By james art 
Dodgers lefty Tommy John is pictured before a game on August 12, 1977 in Los Angeles. John will be on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot this year. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
COOPERSTOWN, NY. — Former Dodgers Tommy John and Steve Garvey are among the eight men on the ballot for the Classic Era Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame, which meets Dec. 8 at the Dallas Winter Meetings.
Dick Allen, Dave Parker, Louis Tiant and Ken Boyer are also on the ballot along with former shortstops John Donaldson and Vic Harris, Hallott said Monday. The Classic Era Committee looks at players, managers, referees and officials whose greatest contribution to the sport was before 1980.
The identity of the 16 electors will be announced later by the meeting, and 75% of the vote is required to be elected. Each inductee will be inducted into the Hall next July 27 along with the players voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America, whose voting will be announced on January 21.
Parker, John and Garvey are the live candidates. Tiant died on October 8 at the age of 83.
John, 81, was 288-231 with a 3.34 ERA in 26 seasons from 1963-89, becoming a four-time All-Star. He pioneered elbow ligament replacement surgery in 1974 by Dr. Frank Jobe, which became known as Tommy John surgery.
Garvey, 75, hit .294 with 272 homers, 1,308 RBI from 1969-87, was the NL MVP in 1974 and helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the title in 1981. He played an NL-record 1,207 consecutive games at first base. He is currently running for senator in California.
Allen hit .292 with 351 homers and 1,119 RBIs from 1963-77. A seven-time All-Star, he was named NL Rookie of the Year in 1964 and AL MVP in 1972.
Parker, 73, hit .290 with 339 homers and 1,493 RBI from 1973-1991. He was the NL MVP in 1978, won NL titles in 1977 and ’78 and was a seven-time All-Star.
Tiant was a four-time 20-game winner who went 229-172 with a 3.30 ERA from 1964-82. He was a three-time All-Star who won two AL ERA titles.
Boyer was an 11-time All-Star who hit .287 with 282 homers and 1,141 RBIs from 1955-69. He was the NL MVP in 1964 for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.
Donaldson played in the Negro Leagues and the Pre-Negro Leagues for more than 30 years.
Harris played 18 seasons in the NLB, mostly as an outfielder for the Homestead Grace, and managed the team for 11 seasons, winning seven NNL pennants and the 1948 World Series.
The Hall in 2022 restructured its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years, creating panels to look at the modern era from 1980 onward as well as the classic era. The modern baseball era holds separate bulletins for players and others for managers, executives and umpires.
Each committee meets every three years, starting with modern players in December 2022 when Fred McGriff was elected, and followed by modern managers, executives and referees last December when Jim Leyland was elected. Modern players will be revisited in December 2025.
The vote was selected by a historical review panel that included Adrian Burgos of the University of Illinois, Bob Elliott of the Canadian Baseball Network, Steve Hird of Stats Perform, David O’Brien of The Athletic, BBWAA Secretary-Treasurer Jack O’Connell, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle and Mark Wicker of the Southern California News Group along with Jim Heneman (formerly of The Sun in Baltimore), Jim Reeves (formerly of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) and Glen Schwartz (formerly of the San Francisco Chronicle) .
Allen received 11 votes from the 2014 Golden Era Committee, one short of the 75% required for election. Donaldson received eight votes from the 2021 Early Baseball Era Committee, which considered candidates prior to 1950.
Parker received seven votes from the 2019 Modern Era Committee, which considered candidates from 1970-87, Garvey six and John three or fewer. Garvey, John, Parker and Tiant received less than seven votes from the 2016 Modern Era panel.
Boyer and Pierce received less than three in 2014, and Garvey, John and Parker less than six from the expansion era committee in 2013. Boyer and Tiant received less than three from the golden era committee for 2011
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Félix Hernández are among the first-time BBWAA voting-eligible players in the upcoming ballot. Holdouts include Billy Wagner, who was five votes shy last January.