On May 1, 1974 Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates decided he was going to make a statement against the Cincinnati Reds. Ellis was one of the real characters in baseball- he had decided the Pirates were being intimidated by the Reds and he was going to change that. Great article on what happened-
link below
http://thestacks.deadspin.com/eleven-pitches-three-hit-batters-the-day-dock-ellis-w-1695974523
slicethelife 
Thanks for sharing this. It was quite fascinating – I’d never read anything before on hitting batters. This has opened my eyes!
The rules were different back then.today he would have been ejected promptly.