Former Met Mike Jacobs yesterday became the first player suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive HGH test under the sport’s minor league drug-testing procedures.

The 30-year-old minor league first baseman, who was in the majors from 2005-10, received a 50-game suspension for taking the banned performance-enhancing substance and subsequently was released by the Rockies.

Jacobs said he took HGH to overcome knee and back ailments. He is the first North American pro athlete punished for taking HGH.