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Originally Posted by nico1270
The point system in the Mexican Pacific League was created in the late 60s when the league shortened it's schedule from ~90 games to ~60.
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According to a media guide for Obregon (the closest I've come to finding the final standings and playoff results for those seasons), a points-based system was used in 1968, 1970-75, and 1980-present. The points awarded for each position of finish have changed a couple of times, though.
A points-based qualification system had been used a few times in years past by other winter leagues. The Mexican League used it as well for a period of time from the late 1990s to late 2000s, as did the California League for a season or two in the late 1950s.
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Originally Posted by nico1270
Before that they even split the season, once, in three parts of ~30 games.
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The Western League in 1940 had a schedule that was split into quarters. (There's an old TSN article which talked about the rationale for it.)