yankees in 1996 and 1999. Along with drug problems, he has undergone operations for colon and stomach cancer. Recent tests showed no signs of the disease.