who was the first rookie to win a championship

Howie Dallmar won a championship in his rookie season in 1946-47.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first rookie to win a championship in a regular season?
NAMEChampsSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
1
1946-47
60
8.8
1.7
3.3
11.8
28.0
2.2
3.4
64.0
33.0
528
104
141
2Jerry Fleishman
J. Fleishman
1
1946-47
59
4.5
0.7
1.6
6.3
26.1
1.2
2.2
54.3
30.7
263
40
101
3Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
1
1946-47
60
23.2
0.4
7.9
26.0
30.5
7.3
10.0
73.0
38.1
1,389
25
199
4Matt Guokas
M. Guokas
1
1946-47
47
1.7
0.2
0.6
2.2
26.9
0.6
1.0
55.3
32.9
82
9
70
5Art Hillhouse
A. Hillhouse
1
1946-47
60
6.0
0.7
2.0
6.9
29.1
2.0
2.8
72.3
37.1
360
41
139
6Ralph Kaplowitz
R. Kaplowitz
1
1946-47
TOT
57
7.1
0.7
2.6
9.3
27.4
1.9
2.6
73.5
33.7
403
38
122
7Angelo Musi
A. Musi
1
1946-47
60
9.4
0.4
3.8
13.6
28.1
1.7
2.1
82.9
32.2
562
26
120
8Petey Rosenberg
P. Rosenberg
1
1946-47
51
2.9
0.5
1.2
5.6
20.9
0.6
1.0
61.2
24.3
150
27
64
9Jerry Rullo
J. Rullo
1
1946-47
50
2.5
0.4
1.0
3.5
29.9
0.5
0.9
48.9
32.6
127
20
61
10George Senesky
G. Senesky
1
1946-47
58
6.3
0.6
2.4
9.2
26.7
1.4
2.1
66.1
31.3
366
34
83
11Herm Fuetsch
H. Fuetsch
1
1947-48
42
2.6
0.4
1.0
3.3
30.0
0.6
1.0
62.5
34.6
109
17
39
12Paul Hoffman
P. Hoffman
1
1947-48
37
10.5
0.6
3.8
11.0
34.8
2.8
4.2
66.2
40.7
388
23
123
13Buddy Jeannette
B. Jeannette
1
1947-48
46
10.7
1.5
3.3
9.3
34.9
4.2
5.5
75.8
45.4
491
70
147
14Red Klotz
R. Klotz
1
1947-48
11
1.4
0.6
0.6
2.8
22.6
0.1
0.3
33.3
23.2
15
7
3
15Carl Meinhold
C. Meinhold
1
1947-48
48
5.3
0.3
2.3
7.4
30.3
0.8
1.3
61.7
33.1
253
16
64
16Chick Reiser
C. Reiser
1
1947-48
47
11.5
0.9
4.3
13.4
32.2
2.9
3.9
74.1
38.1
541
40
175
17Jack Dwan
J. Dwan
1
1948-49
60
4.6
2.2
2.0
6.3
31.8
0.6
1.2
49.3
33.6
276
129
157
18Arnie Ferrin
A. Ferrin
1
1948-49
47
7.3
1.6
2.8
8.0
34.4
1.8
2.7
66.4
39.7
345
76
142
19Donnie Forman
D. Forman
1
1948-49
44
4.1
1.7
1.5
5.3
29.4
1.0
1.5
64.2
34.4
179
74
94
20Earl Gardner
E. Gardner
1
1948-49
50
1.8
0.4
0.8
2.0
37.6
0.3
0.6
46.4
39.3
89
19
50
21Whitey Kachan
W. Kachan
1
1948-49
TOT
52
2.2
0.7
0.7
2.7
26.8
0.7
1.1
64.3
33.6
112
37
81
22Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
1
1948-49
53
14.8
2.7
5.9
14.9
39.6
2.9
4.3
68.7
44.0
784
142
144
23Herm Schaefer
H. Schaefer
1
1948-49
58
10.4
3.2
3.7
9.9
37.4
3.0
3.7
81.7
45.2
602
185
121
24Bud Grant
B. Grant
1
1949-50
35
2.6
0.5
1.2
3.3
36.5
0.2
0.5
41.2
37.1
91
19
36
25Bob Harrison
B. Harrison
1
1949-50
66
4.5
2.0
1.9
5.3
35.9
0.8
1.1
67.6
39.4
300
131
175

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