what is the worst passer rating in a rookie season

Bud Schwenk has the worst passer rating by a rookie, with a 25.5 rating in 1942.

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What is the worst passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in a rookie season?

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	25.5	1942	CHC	11	126	295	42.7	1,360	4.6	123.6	6	27	2.0	9.2
2	Tobin Rote T. Rote	26.7	1950	GB	12	83	224	37.1	1,231	5.5	102.6	7	24	3.1	10.7
3	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	30.4	1970	PIT	13	83	218	38.1	1,410	6.5	108.5	6	24	2.8	11.0	25	242
4	Lamar McHan L. McHan	32.4	1954	CHC	12	105	255	41.2	1,475	5.8	122.9	6	22	2.4	8.6
5	Dan Darragh D. Darragh	33.0	1968	BUF	11	92	215	42.8	917	4.3	83.4	3	14	1.4	6.5
6	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	39.0	1998	SD	10	111	245	45.3	1,289	5.3	128.9	2	15	0.8	6.1	22	140
7	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	40.0	1978	SF	12	137	302	45.4	1,570	5.2	130.8	8	22	2.6	7.3	17	156
8	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	42.3	1977	NYG	13	103	241	42.7	1,346	5.6	103.5	4	14	1.7	5.8	32	262
9	Paul Christman P. Christman	42.6	1945	CHC	8	89	219	40.6	1,147	5.2	143.4	5	12	2.3	5.5
10	John Hadl J. Hadl	43.3	1962	SD	14	107	260	41.2	1,632	6.3	116.6	15	24	5.8	9.2
11	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	43.8	1971	HOU	14	127	270	47.0	1,702	6.3	121.6	7	21	2.6	7.8	20	152
12	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	45.3	1939	PHI	11	99	201	49.3	1,324	6.6	120.4	6	17	3.0	8.5
13	Tom Sherman T. Sherman	45.6	1968	BOS	14	90	226	39.8	1,199	5.3	85.6	12	16	5.3	7.1
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	47.8	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	1,795	6.1	128.2	12	21	4.1	7.1
15	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	48.2	1967	MIN	13	102	214	47.7	1,386	6.5	106.6	8	17	3.7	7.9
16	Fred Enke F. Enke	49.4	1948	DET	12	100	221	45.2	1,328	6.0	110.7	11	17	5.0	7.7
17	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	49.5	1976	SEA	14	208	439	47.4	2,571	5.9	183.6	12	27	2.7	6.2	25	196
18	Kent Nix K. Nix	49.5	1967	PIT	12	136	268	50.7	1,587	5.9	132.3	8	19	3.0	7.1
19	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	50.5	1937	WAS	11	81	171	47.4	1,127	6.6	102.5	8	14	4.7	8.2
20	Norm Snead N. Snead	51.6	1961	WAS	14	172	375	45.9	2,337	6.2	166.9	11	22	2.9	5.9
21	Jim Root J. Root	51.8	1953	CHC	11	80	192	41.7	1,149	6.0	104.5	8	11	4.2	5.7
22	George Shaw G. Shaw	52.5	1955	BAL	12	119	237	50.2	1,586	6.7	132.2	10	19	4.2	8.0
23	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	52.8	1979	DET	16	183	368	49.7	2,238	6.1	139.9	11	23	3.0	6.3	40	361
24	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	53.5	1986	IND	12	204	417	48.9	2,225	5.3	185.4	8	18	1.9	4.3	29	213
25	Johnny Green J. Green	54.1	1960	BUF	10	89	228	39.0	1,267	5.6	126.7	10	10	4.4	4.4

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