No one could have predicted that a skinny 20 - year - old baseball player with the Milwaukee Braves would one day break Babe Ruth 's career home run record .
That is exactly what Hank Aaron did .
No one could have predicted that a skinny 20 - year - old baseball player with the Milwaukee Braves would one day break Babe Ruth 's career home run record , but that is exactly what Hank Aaron did .