[2] He began his professional career that season, hitting .227 in 48 games for the Martinsville Phillies.
Just after his high school graduation, the 17-year-old relocated from Chicago to live with a couple in Martinsville, Virginia, and described feeling culture shock and isolation, spending his days alone in the house, without a driver's license, before heading to the baseball stadium in the afternoons.
[3] Jackson was hitting over .500 in his senior year of high school, in contrast to his underperformance in his first year as a professional baseball player,[2] which could account for some of the negative press he received, with one journalist even suggesting the nickname "Clueless Jeff Jackson[3]."
[7] After the end of his baseball career, Jackson moved to California, where he started a consulting business.
[9] He published a book with co-author Dana Jones, The Gift and the Curse: The Jeff Jackson Story.